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The Luchi & Mutton's Podcast, Dog Behaviour & Nutrition, and All Things Dog22. Running a pet product business in India Ft Deepti Rao & For The Love of DogIn this episode, I chat with Deepti Rao, founder of For the Love of Dog. Her brand is one of the first brands to introduce snuffle mats, long lines and more into the Indian dog household.
We talk about her journey of setting up a pet product business in a niche that was extremely new to the Indian dog parent consumer and her journey of navigating through the highs and lows. As a dog trainer herself, she brings great insight into balancing what both the dog needs but also what the dog parent looks...2024-09-2531 min
Tollywood KaburluRevisiting Nenunnanu (2004): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: kamakshi Movies
Cast: Nagarjuna, Arti Agaral, Shriya, Sudha, Mukesh Rushi, Brahmanandam, Ali, Sunil, Allari Ravi, Pasupati, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Siva Parvathy, Tanikella Bharani, Subba Raju, Jenny, Anant, MS Narayana, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Kaushal & Anitha (special appearance)
Camera: J Siva Kumar
Story: Bhupati Raja
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Music Director: MM Keeravani
Lyrics: Sirivennela & Chandrabose
Action: Vijay
Choreography: Lawrence, Raju Sundaram & Ashok Raj
Art: Srinivasa Raju
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Producer: D Siva Prasad Reddy
S...2024-05-1050 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Balu ABCDEFG (2005): Review + Interesting FactsBanner: Vyjayanthi Movies
Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Shriya, Neha Oberai, Gulshan Grover, Jersey Singh, Sunil, Suman, Saurabh Shukla, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Rajan P Dev, Brahmanandam, Jaya Sudha,
Music: Mani Sharma
Dialogues: Kona Venkat
Lyrics: Sirivennela, Jonnavithula, Chandrabose
Choreography: Kalyan, Vaibhavi Merchant, Saroj Khan
Cinematographer: Ramesh
Art: Anand Sai
Stunts: Stun Siva & Vijayan
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Story - Screenplay - Direction: Karunakaran
Executive Producer: Saibaba
Co Producer: Priyanka Dutt
Producer: Aswini Dutt
Theatrical r...2024-05-0758 minTollywood KaburluEpisode 160 - Revisiting Vasu (2002): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Creative Commercials
Cast: Venkatesh, Bhumika Chawla, Ali, Vijay Kumar, Manjula, Varsha, Sunil, Jogi Naidu, Achyut
Dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas
Lyrics: Sahiti, Pothula Ravi Kiran & Sirivennela
Camera: Ramesh Babu
Art: Anand Sai
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Fights: Vijay
Story - Screenplay - Direction: A Karunakaran
Producer: KS Rama Rao
Theatrical Release Date: 10th April 2002
Interesting Facts:
It’s Venkatesh’s 50th film
Harris Jayaraj Telugu debut, I hear...2024-04-3055 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Sammohanam (2018): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sridevi moviesCast: Sudheer Babu, Aditi Rao Hydari, Naresh, Tanikella Bharani, Pavitra Lokesh, Harshini, Nandu, Kadambari Kiran, Hariteja, Rahul Ramakrishna, Kedar Shankar, Shishir SharmaMusic: Vivek SagarCinematographer: PG VindaProduction design: RavinderLyrics: Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Ramajogayya SastriEditor: Marthand K VenkateshStory, Dialogues, Screenplay & Direction: Indraganti Mohan KrishnaProducer: Shivalenka Krishnaprasad
Release Date: June 15th, 2018
Sold or 8 crores WW and Finally it collected 7 cores are at the box office and was average at the box office.
Writing/Direction:
So honestl...2024-04-2655 minTollywood KaburluEpisode 155 - Revisiting Vasantam (2003): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Sai Deva Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Kalyani, Arti Agarwal, Tanikella Bharani, Chandra Mohan, Surya, Vizag Prasad, Ahuti Prasad, Delhi Rajeswari, Akash, Sunil, VVS Laxman (special appearance)
Dialogues: Chintapally Ramana
Music: SA Raj Kumar
Songs: Veturi, Sirivennela, Kulasekhar & Chandrabose
Art: Raju
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Co-director: Uma Maheswara Rao
Producer: NV Prasad & Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar
Story - Screenplay - Direction: Vikraman
Release date: 11 July 2003
Interesting Facts:
Film is was simultaneous shot i...2024-04-0246 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Nuvvu Nenu (2001): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Anandi Arts Creations
Cast: Uday Kiran, Anita, Tanikella Bharani, Sunil, MS Narayana, Dharmavarapu, Shakuntala, Rallapalli
Music: RP Patnaik
Lyrics: Kula Sekhar
Cinematography: Rasool Ellore
Art: Narayana Reddy
Editing: Shankar
Story, Dialogues, Screenplay & Direction: Teja
Producer: P Kiran
Theatrical Release Date: 10th August 2001
Context: Watched it when I was young and the only reason I remember the movie is Gajuvaka Pilla, even today that’s the only song I liked and remember and of course one of Uday Kir...2024-03-1945 min
The Gradient: Perspectives on AIVenkatesh Rao: Protocols, Intelligence, and Scaling“There is this move from generality in a relative sense of ‘we are not as specialized as insects’ to generality in the sense of omnipotent, omniscient, godlike capabilities. And I think there's something very dangerous that happens there, which is you start thinking of the word ‘general’ in completely unhinged ways.”In episode 114 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Venkatesh Rao. Venkatesh is a writer and consultant. He has been writing the widely read Ribbonfarm blog since 2007, and more recently, the popular Ribbonfarm Studio Substack newsletter. He is the author of Tempo, a book on timi...2024-03-072h 18Tollywood KaburluEpisode 150 - Malliswari (2004): Movie Discussion ft. PranavCredits
Banner: Suresh Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Katrina Kaif, Balaiah, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani, Naresh, Ahuti Prasad, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Mallikharjuna Rao, Chalapati Rao, Sunil, CVL Narasimha Rao, Devdas Kanakala, Chitram Seenu, Benarji, Ganesh, Prabhu, Raghunadh Reddy, Gowtam Raju, Chitti Babu, Poosala, Lakshmipati, Sudarshan, Rajya Lakshmi, Rajitha, Sana, Padma Jayanth, Priyanka, Hema, Baby Greeshma, Gajala (SA) & Smita (SA)
Story - dialogues: Trivikram
Lyrics: Sirivennela & Bhuvana Chandra (Janma Janmala)
Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Raja Sekhar, Krishna Reddy
Co-director: Sudhakar G
Art Director: Bhupesh R Bhupathi
Edit...2024-03-011h 35Tollywood KaburluSwayamvaram Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: SP Entertainments
Cast: Venu, Laya, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sudha,, Ali, Giri Babu, Brahmaji, Venu Madhav, MS Narayana, Ananth Babu, Ironleg Sastri, Rajitha,
Music: Vandemataram Srinivas
Cinematography: K. Prasad
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Story-Dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas
Producer: Venkata Shyam Prasad
Screenplay - Direction: K. Vijay Bhaskar
Release Date: April 22, 1999
Interesting Facts: https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_shyam.html
Acting:
Venu is amazing in his role. His first movie, incredible comic timing, dialogue delivery...2024-02-1644 minTollywood KaburluRevisting Souryam (2008): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Bhavya Creations
Cast: Gopichand, Ansuhka, Poonam Kaur, Dharmavarapu, Aali, Ajay, Manoj K. Jain, MS Narayana, Sarat Babu, Tanikella Bharani, Krishna Bhagwan, Supreet, Subbaraya Sharma, CVL Narasimharao, Vijaya Rangaraju, Sudha, Aarthi.
