Remember SRI KRISHNA, ya the singer who caught our attention in ZEE Saregamapa and Padalani Undhi. Early Tollywood had a chitchat with him. Here is it.
Q) Please Tell about your childhood and education.
A) Hi I am from vijayawada, but born in hyd.I completed my MSc in Vijayawada.I studied my schooling in ideal public school and degree in P.B. college and PG in S college.
Q) What is Your First step of success?
A) M first step of success as a singer is Maa TV Paadalani Undi conducted by Sri S.P.Balu..I stood final winner and my judges are Hariharan, Shivamani and after that I stood as final winner in etv priyapriyatama ragalu and lots of university competitions.
Q) Please Tell Your memories of Zee Saregamapa.
A) My memories in zee telugu ,Thats a great oppurtunity to prove my self before singing legends like Sri Koti garu etc. Thanks to ZEE Telugu for showing me to the world.
Q) Who are Your Favorite singers?
A) My favorite singers are none other than S.P.Balu, Chitra, Sujatha, Janaki garu.
Q) Who are Your favorite musicians?
A) Saluri rajeswara rao garu, M.S.Viswanathan, Ilayaraja garu, Koti garu, Keeravani garu.
Q) Who are Your Favorite actors and actresses?
A) Suryakantham, Ramana reddy, S.V.Rangarao, Savithri garu are my favourite actors and actress.
Q) How are you feeling on the success of your tv performance?
A) Its cool and because of Padalani undi. I was very much interested to sing before sri sp. balu,so I went to ETV kannada yede tumbi haaduvenu,a kannada musical show and there also I stood as final winnner.I performed before Sri L.Subramanyam, famous violonist.One thing I dont know kannada.But I sang lots of kannada songs.Balu sir took me to us tour with him, Chitra garu, Sailaja garu.Thats a great and rare oppurtunity to a singer.I am very lucky.I must and should say thanks to Sri S.P.Balu garu..
Q) What is Your Best Compliment ?
A) Best compliment......Balu sir told to audience that Sri Krishna will become a very good singer and Chitra garu also appreciated me listening to my songs.Koti garu always loves me and respects me,thats great know for them.
Q) What is Your Favorite song (name a few,if you dont mind)?
A) Songs....Lali lali ani ragam sagutunte,,,,,,,Manasuna mallela
malalugeno,,,,,,,,,Sasivadane,,,,,,,,,,,Manasuna manasye,,,,,,,,,, Madhu murali gana leela,,,,,,,,,galiki kulamedi.
Q) Do You prefer classical music or Western?
A) I love both western and classical,but i love melodies.
Q) What are your future Projects and ongoing ones (in movies and as albums)?
A) I sang in astha chamma,the songs are aadinchi astachama,hello antu pilichi and I also sang in viyyala vari kayyalu with chitra garu and surprisingly I sang the title song to saregamapa and also in Blade babji and current projects are Ek police, Mahanagaramlo, poisoon, Hyd erabad Bachelors, etc.
Lastly, a word to our audience..
Please love me....please bless me....i dont want to be a great singer,but a very good and peoples singer.
We Early Tollywood and our audience wish you all the best for your future Sri Krishna Garu, May god bless You..
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ET Interview : SRI KRISHNA (ZEE Saregamapa, Padalani Undhi) |
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Surya s/o Krishnan (2008) Telugu Movie Review |
Film: Surya S/o Krishnan
Rating: 2.25/5
Cast: Surya, Simran, Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana, Deepa Vasudevan, Prithvi Raj etc
Fights: Super Subbarayan
Art: Rajeevan
Editing: Anthony
Cinematography: Rathnavelu
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Lyrics: Veturi
Producer: Aascar Ravichandran
Director: Goutham Menon
Released On: 14th Nov 2008
This movie proves to be an attempt to unearth the greatest actor in Surya. And let us see how the attempt carried.
Story:
The movie starts with Major Surya (Surya) listening to a bad news that his father expired when he is on a rescue operation. He closes his eyes and touches his memories with father. The story begins from his father Krishnan (Surya)'s young age, his romance with Malini (Simran) as told by her….how they got married and how they used to love him…and how he has gone mad looking at a girl Meghna (Sameera). He recalls all the fine moments where he took help and moral support from his Dad. And the entire saga goes as flash back which leaves a nostalgic experience for many viewers.
