Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners!

In today's episode we have a special guest joining us: @ThatTeluguAmmayi from Instagram is along with us here. We talk about Mani Sir's Geethanjali and dwell on the reasons why there needs to be more discussion about this gem, which is unfortunately largely ignored under Mani Sir's legacy.

That Telugu Ammayi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatteluguammayi/

Posts on Geethanjali by That Telugu Ammayi: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbECRtMFd3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Links to all the videos/articles referred in the Pod:

Sekhar Kammula about Veturi: http://devi-priya-peddineni.blogspot.com/2010/06/pearls.html

Veturi's Autobiography: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32323148-komma-kommako-sannayi

The Mani Ratnam interview: https://youtu.be/jB6ptbnWIX4

Gautam Vasudev Menon interviews Mani Ratnam: https://youtu.be/WDVojrysCWA

Billie Jean: https://youtu.be/Zi_XLOBDo_Y

Rajadhi Rajadhi Raja: https://youtu.be/mB2EkJ7yX6c

For your convenience:

Timestamps:

1 - 00:00 - Intro

2 - 00:55 - Initial Thoughts (Pruthvi)

3 - 03:15 - Initial Thoughts (Sandy)

4 - 05:40 - Initial Thoughts (Sahitya)

5 - 08:15 - Veturi and Mani Ratnam

6 - 13:45 - Hope, Death & The Climax

7 - 17:43 - Mani Sir and Female Characters

8 - 20:35 - Legacy of Geethanjali

9 - 22:40 - The only bad part of Geethanjali

10 - 27:30 - Veturi's Lyrical Design

11 - 29:25 - The Cinematography

12 - 32:20 - Smoke/Fog has a character

13 - 34:55 - Love is Divine

14 - 43:00 - 5th Stage of Grief: Acceptance

15 - 46:20 - Going back to Lyrical Design

16 - 50:55 - Hospitals, Context and Comedy

17 - 54:37 - The Screenplay

18 - 56:47 - Nandikonda

19 - 01:01:00 - Final Thoughts

20 - 01:06:48 - Outro

Happy Listening!

If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism, you can contact us here: Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CAlochana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chitraalochana

Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners!

This is Part 2 of the same Karthik Subbaraj episode we released previously. In this part, you can listen to us talk about Iraivi, breakdown Karthik's best work Mercury and also talk a bit about Petta & Jagame Thandiram.

Links to all the videos referred in the Pod:

Deep Focus Interview with BR:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq2r7ZS-CvQ

Edith Piaf "I Have No Regrets" Lyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/edithpiaf/noregrets.html

For your convenience:

Timestamps:

1 - 00:00 - Intro

2 - 00:32 - Thoughts on Iraivi

3 - 07:14 - Philosophy of Mercury

4 - 14:35 - Analogy in Mercury

5 - 18:25 - Breaking Down Mercury

6 - 28:35 - Final Takeaway from Mercury

7 - 29:15 - Thoughts on Petta

8 - 35:20 - Dissecting Jagame Thandiram

9 - 43:40 - Where Jagame Thandiram fumbles

10 - 50:16 - The Karthik Subbaraj touch

11 - 1:03:30 - Final Thoughts

12 - 1:11:40 - Outro

Happy Listening!

If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism, you can contact us here: Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CAlochana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chitraalochana

Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners!

In this episode, we have a guest joining us. He is Amar Bangaru. He lives in the USA and has done Screenwriting course from NYFA. We'll be talking in detail about how Karthik Subbaraj writes and builds his world. In this Part 1, you can listen to us talk about Pizza and Jigarthanda.  

Links to all the videos referred in the Pod:

Karthik Subbaraj Interview with BR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAmmd4wfz0 

Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBeKFYHu1s

For your convenience:

Timestamps:

1 - 00:00 - Intro

2 - 01:00 - First experience watching a KS film (Pruthvi)

3 - 05:38 - First experience watching a KS film (Sandilya)

4 - 09:50 - First experience watching a KS film (Amar)

5 - 17:40 - The idea of Pizza

6 - 19:40 - Karthik's Film Titles

7 - 22:45 - Breaking up Pizza

8 - 36:30 - Films with "Fake Narrative"

9 - 39:30 - Care of Kancharapalem Analogy

10 - 44:53 - The Tamil Film Industry

11 - 47:30 - Vedam and Amores Perros

12 - 51:00 - Breaking up Jigarthanda

13 - 56:50 - Meta aspect of Karthik Subbaraj

14 - 1:02:10 - Ambiguity of Karthik's writing

15 - 1:04:08 - Outro

Happy Listening!

If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism, you can contact us here: Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CAlochana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chitraalochana

Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners!

In this episode we breakdown Vivek Athreya's 2nd directorial venture Brochevarevarura, starring Nivetha Thomas, Nivetha Pethuraj, Sree Vishnu, Satya Dev & others. We dive deep into the intricate writing methods used, how the film is structured and edited. Hope you'll like this one!