Dialogues: M. Ratnam
Lyrics: Bhaskarabhatla, Anantha Sriram, Rama Jogayya Sastry
Fights: Vijay, Ram-Lakshman
Dance: Ashok Raj, Dinesh
Art: Vivek
Stills: Anand
PRO: Pulagam Chinnarayana
Pro. Managers: Mahender Reddy, R. Seshadri Raju
Pro. Exe.: Bandi Seshayya
Co-Dir.: Satyam Bellamkonda, R...2024-02-1357 minTollywood KaburluRevisting Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (2002): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Suresh Productions
Cast: Tarun, Arti Agrawal, Kiran Rathod, Laya, Sunil, Brahmanandam, Gundu Hanumantha Rao, Sararh Babu, Chandra Mohan, Sudha, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, K Viswanath, Ahuti Prasad
Director of Photography: Sekhar V Joseph
Choreographers: Suchitra Chandra Bose, Lawrence, Ashok Raj
Art Director: Narayana Reddy
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh, Madhav
Music: RP Patnaik
Lyrics: Veturi, Kula Sekhar & Y Kasi Viswanath
Story - Screenplay - Direction - Dialogues: Y Kasi Viswanath
Production: D Suresh Babu
Theatrical Release Date: 14th...2024-02-021h 05
Everyday Radio#40: Analyzing Venkatesh Rao’s The Art of Gig Vol 1 — A Meditation on Indie ConsultingA deep dive into the most timeless insights from Venkatesh Rao's 'The Art of Gig Vol 1' and explore the unique skill set required to become a successful independent consultant.
This episode is a meditation led by the host, Cornelius McGrath, who shares his insights, analyses the book's core themes and offers his perspective on their real-world application and value. Cornelius reflects on the essential elements of pursuing a successful independent consulting career.
Three key ideas from 'The Art of Gig' are discussed:
1. "Sparring" related to live, dynamic conversations with executive decision-makers
2. "Guru vs. Pundit"...2024-01-1954 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Nagarjuna's Azad (2000): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Vyjayanthi Movies
Cast: Nagarjuna, Soundarya, Raghuvaran, Shilpa Shetty, Banerjee, LB Sriram, Prakash raj, Brahmanandham, Sujitha, Nutan Prasad, Raghunatha Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarupu Subramanyam, Narsing Yadav
Music: Mani Sharma
Lyrics: Suddala Ashoka Teja, Veturi, Chandrabose, Sirivennela
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu
Art Director: Srinivasa Raju of Manmadhudhu, Sitaramaraju, and Rajakumarudu fame
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Fights: Kanal Kannan, Thriller Manju
Screenplay Assistance: Feroz Bhagat, N Maharajan, Crazy Mohan, Bhupathi Raja, Yandamoori Veerendranath
Dialogues: Parachuri Brothers
Story - Screenp...2023-12-1958 minTollywood KaburluDevi Putrudu (2000): Review + Interesting FactsCredits:
Banner: Sumanth Arts
Cast: Venkatesh, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri, MS Narayana, Suresh, Kota, Ali, Babu Mohan, Ahuthi Prasad, Raghunatha Reddy, Prema (Goddess), Bhupinder Singh
Music: Mani Sharma
Lyrics: Jonnavitula and Veturi (Okati Rendu Moodu)
Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
Editing: Tata Suresh
Art Direction: Sabu Cyril
Fights: Peter Hein, Kanal Kannan
Choreography: DKS Babu, G Kala, Ahmed Khan, Saroj Khan, Brinda,
Sound Mixing: Madhusudhan Reddy
VFX: Kartik Dayanand Boddapati and VS Elangovan
Dialogues: Jonnavitula Ramalingeswara Rao
Story...2023-12-011h 02
Infinite LoopsVenkatesh Rao & Tim Beiko — The Summer of ProtocolsTim Beiko, who runs the core protocol meetings for Ethereum, teams up with writer and consultant Venkatesh Rao to discuss their “Summer of Protocols” research program. This initiative brought together 33 researchers with a wide range of expertise to investigate protocols across several domains. Join us for an in-depth exploration of protocols: understanding what they are, their importance, why they can go wrong, and much more! Important Links: Summer of Protocols Protocolized Newsletter Venkatesh’s previous episode Venkatesh's Website Ribbonfarm Venkatesh's Substack Venkatesh's Twitter Tim’s Twitter Show Notes: Why We Should Care About Pr...2023-11-301h 29Tollywood KaburluEpisode 130 - Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013): Movie Discussion ft PranavCredits
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Cast: Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Prakash Raj, Anjali, Samantha, Rao Ramesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Murali Mohan, Ravi Babu, Ahuti Prasad, Jayasudha, Rohini Hattangadi, Rajitha, Abhinaya, Ramaprabha,
Songs: Micky J MeyerBackground Score: Mani SharmaCinematography: KV GuhanEditing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Lyrics: Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry & Anantha Sriram Art Direction: AS PrakashDialogues: Ganesh Patro & Srikanth AddalaStory - Screenplay - Direction: Sreekanth AddalaProducer: Dil RajuRelease date: 11 January 2013
Agenda:
1) Context and How your lik...2023-11-211h 40Tollywood KaburluVenkatesh's Chanti (1992): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Creative Commercials
Cast: Venkatesh, Meena, Nasser, Brahmanandham, Sujatha, Allu Ramalingaiah, Vinod, Prasanna Kumar, Maharshi Raghava, Kallu Chidambaram, and others
Music: Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography: K Ravindra Babu
Editing: Krishnamurthy - Siva
Art Direction: A. Chanti
Dialogues: G. Satyamurthy
Original Story: P Vasu
Screenplay - Direction: Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Producer: K.S. Rama Rao
Release Date: January 10th, 1992
Writing/Direction: Probably have to credit P Vasu here as he wrote the original story. I dont have the knowl...2023-11-171h 09Tollywood KaburluRevisiting Don Seenu (2010): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: RR Moviemakers
Cast: Ravi Teja, Shriya, Anjana Sukhani, Srihari, Mahesh Manjrekar, Brahmanandam, Ali,Yashpal Sharma, Sayaji Shinde, Kasi Viswanath, Venu Madhav, Brahmaji, Sudha, Surekha etc
Music: Mani SharmaCinematography: Sameer ReddyEditing: Gowtam Raju RaoScreenplay - dialogues: Kona VenkatArt: AS PrakashFights: Stun Siva - Ram LakshmanStory - screenplay - direction: Gopichand MalineniProducer: VenkatRelease date: 6 August 2010
Context: Watched it in 2010 or 11 on YouTube, liked it then watched it again during lockdown in 2020 and loved it so en...2023-11-1450 minTollywood KaburluRevisting Anand (2004): Review + Interesting Facts + Dum Masala (Guntur Kaaram) First Single ReactionCredits
Banner: Amigos Creations
Cast: Raja, Kamaline Mukherjee, Anish Kuruvilla, Satya, Baby Bakita, Master Abhijit, Chandana, Gururaj, Bharat, Ali, Patel, Pruthvi, Meenakshi, Gopi
Music: KM Radha Krishnan
Lyrics: Veturi
Camera: Vijay C Kumar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Choreography: Nixon & Sekhar Kammula
Art: Kishore Chowksi
Production Manager: Arvind Kumar
Story - Dialogues - Screenplay - Direction: Sekhar Kammula
Executive Producer and Chief Assistant Director: Anish Kuruvilla
Producer: Amigos Creations & NFDC
Theatrical release date: 15th Octo...2023-11-101h 00Tollywood KaburluRevisting Venkatesh's Lakshmi (2006): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Charmme, Nayana Tara, Sunil, Sayaji Shinde, Pradeep Rawat, Rajiv Kanakala, Sarvanand, Sameer, Sanjay, Baljeet, Sudha, Venu Madhav, Telangana Sakuntala, Revathy, LB Sriram, Master Teja, Brahamanandham