Performances:
Surya has shown his great abilities in this film. He has almost touched the élan of Kamal Hasan in portraying varied roles with varied styles and body language. The way he walks as Krishnan, the way he walks as Major Surya and the way he walks as a lover…he seems to have mastered to every inch and every millimeter.
Sameera Reddy is just ok and in many frames she looked older than Surya. Divya is fresh and beautiful. Simran has aptly suited in middle age role and also managed well as teenager in flash back theme.
Others are ok. Prithvi has got tiny role as a criminal and couldn't able to give the necessary cruel impact.
Cinematography, editing, choreography and every technical aspect deserves good mention. Art department also marveled well especially while depicting the times of 60s and 70s.
Goutham Menon did another feat now with his great abilities. He proved to be a director of separate 'class'. And that is for 'class audiences' here.
Analysis:
It's a wonderfully made movie exclusively for class and matured audiences. It would be a stern 'no no' for masses. The length of the movie is about 3 hours and that squeezes out the energy levels of mere entertainment and humor lovers. 'Surya S/o Krishnana' is a movie made with feel. It's a movie of experiences and more over it is a story of father-son emotion. Surya acted in dual role as father and son to talk in macro level. But when seen in micro terms he has played many roles.
1. A dying old man
2. A loving father
3. A teenager
4. A student
5. A lover
6. A love-lost mourner
7. A drug addict
8. A savior
9. A military officer
That way he played 'Nava-avataram' in this flick. He had literally shown the differences that way. The hard work done by him is clearly evident and the credit goes to him and director Goutham Menon too. The perfectionist angles of the director are clearly evident in the movie. His ability of conceiving a scene and framing it with attention to time and detail are marvelous.
The movie appeals for multiplex audiences. It may give a 'feel-good' appeal at the end provided the audiences prepare to watch the movie for 3 long hours. It's artistically made film on a rich canvass. It's a Surya's movie all together. It has depicted his acting prowess. Commercially, the movie may not work out.
source: greatandhra
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ET Interview : RAGHU RAM (SYE Singers Challenge Fame) |
Hey People.. I hope you all remember our Raghuram who is very familiar to us from ZEE Saregamapa and SYE Singers Challenge. To all those who like him .. Here is a chitchat with him by Early Tollywood.
Q) Please Tell about your childhood and education(high school and engineering).
A) I did my schooling in st johns secunderabad and inter from sri chaitanya narayanaguda. and engineering from CVR.
Q) Your First step of success
A) Sye singers challenge.
Q) Please Tell Your memories of Zee Saregamapa.
A) It was a very good platform to learn many good things.
Q) Who are Your Favorite singers?
A) S.P.B. , K.K. , Shankar Mahadevan, Karthik , Chitra.
Q) Who are Your favorite musicians?
A) Ilayaraja, A.R.Rahman, Harris Jayraj, Yuvan, Mani Sharma, Devisri Prasad, Mickey J Meyer
Q) Who are your Favorite actors and actresses?
A) Not one in particular...i like many..
Q) How are you feeling on the success of your album Geetham?
A) I made a lot of effort to do the album . Its a nice feeling when your work is appreciated.
Q) Tell some of Your Favorite songs.
A) Many many many songs but to mention few from recent....Evvare nuvvu (Raju Bhai), Neevalle neevalle (Neevalle Neevalle), Na manasuki pranam (AMAV) , My heart is beating (Jalsa) , Hridaym orchukolenidi (Parugu).
Q) What is the best compliment you got?
A) I often get a compliment 'you have a very good voice'.
Q) Do You prefer classical music or Western?
A) Personally i prefer western but it is essential to know and learn both classical and western.
Q) What are your future Projects and ongoing ones (in movies and as albums)?
A) I sang in vinayakudu.. now i am working on my second album ...
Lastly, a word to our audience..
listen to GEETHAM songs!!!
and people here is the link to hear Geetham Songs.... LINK
We Wish Raghuram a Good Future... May God Bless Him...
