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Tollywood Kaburlu
Hosted by Teja Rao · TE
Andariki Namaskaram!
Welcome to Tollywood Kaburlu, a weekly Telugu movie podcast hosted by Teja Rao, an aspiring actor and screenwriter in USA with new episodes every Monday. Our podcast mainly revisits old Telugu movies and assesses their rewatch value in present day. In addition, we occasionally review new Telugu movies and talk about Telugu music. Hope you enjoy listening to the nostalgia blast!
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Revisiting Okkadunnadu (2007) - Is it Really Underrated? - Review + Interesting Facts
Sep 16, 202400:52:00Tap to summarizeBanner: Clap Entertainment Cast: Gopichand, Neha Julka, Mahesh Manjrekar, Suman, Nassar, Tanikella Bharani, Rahul Dev, Giribabu, Brahmanandam, Raghubabu, Uttej & Ramesh Crew:Dialogues: Koratala SivaMusic: MM KeeravaniCinematography: Jayakrishna GummadiArt: R RavindarChoreography: Noble & RajuThrills: Allen Amin, Ram Lakshman & VijayEditing: Mohan - Rama RaoLyrics: Seetarama Sastry, Jonnavithula & Anant SreeramDirection: Chandarsekhar YeletiProducer: Cherry Release Date: 2 March 2007 Interesting Facts: https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/chitchat-cherry.html https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/chandrasekharyeleti.html
Transcribe →(Spoilers) Saripodha Saanivaram (2024) - Review + Interesting Facts
Sep 6, 202400:59:34Tap to summarizeCredits Banner: DVV Entertainments Cast: Nani, Priyanka Arul Mohan, SJ Suryah, Sai Kumar, Murali Sharma, Aditi Balan, Harsha Vardhan, Ajay, Sivaji Raja, Ajay Ghosh, Vishnu Oi, Supreeth, Jeevan Kumar, Josh ravi, Abhirami, Subhalekha Sudhakar Music: Jakes Bejoy Cinematography: Murali G Editor: Karthika Srinivas Art Director: GM Sekhar Fights: Ram Laxman, Real Satish Story, screenplay - dialogues - direction: Vivek Athreya Producer: DVV Danayya, Dasari Kalyan Release Date: August 29th, 2024 Context: After flop of Ante Sundaranimi, Nani and Vivek Athreya teamed up once again for another movie and was more surprised because giving chance to flop director is extremely rare in film industry but nani did it so many times with Hanu Raghavapudi, Vivek Athreya, venu Sriram, and teaser came out and was excited because thought it was superhero concept but then maybe it would be like Maveeran but wasn't very impressive. Teaser wasnt great, no chartbuster songs, and then trailer was excellent. Generally always watch nani movies with family so went last night and movie was purely average at best. It was good until a point but then started to get tired. Will explain Interesting Facts After Ante Sundaraniki flopped, The day when our film was declared a flop, I asked Vivek to come up with a solid script where an action film has all the closed threads and he also wanted to do an action film and he did it with Saripodhaa Sanivaaram which I loved and greenlighted on a massive scale with Saturday concept like “Saturday Baasha concept” October 23rd, 2023 movie was officially launched with a concept video with the title Saripodha Saanivaram Filming started in In November 2023 and the interval fight was the first thing they filmed, how Because on February 24th, 2024 they released the glimpse and all the action scenes in that trailer are mainly from the interval fight Production Designer GM Shekar built a set called Sokulapalem and was built with a lot of money and was expected to be one of the highlights of the movie. SHot in 120 days and surprisingly pretty rare but entirely filmed in Hyderabad in real locations with a lot of real locations which is pretty rare SJ Suryah after a long gap coming back to Telugu and become very famous with eccentric villain roles after Spyder and Manaadu. After Spyder this is his next Telugu movie so gap of 7 years Finally released on August 29th and running successfully. Already made 2 million in America by the time of this recording.