Music: Ramana Gogula
Background Music: Mani Sharma
Story - Dialogues: Akula Siva
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu
Art Direction: Chinna
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Lyrics: Chandrabose, Kulasekhar & Vishwa
Fx supervision: RaNa daggubati
Screenplay - direction: VV Vinayak
Producer: Nallamalupu Bujji
Release date: 14th...2023-11-0758 minTollywood KaburluEpisode 125 - Nuvvu Naaku Nachav Movie Discussion ft Vamsi KrishnaCredits
Banner: Sri Sravanthi Movies
Cast: Venkatesh, Aarti Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Chandramohan, Bramanandham, Sunil, Sudeepa Pinky, Asha Saini, Sudha, Babloo Prithviraj, Tanikella Bharani, Babu Mohan, Mallikarjuna Rao, MS Narayana, Shiju, Hema, Bandla Ganesh, Giridhar,
Music: Koti
Cinematography: K Ravindra Babu
Editing: A Sreekar Prasad
Art Direction: Ranga Peketi
Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry & Bhuvanachandra (O Priyathama)
Story - Dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas
Screenplay - Direction: K Vijaya Bhaskar
Producer: Sravanthi Ravi Kishore
Release Date: September 6th, 2001
Interesting Facts
...2023-11-031h 46Tollywood KaburluEpisode 120 - Revisiting Tulasi (2007): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Suresh Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Nayana Tara, Sivaji, Ramya Krishna, Asish Vidyardhi, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Rahul Dev, Ravi Babu, Riaz Khan, Tanikella Bharani, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Ali, Raghubabu, Jhansi & Shriya (item song)
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Dialogues: Paruchuri brothers
Cinematography: B Bala Murugan
Art Direction: Nrayana Reddy
Lyrics: Chandrabose, Bhaskarbatla & Sahithi
Action: Kanal Kannan & Ram LakshmanStory: Boyapati Seenu & Akula Siva
Screenplay - direction: Boyapati Seenu
Producer: Suresh
Release date: 12 October 2007
Interesting Facts:
As we all kn...2023-10-1055 min
GreenPill155 - Summer of Protocols: Past, Present & Future with Venkatesh Rao & Tim Beiko✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- Why do Protocols Matter? Joining the podcast today is Summer of Protocols Program Director Venkatesh Rao and Ethereum Foundation Leader Tim Beiko. We cover the Inception of the Summer of Protocols as well as their Present Favorite Projects and what’s coming next. Take the green pill...2023-10-0638 minTollywood KaburluRevisting Jayam Manadera (2000): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Suresh Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Soundarya, Bhanupriya, Jayaprakash Reddy, Brahmanandham, Ali, AVS, Tanikella Bharani, LB Sriram, Ramaprabha, Ahuthi Prasad, Hema, Atul Kulkarni, Surya, MS Narayana, Ravibabu, Satya Prakash, Raja Ravindra, Banerjee, Jhansi, Narsingh Yadav, Kolla Ashok Kumar, Nirmala, Meena Kumari,
Music: Vandemataram Srinivas
Cinematography: K Ravindra Babu
Editing: K Madhav& Marthand K Venkatesh
Art Direction: Ashok Kumar
Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Lawrence, DKS Babu, Suchitra, and Harish Pai
Fights: Vijay (6)
Screenplay - Dialogues: Parachuri brothers
Producer: Suresh Babu
Original...2023-09-2654 minTollywood KaburluEpisode 110 - Revisiting Desamuduru (2007): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Universal Media
Cast: Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani, Pradeep Rawat, Subbaraju, Ali, Raghubabu, Ajay, Jeeva, GV, Raja Ravindra, Satyam Rajesh, Srinivasa Reddy, Chandramohan, Gowtam Raju, Ahuti Prasad, Telangana Sakuntala, Hema, Rama Prabha, Kovai Sarala, Sony Raj and Rambha (item song)Music: Chakri
Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Pradeep, Nobel, Dinesh, and Ashok Raj
Lyrics: Bhaskarbatla and Kandikonda
Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu
Action: Vijayan
Art: Chinna
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Story – dialogues – screenplay – direction: Puri Jagan
Producer: DVV DanayyaRelease Date: 12 January 2007
Context: Watched...2023-08-2549 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Sivamani (2003) Review + Interesting Facts + Jailer ThoughtsJailer Thoughts First!
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Banner: Vaishno Academy
Cast: Nagarjuna, Asin, Rakshita, Sangeeta, Prakash Raj, Benarjee, Brahmajee, Ali, MS Narayana, Ganesh, Bosu Babu, Vinod Bala & AVS
Music: Chakri
Dialogues: Kona Venkat
Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Lyrics: Bhaskartabhatla Ravi Kumar, kandikonda, Viswa and Chakri
Art: Chinna
Stunts: Vijay
Presenters: Bhagawan & Danayya
Story - Screenplay - Direction: Puri Jagannadh
Release date: 23rd October 2003
Context: Watched it on VHS...2023-08-2145 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Idiot (2002): Review + Interesting Facts + Bhola Shankar Flop ReactionBhola Shankar Reaction first 12 mins
Idiot starts at 12:15
Credits
Banner: Vaishno Academy
Cast: Ravi Teja, Rakshita, Kota, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Ali, Jeeva, Giri Babu, Jr. Relangi, Bose, Narsing Yadav, Satya Narayana, Srinivasa Reddy
Music: Chakri
Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu
Lyrics: Kandikonda, Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar & Peddada Murthy
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Art: Chinna
Fights: Ram - Lakshman
Story - Screenplay - Direction - Dialogues - Production: Puri Jagannadh
Release date: 22nd August 2002
Co...2023-08-1251 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Raja (1999): Review + Interesting FactsRaja Movie Review
Banner: Super Good Films
Cast: Venkatesh, Soundarya, Sudhakar, Chandramohan, AVS, Brahmanandham, Abbas, Y Vijaya, Sana, Tanikella Bharani
Music: SA Rajkumar
Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Art Direction: Chinna
Dialogues: Rajendra Kumar
Story: Vikraman
Remake of: Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen starring Karthik and Roja
Screenplay - Direction: Muppalaneni Shiva
Release Date: March 18th, 1999
Interesting Facts
When he doing Subhalekalu with Srikanth they were filming a song, director Muppaleneni S...2023-08-0853 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Bhadra (2005): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Cast: Ravi Teja, Meera Jasmine, Prakash Raj, Pradeep Rawat, Deepak, Padmanabham, Murali Mohan, Brahmaji, Sunil, Jeeva, Vizag Prasad, Raghunadha Reddy, Gundu Hanmantha Rao, Subbaraju, Sriharsha, Raja Ravindra, Vizag Seenu, Ajay, Sudha, Revathy, Jhansi & Telangana Sakuntala
Dialogues: Koratala Siva
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Lyrics: Sirivennela, Kulashekar Bhaskarbatla, and Viswa
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Art: AS Prakash
Stunts: Ram Lakshman & Kanal Kannan
Cinematography: Arthur A Wilson
Visual Effects: Yugandhar - Junaid
Co producers: Sirish...2023-08-0643 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Preminchukundam Raa (1997): Review + Interesting FactsMem Famous, Samajavaragamana and Project K Thoughts first!
