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!
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