Links to all the videos referred in the Pod:

Behind the craft of Broche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaCR96kTbII&t=84s

Sahithee Visleshana with Hasith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGdH5fE3jfQ

Sahithee Visleshana with RamJo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awPwc1cPdG4

Sanchari Single:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKnAUG99CX0

For your convenience:

Timestamps:

00:10 - Intro

00:42 - Initial Thoughts (Sandilya)

03:09 - Initial Thoughts (Pruthvi)

05:45 - Establishing Satyadev's Character

07:00 - Compositions of Vivek Sagar

08:40 - Broche's Songs

09:54 - Behind the Craft of Broche

10:40 - Opening Scene of Broche

13:46 - Tidbit on Broche's Sound Design

15:53 - Back to the Opening Scene

18:10 - Usage of songs in the writing

20:02 - Vaale Chinukule Montage

21:13 - Chalaname Chitramu

22:50 - Train Sounds in the narrative

23:53 - Vehicle sounds in Arjun Reddy/Dalapathy

25:39 - Talapu Talupu Editing

27:13 - Cameos in Broche

27:41 - Two Worlds Meet

28:50 - Meta aspect of the kidnapping scene

31:10 - Philosophy of Broche

33:50 - The Dance Montage

35:10 - The grey shade of R3 gang

36:44 - Colours in Broche

40:30 - Broche title song

41:40 - Sanchari tune in Broche

43:12 - Subtle Writing of Broche

44:00 - Closing all the threads

45:12 - "Slapping" the message on the face

46:30 - Establishing conflict very early

48:28 - Closing thoughts (Sandilya)

51:00 - Closing thoughts (Pruthvi)

52:10 - Outro

Happy Listening!

If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism, you can contact us here: Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CAlochana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chitraalochana

Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners!

In this episode we talk about the director Prasanth Varma and his 3 directorial ventures: Awe, Kalki and Zombie Reddy. We take deep dive into the world of Awe that Prasanth and his team have set up and discuss all the aspects of this debut venture.

We also talk the pros and cons of his other 2 films, which are pretty much "above average" stuff from a man who made Awe. Also, we wander onto many other topics taking examples of other recent Telugu films.

For your convenience:

Timestamps:

00:34 - Introduction

02:20 - Initial Thoughts (Sandilya)

03:25 - Initial Thoughts (Pruthvi)

05:12 - Digging deep into Awe

07:55 - Source of inspiration for Awe

10:00 - About the climax

18:50 - About "Antharaayam"

23:28 - Why Kajal's character is named "Kali"

29:30 - Modernization in writing

30:40 - Addressing social issues through films

32:25 - The "Rayalaseema" Cinema analogy

35:38 - Why Dear Comrade failed to be a good "social message" vehicle

37:48 - Asatoma Sadgamaya

40:15 - About Kalki

47:30 - Consciously making a proper commercial cinema

52:05 - Appreciating Nani

53:05 - About Zombie Reddy

57:10 - Jathi Ratnalu vs Zombie Reddy

1:02:40 - References in Zombie Reddy

1:06:00 - "Meta Cinema" meaning

Happy Listening!

If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism, you can contact us here: Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CAlochana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chitraalochana

Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners!

In this episode, you can listen to us talking about the films that came out in TFI over the last several decades and how the commercial and critical success of few films have shaped the fate of the whole industry moving forward.

Do tune in and listen to us talk about why we are always TFI Forever!

Hello Listeners!

In this candid discussion we talk about a lot of aspects that made Cinema Bandi, the Netflix release, talk of the town. We went into the details of things we liked and appreciated about Praveen Kandregula's debut film, produced by Raj & DK.

Do listen to what we had to say about this lovely piece of cinema made with honest and heartfelt intentions. SPOILERS FOR CINEMA BANDI.

Apologies for the noises/disturbances in the background. Next time, we'll do better.

Happy listening!

Timestamps:

1 - 00:30 - Introduction

2 - 01:13 - Initial Thoughts (Sandy)

3 - 02:30 - Initial Thoughts (Pruthvi)

4 - 05:07 - About the accent used in this film

5 - 08:00 - About the climax

6 - 12:18 - Meta aspect of Cinema Bandi

7 - 13:24 - About the characters in Cinema Bandi

8 - 23:25 - Trivia about Cinema Bandi

9 - 24:50 - Detailing (Technical) in Cinema Bandi

10 - 32:38 - About our next episode

In this first episode of our Podcast, we'd like to give you all a gist about ourselves, the hosts. This is kind of an introduction to what we wanted to do and create with this podcast and hope to give a roadmap of the future episodes as well.

Those listening to this, thank you for your time.

Happy listening!

🔴 Use Our AMAZON Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3ObSoJ2

🔴 Checkout Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm?via=chitra

🔴 Donate to us via UPI ID: saisandilya22@okhdfcbank