Transcribe →Revisiting 1 Nenokkadine (2014) - Is it Really Underrated? - Review
Aug 30, 202400:57:03Tap to summarizeRevisiting 1 Nenokkadine (2014) - Is it Really Underrated? Banner: 14 Reels Entertainment & Eros International Cast: Mahesh Babu, Kriti Sanon, Gautham krishna, Nassar, Anu Hasan, Sayaji Shinde, Pradeep Rawat, Kelly Dorji, Vikram Singh, Posani krisha murali, Srinivasa reddy, Anand, Sophie Choudry.etc Music: Devi Sri Prasad Camera: R. Rathnavelu Art Direction: Rajeevan Fights: Peter Hain Editing: Karthika Srinivas Lyrics: Chandrabose Choreography: Prem Rakshith Story: Jakka Hari Prasad Story sahakaram: Arjun YK, Thota Sreenu Direction: Sukumar Producers: Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, Anil Sunkara Release date: 10 January 2014 Why did 1 Nenokkadine flop link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLUn84Y2m4
Transcribe →Episode 180 - Revisiting Raviteja's Krishna (2008): Movie Discussion ft. Shashidhar
Aug 23, 202400:54:21Tap to summarizeCredits Banner: Lakshmi Narasimha Visuals Cast: Raviteja, Trisha, Mukul Dev, Brahmanandam, Chandra Mohan, Dhandapani, Sunil, Tanikella Bharani, Shayaji Shinde, Jayaprakash Reddy, Venu Madhav, Sudha, Karate Kalyani, Sana, Sujatha Reddy, Rajan P Dev, M S Narayana, Satyam Rajesh, Giribabu, Fish Venkat, CVL Narasimharao, Chitram Srinu, Kalyani, Revathi, Master Abhijay, Murali Krishna, Presenter: DVV Danayya Music Director: Chakri Story & Dialogues: Siva Akula Screenplay: V.V. Vinayak Cinematographer: Chota K. Naidu Editor: Goutham Raju Art: A.S. Prakash Costumes: P Ramesh Stunts: Ram-Lakshman Lyrics: Chandra Bose Choreographer: Suchitra Chandra Bose, Pradeep Anthony, Dinesh & Nobel Paul Producer: B. Kasi Viswanatham Director: V.V. Vinayak Release Date: January 12th, 2008 Agenda 1) First Impressions and where you saw It 2) how your liking towards it grew 3) Music and other Technicalities 4) Writing and Direction 5) Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Transcribe →Revisiting Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005) - Is It Really Underrated? - Review + Interesting Facts
Aug 16, 202400:55:42Tap to summarizeCredits Banner: Just Yellow Media Cast: Charmy, Jagapathi Babu, Sashank, Pavan Malhotra, Harsha Vardhan, Narsing Yadav, Pooja Bharati, Jagga Rao, Sivannarayana, Ravi Prakash, Kaushal, Amit, Pingpong, Vasu Inturi, Sandra, Jayalakshmi, Baby Roopika Dialogues: Gangaraju Gunnam Lyrics: Sirivennela, MM Keeravani, Gangaraju Gunnam & Marut Music: MM Keeravani Choreography: Nixon Cinematography: Sarvesh Murari Stunts: Ramana Editing: Mohan - Rama Rao Art: Ravindar R Costumes: Rama Vastala & Sandhya Ravi Presents: Ramaraju D Executive Producer: Urmila Gunnam Story - Screenplay - Direction: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Producers: Gangaraju Gunnam & Venkat Dega Theatrical release date: 30th June 2005 Interesting Facts: https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/anukokundaokaroju.html Prudvi's Writeup: https://pennedbypro.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/anukokunda-oka-roju-breakdown/
Transcribe →Why PRESENT TELUGU MUSIC SUCKS!
Aug 2, 202401:00:44Tap to summarizeBasically ivve mana reasons 1) Most good lyric writers are dead 2) Lack of evergreen music/shelf life 3) Death of audio launches and music units 4) Singles culture 5) Virality and views for insta reels and tiktok and facebook 6) Lack of music directors for commercial music
Transcribe →Why PRESENT TELUGU MOVIES SUCK!
Jul 26, 202400:55:31Tap to summarizeAndariki Namaskaram! Episode title is exaclty what is sounds like. Mana industry lo ippati daridram gurunchi almost ganta sepu cheppam. Enjoy and write in comments if you agree!
Transcribe →(Spoilers) Kalki 2898 AD: Review + Interesting Facts
Jul 9, 202401:01:32Tap to summarizeCredits Banner: Vyajayanthi Movies Cast: Rebel Star Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Disha Patani, Pasupathy, Vijay Deverakonda, Dulquer Salmaan, Anna Ben, and others Music: Santosh Narayan Cinematography: Djordje Stojiljkovic Editing: Kotagiri venkateswara Rao Production Design: Nitin Zihani Choudhary Costume Design: Thota Vijay Bhaskar, Sheeleena Nathani, Sahithi Patha, Written & Directed by: Nag Ashwin Producers: C. Aswini Dutt, Priyanka Dutt, Swapna Dutt Release Date: June 27th, 2024 Too much to cover in description so enjoy!