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Banner: Suresh Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Anjala Zhaveri, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Srihari, Chandramohan, Ahuthi Prasad, Parachuri Venkateswara Rao, Gokina Rama Rao, Raghunatha Reddy, Kolla Ashok Kumar, Banerjee, Jeeva, Babu Mohan, Venu Madhav, Brahmannandham, Gundu Hanumantha Rao, Uttej, Annapurna, Sudda, Ramaprabha, Rajitha,
Music: Mahesh Mahadevan & Mani Sharma
Dialogues - Screenplay: Parachute Dialogues
Story: Deenraj
Editing: KA Marthand & Marthand K Venkatesh
Art Direction: A. Chanti
Fights: Kanal Kannan
Direction: Jayanth C Paran...2023-08-0156 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Ragada (2010): Review + Interesting FactsBanner: Sri Kamakshi Enterprises
Cast: Nagarjuna, Anushka, Priyamani, Charmme, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Pradeep rawat, Dev Gill, Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu, Supreet, Tanikella Bharani, Raghubabu, Sri Lalitha, Sana, V Nirmala
Music: Thaman
Cinematography: Sarvesh MurariEditing: Marthand K VenkateshFights: VijayArt: Prakash
Story - screenplay - dialogues - direction: Veeru PotlaProducer: D Siva Prasad Reddy
Release date: 24 December 2010
Interesting Facts and Context: trailer has no dialogues, its just music. Watched it in theaters on Christmas 2010 and it was houseful. Great experience. Back then it’s all about fight...2023-07-2554 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Thammudu (1999): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Art Films
Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani, Aditi Gowitrikar, Bhupinder Singh, Achyuth, Brahmanandham, Ali, Chandra Mohan, Mallikarjuna Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Venu Madhav, Surya, Kitty
Music: Ramana Gogula
Cinematography: Madhu Ambat
Dialogues: Chintapalli Ramana
Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh
Choreography: Harish Pai
Art Direction: Anand Sai
Art Department Assistant: Chinna
Thrills: A. Vijay
Producer: Burugapalli Sivaramakrishna
Story, Screenplay, Direction: P.A. Arun Prasad
Context: My all time favorite movie of Pawn Kalyan and R...2023-06-1356 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Saideva Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Trisha, Sreeram, Kota, K Viswanath, Colors Swathy, Sunil, Jeeva, Prasad Babu, Suman Setty, Anant, GV, Melkote, Rajeswari, Vinaya Prasad, Mumaith Khan & Meghanaa Naidu.
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Editing: Anthony, Kola Bhaskar
Art Direction: Narayana Reddy Dialogues: Ramesh GopiCinematography: BalamuruganStory - screenplay - Direction: (Sri Raghava) Selva RaghavanProducer: NV Prasad & Sanam Naga Ashok KumarRelease Date: 27 April 2007
Context and Interesting Facts: Saw it on DVD way back nd liked it, songs are now c...2023-06-0956 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Munna (2007): Review + Interesting Facts + Guntur Kaaram Glimpse ThoughtsGuntur Kaaram thoughts first!
Credits
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Cast: Prabhas, Ileana, Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Rahul Dev, Tanikella Bharani, Venu Madhav, Venu, Posani Krishna Murali, Kalyani, Sukanya, Raghubabu, Chalapati Rao, Brahmaji, Sridhar & Shriya (item song)
Dialogues: Koratala Siva & BVS RaviAction: Peter HeinsMusic: Harris JayarajCinematography: Ram PrasadArt: Anand SaiEditor: Marthand K VenkateshStory - screenplay - direction: Vamsi PaidipallyCo-producers: Shireesh & LaxmanProducer: Dil RajuRelease Date: 27 April 2007
Context and First I...2023-06-0253 minTollywood KaburluMovie Discussion: Revisting Namo Venkatesa (2010) ft. PranavAndariki Namaskaram! Today we have Pranav joining us once again to discuss one of our favorite movies, Namo Venkatesa starring Victory Venkatesh and Brahmanandham directed by Sreenu Vytla! Enjoy!
Credits
Banner: 14 Reels Entertainment
Cast: Venkatesh, Trisha, Brahmanandam, Akash, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Mukesh Rishi, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Kasi Viswanath, Subbba Raju, Master Bharat, Akash, Ali, Siva Reddy, Surya, Prithvi, Raghu Babu, Jenny, Srinivasa Reddy, Surekha Vani, Telangana Sakunthala etc
Music: Devi Sri PrasadCinematography: Prasad MurellaStory: Gopi MohanDialogus: Chintapally RamanaArt: AS PrakashLyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastri2023-05-121h 22
InterdependenceThe Permaweird with Venkatesh RaoAfter some weeks of nativity bliss and medical drama we are back! A joy to invite Venkatesh Rao to take us down a number of his bunny trails, focussing initially on his great piece The Permaweird, the latest in his Great Weirding series. We discuss the tendency to call "crisis!", a generally ambient sense of weirdness, and how the latest developments in AI suggest that isn't slowing down anytime soonThe Permaweird: https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/the-permaweirdSubscribe to Ribbonfarm: https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/Follow Venkatesh on twitter: https://twitter.c...2023-04-2853 minTollywood Kaburlu*80th Episode* - Rod Telugu Movies ft. Nagarjuna, Nani, and VenkateshNagarjuna
Bhai - Hyderabad lo rendu famous raa, okati Irani chai, rendodhi Bhai! Watched it in theaters even after reading the reviews. It was 50% full. Kottinchukunnam. Worst movie and screenplay. Heroine Richa comes and smiles and then song every time. Nag look in the dreads and hat is worst and it’s remake of Pokkiri Raja Malayalam movie starring Mammooty, prithviraj and Shreya. Director Veerabhadram dimpina rod and then Nag apologized after this and said he felt people lost respect for him after Bhai.
Kedi - saw it on DVD, basically Nag and Mamta Mohandas get...2023-04-141h 01Infinite LoopsVenkatesh Rao — The Art of GigVenkatesh Rao is a writer, consultant, and author. He has been writing about indie consulting for years and has recently published The Art of Gig, Volumes 1 & 2, which together take an in-depth look at the gig economy. Venkatesh joins the show to discuss tragic luck, becoming slightly nonsensical, the advantages of mediocrity, and a whole lot more! Important Links: Venkatesh's Website Venkatesh's Blog Venkatesh's Substack Venkatesh's Twitter The Art of Gig The Art of Gig: our synthesis The Gervais Principle Show Notes: Origins of...2023-03-231h 44Tollywood KaburluRevisiting Mr. Perfect (2011): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Cast: Prabhas, Kajal Agarwal, Tapsee, Prakash Raj, K Viswanath, Murali Mohan, Nassar, Sayaji Shinde, Brahmanandam, Raghubabu, Master Bharat, Sameer, Kasi Viswanath, Raja Ravindra, Kaushal Prasad, Krishnudu, Subbaraya Sharma, Pragati, Tulasi, Rajitha, Sagar, Satyadev Kancharana
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Vijay K Chakravarthy
Art: Ravinder
Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh
Fights: Peter Heins
Screenplay: Hari
Dialogues: Abburi Ravi
Story - Direction: K Dasaradh
Producer: Dil Raju
Release date: 22 April 2011
Interesting Facts Links:
https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview...2023-03-2144 minGreenPill95 - Summer of Protocols with Venkatesh Rao✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- Everything is a protocol. But which will be passed on to our descendants? Venkatesh Rao is a published author and consultant who holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and writes the Ribbonfarm Blog. Venkatesh has published a new paper ent...2023-03-0953 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Godavari (2006): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: SSC Arts
Cast: Sumanth, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Neetu Chandra, Kamal Kamaraju, Tanikella Bharani and others
Music: KM Radha Krishnan
Cinematography: Vijay C Kumar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Lyrics: Veturi
Choreography: Swarna
Action: Ram Lakshman
Graphics: Firefly Studio
Executive Producer & Cheif Co-director: Anish Kuruvilla
Story - screenplay - dialogues - direction: Sekhar Kammula
Producer: GVG Raju
Release Date: May 16th, 2006
Interesting Facts Links:
https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/c...2023-03-0750 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Bommarillu (2006): Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Cast: Siddarth, Genelia, Prakash Raj, Kota, Jayasudha, Sunil, Satya Krishnan, Sudeepa, Dharmavarapu, Surekha Vani, Chitram Seenu, Vijay, Ravi Varma, Neha, Brahmanadham, Tanikella Bharani
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Dialogues: Abburi Ravi
Lyrics: Sirivennela, Chandrabose, Bhaskarabhatla, Kula Sekhar, Anant Sreeram
Cinematography: Vijay K Chakravarthy
Art Direction: AS Prakash
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Story - screenplay - direction: Bhaskar
Producer: Dil Raju
Release Date: 9th August 2006
Interesting Facts and Link: https://www.idlebrain.co...2023-02-2853 min
ZENPodZENPod Season 5, episode 10 with Savitha Rao“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 10 featuring Ms. Savitha Rao Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & an Explorer of Environment space.