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AVAKAYA BIRYANI Review by GreatAndhra.com |
Film: Avakaya Biryani
Rating: 2/5
Presented By: Sekhar Kammula
Cast: Kamal Kamaraju, Bindu Madhavi, Rao Ramesh etc
Choreography: Prem Rakshit
Lyrics: Vanamali
Music: Manikanth Kadri
Cinematography: Shyam
Producers: Sekhar Kammula and Chandrasekhar Kammula
Director: Aneesh Kuruvilla
Released On: 14th November 2008
Story:
Akbar (Kamal Kamaraju) is an auto driver in a village called Devarakonda and also works as paper boy in the early morning. He is an orphan as lost his father in childhood. He, along with other young uneducated gang lives under the rule of Masterjee (Rao Ramesh), the village head. Babar, a Muslim leader in that place wishes to divert Akbar as religious chauvinist. But Akbar follows 'love all' concept.
A Brahmin family newly comes to that village in exodus from another village and resides in a house. Their plan is to start a hotel business there and also sell avakaya. Lakshmi (Bindu Madhavi), the elder daughter in that family falls in love with Akbar.
How Akbar and Lakshmi unite? How the Hindu-Muslim love is accepted by Lakshmi's father who believes in strict Brahminism? How the hotel business will be started by that family? How Akbar becomes a hero in his village from mere auto driver? All these form the rest of narration.
Performances:
Kamal Kamaraju is ok with his physique and bearing but needs to groom in expressions and other histrionics. New girl Bindu Madhavi is ok with the character she played in the film. And she too needs to groom herself to show versatility.
Music by Manikanth is good and cinematography deserves great mention. The songs 'Mamidi kommaku maa chilakammaku', 'Nannu chupe addam..' and 'Govardhanameththaadu gopalude…' have received good applause.
Director would have done batter work on dialogues. The required punches were lacked on a whole leaving audiences without sufficient entertainment.
Analysis:
It's a movie that moves in a different but slow pace. Technical brilliance is seen in making with creative cinematography, worth mentioning framing, enticing music and quality RR. The tempo of the movie and also the subject chosen for it recalls the 1990s Delhi Doordarshan TV serials like Govind Nihalani's 'Tamas', 'Malgudi Days' etc. It's a genre of movie that would be liked and disliked in equal form. In other words to say, there would be good number of audiences on both the sides. Director Aneesh tried to balance the equation between his creativity and commercial point. But on a whole at the end, it gives a 'boring feel' for some and a 'good relief' for others.
The film aptly suits to hit the film festivals across the world. It has some message in it. Aneesh would have got better experience with the films those will be played in film festivals. Like Thangar Bachchan's 'Pallikoodam', where the lead role works hard for a social cause and the betterment of a place, here the lead role in 'Avakaya Biryani' also does the same. That may not be taken as the only common point between the two. The way the story is narrated with remote village backdrop, limited set of characters with typical characterizations etc.
To sum up, the film has lacked in energy and audiences find it difficult to get connect to it. When story is not running at faster pace that should be filled in by comedy. Or if there is no comedy to show, the story should run. Although Aneesh has comparison with many award winning film makers, he brought some doubts in the heads of some audiences:
How a village family goes to another remote village for livelihood? Many audiences felt that it would have been convincing had they gone to city. And again why the heroine goes to Hyderabad to sell pickles?
How the village head Masterjee speaks in pure Andhra accent in Devarakonda, a Telangana village?
What is the characterization of Babar? He roams as vagabond on a motor cycle for some time and dresses up like MIM leader and sits along with CM other time and appears as 'Mutton Shop Mastan' in another frame. Finally he loses himself in an auto race with hero!!!
Leaving those trivial doubts aside, the film has got many concoctions that suit for Film Festivals. Religious tolerance, inter-religious love, village politics, auto race, auto driver growing as Mandal President and all. The style of narration is something different without the influences of any contemporary director. The notable minus in the movie is lack of sufficient humor and comedy. A couple scenes between village head Masterjee and an eccentric fried of hero Akbar during auto race bring laughs. Aneesh, after his blatant satire on Tollywood with 'Confessions of Film Maker' has made this commercial flick as his debut. Only a separate set of audience can patronize this movie.
source : greatandhra.com