Transcribe →Episode 175 - Revisiting Manmadhudu (2002): Movie Discussion Ft Surya Tej Borra
Jun 28, 202401:41:45Tap to summarizeAndariki Namaskaram! Glad to announce our 175th Episode today where we are joined by the one and only Surya Tej Borra talking about timeless classic Manmadhudu starring King Nagarjuna directed by K Vijaya Bhaskar and written by Trivikram Srinivas. Enjoy! Agenda) 1) First Impressions 2) How your Liking towards it Grew 3) Music and Other Technicalities 4) Writing and Direction 5) Why it will always be a classic
Transcribe →Revisiting Jagadam (2007) - Is it Really Underrated? - Review + Interesting Facts
Jun 25, 202400:50:03Tap to summarizeCredits Banner: Aditya Arts Cast: Ram, Isha, Pradeep Rawat, Prakash Raj, AS Rav Kumar Chowdary, Tanikella, Telangana Sakuntala, Satya Prakash, Raghubabu, Saranya, Chitram Seenu, Duvvasi Mohan, Krishnam Raju, Venu, Surya Narayana, Suchitra, Lirisha, Nihal, Devi Charan, Dasanna & Shiva Varma Crew:Music: Devi Sri PrasadCinematography: RatnaveluFights: VijayArt: Kiran & PrakashEditing: Srikar PrasadStory - dialogues - screenplay - Direction: SukumarProducer: Aditya BabuRelease Date: 16th March 2007 Interesting Facts So basically how the movie started was whenever Sukumar saw someone fighting whenever he got there it would stop and he was always wondering what if they foought how it will be, he got to thought of Jagadam Initially he wanted to make it with Mahesh babu and Allu Arjun before Arya and even came out but due to some unknown circumstances it didnt happen, so. In this gap he made Arya and had a lot of love stories but felt I wanted to do something different and show new movie with violence backdrop. He started working on the script. Right when he finished the script, YVS Chowdhary Devadasu starring Ram had released and it had a been a week since it came out Anukokunda, Sukumar watched that movie and felt Ram was acting very hushaaru and effortlessly he would be a good fit so he approached Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, narrated it to Ram and got the green signal. Inttially he narrated the movie to Dil Raju but he had differences and Sukumar was very adamant at the time and said he behaved like a little kid and was movie should be like this only and in that anger he cancelled it and started it night night and started with a new producer and project was launched on February 4th, 2006. Sirivennela lyrics and then Kiran as art director their debut but both were replaced later on by Chandrabose and Sahithi and then AS Prakash filled in for Kiran after he left the project JD Sompalli son Aditya Babu was the producer making it only 2nd movie on Aditya Arts banner and funny enough Dil Raju came for opening Since he already had good relation with them, DSP music and then Ratnavaelu cinematography were on board. Both remained as highlights Sukumar asked DSP to compose a song between two vasthulu madhyana prema yela vuntadi and that was 5 feet 8 inches song and then when Sukumar told Chandrabose the story, he immediately wrote the song and Devi scored music for it and that is Violence is a fashion song. CBFC opposed to it I don’t know why but they changed it to Jagadam is a fashion. Filmed with Super35 MM Camera, first time in South India, For visual color palette, Rathnavelu used color psychology. I used bluish color for brother’s death scene because it gives chill effect. Generally we have the habit of using back and white or monotone while opening the flashbacks. But I used warm tone for the Jathara scene which comes as opening scene in flashback. I used the ting of yellow and saffron for this scene because it represents turmeric and kunkuma. I used to neutral tone while narrating the present. Finally March 16, 2007 movie released and movie didnt run. Audience like that after a movie like Arya, Sukumar chose to make a movie like this and they couldn’t connect to it and the dark theme didnt connect with people Sukumar couldn’t tell the point he wanted to tell, Soft faced Ram seeing him in such a rugged role, ISha Sahani acting and worst love track and screenplay issues all of these conturbited to failure of the movie Finally biggest plus was Sreekar Prasad konni naalu taravatha met Sukumar in a flight and brought up Jagadam. Sukumar said flop movie kasha enduku. Sreekar Prasad said im coming form Mumbai and a lot od directors have Jagadam movie in their library antha kanna yemi kavali. A lot of people might not call you or meet you but it got a lot of appreciations and technicians use it as a reference.
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