Savitha Rao is focused on sustainability and social work. She is the Founder of the India Positive Citizen initiative. The vision is to inspire every Indian to contribute towards nation building with one action, once a week, every week. Building a great nation one India Positive action at a time.
“Spirituality is an Awareness that there is something greater than oneself. Something more to being human...2023-02-2654 min
ZENPodZENPod Season 5, episode 10 with Savitha Rao“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 10 featuring Ms. Savitha Rao Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & an Explorer of Environment space.“Spirituality is an Awareness that there is something greater than oneself. Something more to being human than just a sensory experince. A lifetime is sometimes not enough to experience it.”, says Savitha Rao in her conversation with Venkatesh MahadevanSavitha Rao is focused on sustainability and social work. She is the Founder of the India Positive Citizen initiative. The vi...2023-02-2654 min
Venkatesh MahadevanZENPod Season 5, episode 10 with Savitha Rao“ZENPod”, Season 5, episode 10 featuring Ms. Savitha Rao Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative, An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & an Explorer of Environment space.
“Spirituality is an Awareness that there is something greater than oneself. Something more to being human than just a sensory experince. A lifetime is sometimes not enough to experience it.”, says Savitha Rao in her conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan
Savitha Rao is focused on sustainability and social work. She is the Founder of the India Positive Citizen initiative. The vision is to inspire every Indian to contribute towards nation building...2023-02-2654 minTollywood Kaburlu*65th Episode* - Kalisundam Raa Review + Interesting FactsCredits
Banner: Suresh Productions
Cast: Victory Venkatesh, Simran, K Viswanath, Ranganath, Sriihari, Rallapalli, C.R. Vijayakumari, Annapurna, Ramaprabha, Brahmanandham, Ali, AVS, Ahuthi Prasad, MS Narayana, Achyuth, Raja Ravindra, Gautam Raju, Gundu Hanumanta Rao, Sudha, Vinaya Prasad, Sana, Master Teja Sajja
Story: Deenraj & Udayasankar
Script: Parachuri Brothers
Fights: Kanal Kannan
Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Lawrence, Ganesh, Harish
Art Director: Ashok Kumar
Graphics: Deccan Dreams Animations (Suresh Productions PVT. LTD)
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh, Madhav. K
Cinematography: K. Ravindhra Babu
...2023-02-2155 min
ZENPodcurtain raiser ZENPod Season 5 with Savitha RaoFrom A Fashion Entrepreneur to a Sustainability Champion
Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Savitha Rao,
Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative,
An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & explorer of Environment space.
https://www.indiapositivecitizen.com
https://tulsishakti.com
“ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with the purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to...2023-02-2003 minZENPodCurtain Raiser ZENPod Season 5 with Savitha RaoFrom A Fashion Entrepreneur to a Sustainability Champion Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Savitha Rao, Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative,An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & explorer of Environment sapce.https://www.indiapositivecitizen.com https://tulsishakti.com “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with the purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “a...2023-02-2003 minVenkatesh MahadevanZENPod curtain raiser Season 5 with Savitha RaoFrom A FASHION Entrepreneur to a SUSTAINABILITY Champion
Curtain raiser - Season-5, of “ZENPod”, featuring Ms. Savitha Rao,
Founder of “India Positive Citizen” & “Tulsi Shakti” initiative,
An Activist and Fashion Entrepreneur, a Sustainability Champion, Fashion Designer, an Artist & explorer of Environment space.
https://www.indiapositivecitizen.com
https://tulsishakti.com
“ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with the purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit.
#sustainabl...2023-02-2003 min
FuturePodEP 155: Herding Yaks - Venkatesh RaoHow can newly minted futures and foresight folk make their mark and attract the right work? What does it take to assemble an informal group of independent thinkers to collaborate at the frontier of change?Today’s guest is Venkatesh Rao - writer, consultant, and Yak Herder at the Yak Collective. To go further into Venkat's back catalogue, I have 3 book recommendations:- Tempo explores timing, tactics, and strategy in narrative-driven decision-making- The Gervais Principle is a internet cult classic using The Office to explore organisational dynamics, and a...2023-02-1643 min
FuturePodEP 155: Herding Yaks - Venkatesh RaoHow can newly minted futures and foresight folk make their mark and attract the right work?
What does it take to assemble an informal group of independent thinkers to collaborate at the frontier of change?
Venkatesh Rao is a prolific writer, consultant, sparring partner, Yak Herder, and our guest for episode 155.
Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves
2023-02-1443 min
New Books in EconomicsVenkatesh Rao, "The Art of Gig" (Ribbonfarm, 2022)Venkatesh Rao is a writer and consultant based in Los Angeles. The bulk of his consulting practice comprises 1:1 work with senior executives as a conversational sparring partner, to stress test and improve the rigor and quality of their ongoing thinking about their evolving challenges.The Art of Gig is a two-volume guide to the modern gig economy, with particular emphasis on independent consulting. It is intended to serve as a philosophical companion for a life of free agency and help you develop a sensibility of work attuned to both the poetry and practicalities of life beyond paychecks. T...2023-02-051h 00
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingVenkatesh Rao, "The Art of Gig" (Ribbonfarm, 2022)Venkatesh Rao is a writer and consultant based in Los Angeles. The bulk of his consulting practice comprises 1:1 work with senior executives as a conversational sparring partner, to stress test and improve the rigor and quality of their ongoing thinking about their evolving challenges.The Art of Gig is a two-volume guide to the modern gig economy, with particular emphasis on independent consulting. It is intended to serve as a philosophical companion for a life of free agency and help you develop a sensibility of work attuned to both the poetry and practicalities of life beyond paychecks. T...2023-02-051h 00Tollywood KaburluFavorite Technicians and Producers in Telugu CinemaMusic: Mani Sharma all day, then DSP and Thaman, SA Rajkumar, Harris Jayaraj, Vivek Sagar
Cinematography: KV Guhan: Athadu, Jalsa, parts of Khaleja, Dookudu, Baadshah, SVSC, Aagadu, Naani, and Mister.
PS Vinod: debut with Panjaa, Manam, Oopiri, Dhruva, Soggade Chinni Nayana, Hello, Aravinda Sametha, AVPL, Vakeel Saab, Sita Ramam and waiting for SSMB28
KK Senthil Kumar: All Rajamouli movies except Simhadri, Student No1, Vikramarkudu and Maryada Ramanna, also did Golconda high School and Arundhati, only 17 movies,
Shyam K Naidu: 15 movies with Puri Jagan
Rathnavelu: Arya, Jagadam, 1 Nenokkadine, Rangasthalam, Brahmotsavam...2023-02-0354 minTollywood KaburluTelugu Cinema: The Rise and FutureTopics:
Uniqueness about Telugu cinema - commercial cinema blended with masala and emotions, can’t find it anywhere else
Success of RRR in the West - reasons we think why
Double Edged Sword - because no good commercial directors left
Early 2000-2010’s commercial movie directors: Muthyala Subbaiah, SS Rajamouli, Trivikram, Puri jagannadh, Boyapati Sreenu, Sukumar, VV Vinayak, Gopichand Malineli, Krishna Vamsi, Vamshi Padipally, Koratala Siva, VN Aditya, Dasaradh, Gunashekar, Veera Shankar, Veera Potla, Parasuram, Surender Reddy, Sreenu Vaita, Anil Ravipudi, Karunakaran, Sreekanth Addala,
2015: Muthyala Subbaiah, Puri jagannadh, VV Vinayak, Krishna Vamsi, Vamshi Padipally, Koratala Siva...2023-01-2749 minTollywood KaburluRevisiting Brindavanam (2010): Review + Interesting FactsAndariki Namaskaram! Here's our review of NTR and Vamshi Paidipally's family entertainer classic Brindavanam.
