Telugu Bytes

Still not done with Baahubali? Here's Part 2 of our mega-review where we talk about our issues with the film, some thought experiments, some trivia and end with collections and records.

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• Issues with the film
  • Plot contrivances and characters
  • Pacing issues
  • Bit songs
  • VFX
  • Interval card and ending
• Thought experiments
  • What if it was just one big film?
  • Director's cut
  • Blu-Ray release
• Trivia
  • Things we noticed
• Reviewing the Reviews
  • Indian reviews
  • International reviews
  • Talk among family and friends
• Trade talk
  • Collections
  • Records
  • Precedents

Can't get enough of Baahubali? Here's Part 1 of our mega-review where we talk about our favorite moments, the plot, characters, performances and technical aspects of Baahubali 2 - the toast of India right now.

• Our rating
• Movie watching experience
• Favorite moments in the film
  • Scene-by-scene commentary
• Characters of Baahubali 2
  • Amarendra Baahubali
  • Devasena
  • Sivagami
  • Bhalladeva
  • Kattappa
• Performances
• Technical aspects
  • Cinematography
  • Music and Background Score
  • VFX
  • Production design
  • Screenplay and Direction

Watch out for Part 2 where we talk about our issues with the film, what if Baahubali was a single film and of course, the trade talk - collections and records.

Praveen and Ravi talk about origins of AI, recent advancements in AI and its impact on society.

• Bill Nye Saves The World Episode 3 - Machines Take Over the World: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117748
• The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence: https://stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial-intelligence/
• How Aristotle Created the Computer: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/aristotle-computer/518697/
• Subbarao Kambhampati - President of AAAI: http://rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu/

• Acclaim for Part 1
• Part 2 delay
• Trailer release
  • Trailer reactions
  • VFX Glitches
  • Story clues from the trailer
• WKKB?
  • Is Sivagami involved?
  • Why the Krishna lullaby?
  • Who does Kattappa owe fealty to?
  • (Learnt a new word - fealty, thanks to Spidy!)
• Book: The Rise of Sivagami
• Undue emphasis on WKKB by makers
• Songs
  • Hamsa Nava
  • Dandalayya
• More drama in Part 2?
• Trade Predictions
  • Spidy: 1000cr
  • Success in China
  • Premiere show ticket pricing
• Marketing
  • Audio release function
  • Social media
  • Memes
  • Books and Comics
  • Merchandise
  • Facebook stickers
  • Emojifi stickers
• Virtual Reality
  • Sword of Baahubali
  • AMD Partnership

• What is this episode about? Nothing
• Telugu Bytes Quarterly Report
  • Website revamp
  • Recent episodes
  • Tharun Bhasker's feedback
  • Backstories
  • Who are our audience? An analysis
• Logo Refresh
  • History of our logo
  • Saawan's design
  • Our take
• Recent movies
  • PK's movies and Katamarayudu
• Programming Interviews - Part 3?
  • Dhruv's recent job change
  • Why?
  • What he'll be working on
  • Interview Prep
    • String questions
    • Dynamic Programming
    • Graphs
    • System Design!
      • LeetCode
• Communication Skills
  • At workplace
  • Brilliant jerks
  • Coding vs. communication skills
• Immigration woes
  • H1-B visa
  • I-94 document

Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview. In the second part, they talk about:

• Tarun's experience at his first job in Unilever
• Experiences which turned him to social service
• Life at Teach for India
• Experience at Harvard
• Starting and Leading IndusAction

If you haven't listened yet, please listen 032 - Interview with Tarun (Part 1)

Links

• INDUS Action: https://www.indusaction.org/project-team
• Tarun Cherukuri: https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri
• Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarunch
• Tarun goes to Harvard: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/vijayawada-youth-bags-harvard-kennedy-schools-emerging-global-leader-award/article7187565.ece

Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview.

• Their experiences at VPS, Vijayawada
• His passion for sports and Badminton
• His experiences at BITS Pilani
• Interviewing and landing a job

(Continued in Part 2)

Links

• INDUS Action: https://www.indusaction.org/project-team
• Tarun Cherukuri: https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri
• Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarunch
• Tarun goes to Harvard: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/vijayawada-youth-bags-harvard-kennedy-schools-emerging-global-leader-award/article7187565.ece

After almost an year later, Aravind and Ravi get back to discuss one of their favorite topic - trips to India. They talk about Ravi's recent trip to India and his experiences.

• Follow up
• Air India (SFO to Delhi)
• Progress in Vijayawada
• Temples in Tirupati and Thanjavur
• Staying in Chennai
• Sankranthi Movies
• Next episode guest!

Dhruv and Aravind talk about the 2016 Telugu rom-com/coming-of-age film Pelli Choopulu.

• Our take on the film
  • Dhruv
  • Aravind
• Success of the film
  • Budget
  • Run in the USA
  • Indie films and distribution models
• Thoughts on the film
  • Story
  • Screenplay
  • Characterizations
  • Treatment
  • Dialogues
  • The Telangana dialect
  • Tharun Bhasker's idlebrain postmortem
• Thoughts on acting
  • Vijay Deverakonda
  • Ritu Verma
  • Priyadarshi
  • Anish Kuruvilla
  • Nandu
  • Kedar Shankar
• The crew
  • Cinematography (Nagesh Banell)
  • Production design (Latha Naidu)
  • Sound (Tapeloop)
  • Music (Vivek Sagar)
  • Director (Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam)
• Other indie films
  • Vasham, the first crowd-funded film in Telugu
  • Info
  • Trailer

Ravi & Aravind ponder over how software release process has evolved last decade

• Instagram Release Process
• Jenkins 2.0 Here

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