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
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