Kontha mandi idhi serial anukuntaru, but for me it's one of the best class + mass entertainers ever in Telugu cinema.
Village type family entertainer is my favorite genre, so naturally I loved this movie.
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Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Cast: NTR, Kajal Agarwal, Samantha, Prakash Raj, Srihari, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Ajay, Tanikella Bharani, Praneet Reddy, Raghu Babu, Ahuti Prasad, Fish Venkat, Surekhavani, Pratima, Hema etc
Music: S Thaman
Cinematography: Cho...2022-12-1346 min
The Jason Levin Show#38: Venkatesh Rao — The Gig EconomyVenkatesh Rao is an essayist and author focused on organizational psychology and strategies for freelancers. I've been a fan of his work for almost 2 years and wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to have this conversation. Highly recommend you check out his new book The Art of Gig Volume 2. Venkatesh can be found on Twitter and Substack.
2:15 - 5:30 Intellectual Sparring
5:35 - 8:10 Being Slightly Evil
8:10 - 9:50 SBF v. Elon
9:56 - 10:30 Effective Altruism
10:40 - 13:30 Cold-blooded Listening
13:30 - 17:50 Charismatic Megagigs
18:00 - 21:00 Upward Managing your Clie...2022-12-0325 minTollywood KaburluMount Rushmore of Telugu Movies for StarsAndariki Namaskaram! Today we have a new concept in today's episode. In American culture we have something called what's your Mount Rushmore of something which means what are the 4 Best things of a particular topic so we decided to apply it to Telugu Movies of our favorite stars.
Mahesh Babu
Pokiri, Athadu, Okkadu, Khaleja
Special mentions - Murari, 1 Nenokkadine, Dookudu, Businessman, SVSC
NTR-
Simhadri, Adhurs, RRR, Brindavanam
Special mentions - Aadi, Aravinda Sametha
Ram Charan -
Chirutha, Magadheera, Rangasthalam, RRR
Special M...2022-11-291h 03
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd#122 Indie Life & The Future of Work - Venkatesh RaoThis episode was a delight. Venkatesh Rao is the creator of Ribbonfarm and has been writing about the internet, technology, and gig life. This conversation focuses on his recently published book, The Art of Gig. If you are thinking about working independently, becoming a freelancer, or are interested in consulting, you should definitely buy his book:The Art of Gig, FoundationsThe Art of Gig, SuperstructuresWATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/KC63HrF8V4EYou can find Venkatesh:on Twitter @vgron RibbonFarm (blog and substack)His consulting website: venkateshrao.comL...2022-11-231h 21Tollywood KaburluTollywood Combos We Wish HappenedSnow Anna and Rajamouli kalisi cinema chesthe how it will be? Adhe ee episode saramsham. Just kidding. They're as follows:
Prabhas - Sreenu Vaitla
Mahesh Babu - Puri Jagannadh for Jana Gana Mana
Prabhas - Trivikram
Chiranjeevi - Puri Jagan
Venkatesh - Puri Jagan
Pawan Kalyan - Rajamouli
Mahesh Babu - Chandrashekar Yeleti
Ram Charan - Trivikram
Raviteja - Rajamouli again
Nani - Puri Jagannadh
Nani - Chandrashekar Yeleti
Top Gun type movie with Gopichand and Prabhas...2022-08-1251 min
Ribbonfarm StudioWelcome to the World of TomorrowIn this episode of Breaking Smart podcast, I want to explore what it means to say that Covid has accelerated everything. If so, it means we’ve done some time travel relative the old timeline. As the cryogenic lab tech said to Philip J. Fry on Futurama, when he landed in the year 2999, welcome to the world of tomorrow!1/ Let’s set the stage a bit. We’re now in the early days of post-Covid for at least some people, in some parts of the world. We don’t yet know how costly the endemic management problem will be...2021-04-0715 min
Ribbonfarm StudioDemiurgical BusinessesIn today’s episode of the Breaking Smart podcast, I want to discuss a concept I call demiurgical businesses that I think goes beyond the 3 kinds you may be familiar with: lifestyle, customer-driven, and product-driven.1/ In the discourse around tech, both on the tech side and the techlash side, you’ll often hear the term “real problems” which should make you wonder what “unreal” problems are.2/ When the term is used, it’s usually used by socially conscious people, whether builders or critics, who use “real problems” as the notional antithesis of whatever is behind what they see as b...2021-03-1215 min
Ribbonfarm StudioMars and the Meaning of MoneySpace exploration has an unusual side effect: giving us a sense of the value of money on earth.1/ The Perseverance rover, shown touching down on Mars in the photo below, cost about $2.2 billion to design and build, and about $243 million to launch on an Atlas rocket. 2/ Now that it is on the ground, if all goes well, and it is able to operate, it will cost another $300 million to operate for two years. So that’s at least $2.7 billion overall, or about 54,000 bitcoins. Hopefully more, if the mission gets extended. 3/ For those who do...2021-02-2011 min
Ribbonfarm StudioAnti-Network EffectsIn this first 2021 episode of the Breaking Smart podcast, I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately that I call anti-network effects.1/ As I am recording this, governments around the world are working out the logistics problems of distributing billions of vaccine doses. It feels like a symbol of the times we are entering into, times that I think will be defined by anti-network effects.2/ Vaccinations and mask-wearing are examples of anti-network effects. I’ll define these as effects that can slow down, regulate, arrest, or reve...2021-01-2314 min
Ribbonfarm StudioComplete 2020 RoundupWell, I guess 2020 is a wrap. I’m going to do a quick round-up of everything I published on Breaking Smart this year, and try to tease out the larger themes, but obviously no look back at the year can begin without acknowledging the 800lb virus in the room.To quote J. Peterman on Seinfeld, in the episode where he takes back the reins of his company from Elaine after she mismanages it during his absence, kudos to all of us on a job…done. It’s a reference I’ve used before, in my 2018 annual roundup, but this...2020-12-2510 min
Ribbonfarm StudioInvolvement CapitalismWelcome back. The Breaking Smart newsletter and podcast is starting up again after a very refreshing 6-week break. I want to kick off the post-break programming with a podcast on a big question: if we are headed at least partially towards a post-scarcity world, as we seem to be, does it look more like the Star Trek universe, or the universe in Iain M. Banks Culture novels? Both are varieties of something I call involvement capitalism, which I think it’s going to emerge in the next decade one way or the other. The choices we make in...2020-12-0526 min
ayyappa deeksha అయ్యప్ప దీక్ష18 years sabarimala experience of sri edulakanti venkatesh guru swamy manikonda II ఈదులకంటి వెంకటేష్ స్వామి మణికొండ వారి అయ్యప్ప దీక్ష అనుభవ18 years sabarimala experience of sri edulakanti venkatesh guru swamy manikonda II ఈదులకంటి వెంకటేష్ స్వామి మణికొండ వారి అయ్యప్ప దీక్ష అనుభవాలు2020-12-0326 min
Ribbonfarm StudioFifth-Generation ManagementIn today’s episode, I want to talk about an idea I call fifth-generation management. 1/ Fifth-generation management is an emerging style of management we don’t know much about because it doesn’t actually exist yet. But it is guaranteed to emerge post-Covid because historically, big sharp disruptions have reliably triggered discontinuous changes in management culture, and it is already clear that this one is doing that.2/ The idea of generations in management, in the form I’m going to lay it out, is causally related to the idea of generations of warfare, and in particul...2020-09-2534 min
Ribbonfarm StudioThe State of (Business) PlayFor today’s episode, I want to share an out-take from my consulting work, something I think might be interesting for anyone working in the technology industry. It’s a set of 20 questions that can help you uncover the current state of play in your business. The questions are mainly useful for technology companies for reasons I’ll get to, and are probably of limited value to non-technology businesses, but you’re welcome to try using them for non-technology businesses.A caution: The only person who can usefully answer these questions for the company as a whole is the C...2020-08-2235 min
VSR TalksDigital Age Software Applications - New Engineering Trends and PracticesListen from two technology captains Yugandhar and Venkatesh in conversation with VSR. Understand the new categories of Software Applications required to support Digital Businesses and new Software Engineering philosophies, methods, tools and techniques2020-08-0254 min
Ribbonfarm StudioThinking Out Loud: Year OneA special episode, an audio roundup/summary of the last year’s podcasts. I cover the 19 episodes I did starting in June last year. A year of thinking out loud.* The inaugural episode riffing on the like-new ethos of the industrial age and the transience/aging based ethos of the digital age. June 21, 2019: A Wabi-Sabi Technological Age. * On the problem of how to repeatedly break into technology scenes. July 5, 2019: Following the Scenius. * Plotting vs. pantsing, and setting the stage for creative, generative work vs. planning to finish something. July 26, 2019: Planning to Start, Planning to...2020-07-2431 min
Ribbonfarm StudioThe Next Experiments in ElitismIn today’s episode, in honor of Bastille Day next week, and Fourth of July last week, I want to talk about the ongoing evolution in elitism, and the problem of how the emerging new elites can be better than the old ones being toppled.1/ Elites are a constant and arguably necessary presence in history. Political revolutions that try to do away with elites invariably seem to either fail quickly, or install new elites without meaning to. So the question for me is not how to get rid of elites, but how to try and ensure the on...2020-07-1100 min
Ribbonfarm StudioBig Moods, Little MoodsToday I want to talk about big moods, a phrase you may have seen on twitter, and also a related concept I made up called little moods.1/ You may have seen the phrase “big mood” on twitter over the last few years, especially used when expressing resonance with a mood someone else has expressed. But it’s gone well beyond social media now, and things that look like big-mood dynamics are now showing up in corporate America as well. 2/ The basic memetic pattern is: someone might post a gif of a cat hissing saying “how I feel a...2020-06-1919 min
Ribbonfarm StudioFrom Story to SettingIn today’s episode, I want to talk about a new phase in the pandemic, marked by a shift in the role of the pandemic itself from foreground story, to background setting of other stories. I also have a couple of interesting announcements at the end.1/ So this week, several non-pandemic things are dominating the headlines, the big one in the US of course being the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis. Now this is of course a familiar type of story by now, except that this one has very low am...2020-05-3023 min
Ribbonfarm StudioThe Medieval Future of Management1/ Today I want to talk about an idea I’ve been developing, which is that the future of the business world, post-Covid, and post software eating the world, looks surprisingly like the High Middle Ages, between about 1000 to 1250 AD, rather than like any more recent historical era. Which of course leads to the question, how do you operate in this world?2/ I also want to talk a little bit about the first ten decade of my life as an independent consultant, what I’m looking forward to in the next decade, and in that vein, I want to t...2020-05-0920 min
New ModelsEP 25: LIFE GO BRRR (Venkatesh Rao)Writer, consultant, and Ribbon Farm founder VENKATESH RAO speaks with New Models about memetics & institutions, virality & democracy, Log Level thinking, BIOS Level politics, and how to navigate reality in a time when we're all NPCs in a world going "brrrrrrrrr.” ⛓️This conversation was recorded April 7th, 2020.
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Ribbonfarm StudioHow, What, and Where to BuildIn which I shamelessly draft off Marc Andreessen’s It’s Time to Build essay and suggest an approach to how, what, and where to do the building. I also have a framework I call the builder’s cone to think about it in a useful historical context.1/ If you’re in tech, you’ve probably read Marc Andreessen’s essay It’s Time to Build (ITTB). It’s the first serious public thing he’s written in nearly a decade, after his 2011 WSJ op-ed, Software is Eating the World (SWEW). 2/ As most of you know this site and...2020-04-2418 min
Ribbonfarm StudioDefaults and DefaultsThe word default has two meanings: failure to fulfill an obligation, and a preselected option. We are finding out the hard way exactly how they are related.Key points:* A complex system can be defined as one where every feature has a default setting, and lots of corner cases that must be taken into account.* A complex system can also be defined as one where a default of one kind — failure to fulfill an obligation, triggers a default of the other kind — a preselected contingency response option kicks in. So when you default on a...2020-04-0408 min
Ribbonfarm StudioBeyond Optimism and PessimismHello and welcome back to the Breaking Smart podcast. In this episode, I want to pick up where I left off in my December 6 podcast, where we talked about the idea of inventing time. In particular, we talked about how to understand Alan Kay’s line that it’s easier to invent the future than to predict it, and William Gibson’s line that the future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed. We talked about how to develop your instincts around recognizing when you’re living in a growing timeline versus a dying one. In this episo...2020-02-2109 min
Ribbonfarm StudioInventing TimeToday I want to talk about time, which is a subject I’m researching quite a lot these days. In particular I want to talk about two of the most-quoted lines in technology conversations that are about time. The first one is Alan Kay’s, famous line: it is easier to invent the future than to predict it. Alan Kay is a famous computer scientist who was at PARC.And the second line is from William Gibson, the pioneering cyberpunk science fiction writer, who is famous for the line: the future is already here, it is j...2019-12-0610 min
EconTalkVenkatesh Rao on WaldenpondingWriter and management consultant Venkatesh Rao talks about Waldenponding with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rao coined the term Waldenponding to describe various levels of retreating from technology akin to how Thoreau extolled the virtues of retreating from social contact and leading a quieter life at Walden Pond. Rao argues that the value of Waldenponding is overrated and that extreme Waldenponding is even somewhat immoral. Rao sees online intellectual life as a form of supercomputer, an intellectual ecosystem that produces new knowledge and intellectual discourse. He encourages all of us to contribute to that intellectual ecosystem even when it can...2019-11-041h 19
Ribbonfarm StudioSpacewalks and the SpeciesTwo things happened this week. Last Friday, Alexey Leonov, the first human to walk in space (in 1965), passed away. And this morning, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir went on the first all-women spacewalk on the ISS. So two historic events. And they got me thinking about the meaning of we in its most universalist, species-level sense.Let’s take them in order.Alexey Leonov was the first human to walk in space. He was also on the crew of one of the earliest experiments in international space cooperation, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, ASTP. So this wa...2019-10-1813 min
Ribbonfarm StudioCharisma NeutralityToday I want to talk about a possible emerging successor to net neutrality, which I call charisma neutrality, which I think is a plausible consequence of a very likely technological future: pervasive end-to-end encryption. (17 minutes)Now net neutrality of course, was part of a very important chapter in the history of technology. Though the principle is now pretty much down for the count, for a few decades it played a hugely important role in ensuring that the internet was born more open than closed, and more generative than sterile. Even though the principle...2019-10-0417 min
Ribbonfarm StudioThe Direction of Maximal DerangementIn the original Breaking Smart essays, we used the idea of moving in the direction of maximal interestingness, or DOMI, as a way to advance boldly towards the future, and be on the right side of history as software eats the world, and avoid retreating timidly towards the past. In this episode (16 minutes), I want to update that rule. In the Great Weirding, you need to move in the direction of maximal derangement.Note: the text below is not a transcript, but the rough script I mostly stuck to in the audio version.The DOMI...2019-09-2716 min
Ribbonfarm StudioLike Riding an AI BicycleToday’s episode (~20 minutes) is about the idea of skills being like “riding a bicycle” and what that means when we are dealing with AIs.1/ The idea of things being “like riding a bicycle” is an important one. It refers to a class of skills that never degrade under normal human lifestyle conditions. 2/ So long as you’re physically mobile and doing other things like walking or lifting things, your bicycle skill will stay maintained without explicit maintenance efforts.3/ But what happens to the property of “like riding a bicycle” when you inject AI into a system...2019-09-2119 min
Ribbonfarm StudioTechnological CharismaIn this episode (21 minutes) I talk about the idea of technological charisma. What it is, how to create it, and the upsides and downsides of pursuing it.1/ There are technologies that are like charismatic megafauna. We pay disproportionate attention to them, and tend to overindex on them in forming broader views of technology trends.2/ There are pluses and minuses to pursuing technological charisma, and people tend to have strongly ideological responses to the idea of technological charisma. Some people dislike the theater and pageantry as being somehow dishonest, others love it and own it, both...2019-09-0721 min
Ribbonfarm StudioInvesting in Your Ordinary PowersThis week’s Breaking Smart podcast (15 minutes) has to do with tapping into the things that make you ordinary. If that’s not enough, here’s me on the Village Global podcast with Erik Torenberg from last week, where I rambled like a grumpy old man for 2 hours. 1/ The personal growth world is somewhat obsessed with strengths and weaknesses, or more generally, things that make you different from others, whether you view those things as gifts or curses. 2/ But a great deal of your nature is just ordinary. It’s neither a gift, nor a curse, b...2019-08-3015 min
Ribbonfarm StudioTowards Subtractive Social MediaThis week’s podcast episode is on an idea I call subtractive social media. I didn’t do a transcript, just a few bullet point notes. The workflow for creating usable transcripts is still just too cumbersome. I’m going to be lazy and slouch along posting these low-production effort single-take things with just a few summary notes for the text part, until a better native playflow for transcripts is available here on Substack. This episode, I hit 17.5 minutes. Looks like I’m building up stamina towards finding my eventual natural length. 1/ I tried a week-lon...2019-08-2317 min
Ribbonfarm StudioMemes, Brands, and MissionsToday’s topic is brands vs. memes. I made a transcript as well, using Descript, which you can find below. Apparently I spoke 1751 words in ~11 minutes. Wow, this is a high-leverage way to do “writing”. Also, I begin thoughts with “So…” a lot apparently.Hello and welcome to another episode of the Breaking Smart short-format podcast. So today I want to do a little bit on the relationship and connection between brands and memes. So brands and memes are somewhat similar concepts. They both refer to ideas and constructs that are designed to attract attention. Brands, they...2019-08-0310 min
Ribbonfarm StudioPlanning to Start, Planning to FinishThis week’s podcast (12 minutes) is on a crucial difference, between planning to start, and planning to finish.* We talk a lot about the difference between more and less planning, on the spectrum between full waterfall and full agile, and like most of you, I share a bias towards less planning. * It is a difference that goes beyond software. In novel writing, for example, people talk of a difference between plotters and pantsers, people who work out detailed plots versus those who make up a story by the seat of their pants.* Plotting in...2019-07-2612 min
Ribbonfarm StudioFollowing the SceniusHello from my new home in Downtown Los Angeles! This is another short, unrehearsed, unscripted, unedited, single-take 10-minute podcast episode. I think I’m going to be experimenting with this format for the rest of the summer at least. Some of you prefer text and have asked for transcripts, and I’ll figure out a low-effort way to do that eventually, but until then, you’ll have to make do with brief tldr show notes if you don’t want to listen to audio. 1/ Breaking smart often means breaking into technology scenes, and this is not a one-time...2019-07-0509 min
Ribbonfarm StudioA Wabi-Sabi Technology AgeSince many of you have been suggesting for years that I do a Breaking Smart podcast, I figured I’d do a little experiment and try out the podcasting widget in Substack. If this works well, I’ll start mixing things up a bit and do a mix of text posts and podcast episodes. This is an unrehearsed, unedited, live 10-minute recording. Apologies for the 15 seconds of siren noise outside my apartment at around the 6:22 mark. I’m not sure exactly how you’d get the podcast into your listening app, but presumably there’s a way. I think I’...2019-06-2110 min
MetaLearn PodcastML121: Venkatesh Rao on Leveraging the Power of Dialectic and Lessons from the Creative ProcessVenkatesh Rao is an author, consultant and the founder of the hugely popular blogs Ribbon Farm and Breaking Smart. Ribbonfarm is a multidisciplinary blog focused on strategy and decision-making, while Breaking Smart is devoted to in-depth explorations of the emerging digital economy. Venkat is also the author of the highly acclaimed book on decision-making, Tempo, and offers consulting services in organisational development, strategy and executive coaching, working with a number of prestigious clients like famed VC firm Andreesen Horowitz. In this episode we discuss: - Venkat’s lessons about the creative process from years of writ...2019-03-0546 min
Rad Awakenings with Khe HyVenkatesh Rao (Ep.27): The stress that makes you come aliveVenkatesh Rao defies labels - he's a blogger, thinker, consultant whose ideas span the digital economy, science, philosophy, and the zeitgeist. Rao is the creator of Ribbonfarm and Breaking Smart and we discuss “paycheck addictions” and the wave of transformation that's going to hit the economy. Is becoming a free-agent a way to stay ahead of the curve? How should a mid-career executive prepare? An immersion in the technology conversation is a must - but so is the ability to emotionally self-regulate.
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Going Deep with Aaron Watson191 Wisdom on Millennials, Blockchain, and Finance from Venkatesh RaoLearn more about Venkatesh and Ribbonfarm Twitter Ribbonfarm2017-02-2717 min
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder LifestyleEpisode 325: TMBA325: A Conversation With Ribbonfarm’s Venkat Raohttp://www.tropicalmba.com/ribbonfarm/ On this week's episode, Dan is speaking with Venkatesh Rao, Venkat is the author of RibbonFarm, a philosophy blog about technology and entrepreneurship. He recently launched an essay series called Breaking Smart, that explores the relationship between humanity and technology. Today's conversation covers a whole plethora of philosophical heuristics, including blind spots in the digital nomad community, the difference between passion and work ethic, what it means to be power-literate and so much more.2016-02-251h 00
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish#7 Venkatesh Rao: The Three Types of Decision MakersIn this episode, Venkatesh Rao, founder of Ribbonfarm and author of the book Tempo discusses the 3 types of decision-makers and shares how to adopt useful mental models *** Go Premium: Members get early access, ad-free episodes, hand-edited transcripts, searchable transcripts, member-only episodes, and more. Sign up at: https://fs.blog/membership/ Every Sunday our newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/ Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish
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LongformEpisode 174: Venkatesh RaoVenkatesh Rao is the founder of Ribbonfarm and the author of Breaking Smart.
“I would say I was blind and deaf and did not know anything about how the world worked until I was about 25. It took until almost 35 before I actually cut loose from the script. The script is a very, very powerful thing. The script wasn’t working for me.”
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[3:00] "Seeking Density in the Gonzo Theater" (Ribbonfarm • Jan 2012)
[5:00] "You Are Not an Artisan" (Ribbonfarm • July 2013)
[6:00] Breaking Smart: Season 1
[11:00] "Why Software Is Eating the...2016-01-0655 min
Smart People PodcastVenkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao: Author of Tempo: timing, tactics and strategy in narrative-driven decision-making & independent researcher. How many decisions do you think you make in a day? What about an hour? Well, if you want to do the math – go ahead, because all I know is you make about 1,400 decisions a MINUTE. With that many...
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