Teja Rao

Tollywood Kaburlu

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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 Friday. 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! Email us your feedback and requests at Tollywoodkaburlu1@gmail.com Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBQpxAc1vvnfBykdF3qRXLw

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Why PRESENT TELUGU MUSIC SUCKS! 02.08.2024 1:00:44

Basically 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

Why PRESENT TELUGU MOVIES SUCK! 26.07.2024 55:31

Andariki 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!

(Spoilers) Kalki 2898 AD: Review + Interesting Facts 09.07.2024 1:01:32

Credits 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 Pa...

Episode 175 - Revisiting Manmadhudu (2002): Movie Discussion Ft Surya Tej Borra 28.06.2024 1:41:45

Andariki 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...

Revisiting Jagadam (2007) - Is it Really Underrated? - Review + Interesting Facts 25.06.2024 50:03

Credits 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 Prasad Cinematography : Ratnavelu Fights : Vijay Art : Kiran & Prakash Editi...

Revisiting Maryada Ramanna (2010): Review + Interesting Facts 18.06.2024 54:58

Credits Banner: Arka Media Cast : Sunil, Saloni, Nagineedu, Brahmaji, Rao Ramesh, Supreet, Venu Gopal, Prabhakar, Kanchi, Anuj Gurwar, Kosuri Bharat Nag & Ravi Teja (voice) Music : MM Keeravani Lyrics: Sirivennela, Ananta Sreeram, Rama Jogaiah Sastri and Chaitanya Prasad Cinematography : C Ram Prasad Editing : Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Art : R Ravinder Visual Effects : RC Kamalakannan Fights...

Revisting Yamadonga (2007): Review + Interesting Facts 14.06.2024 51:05

Credits Banner: Viswamitra Creations Cast : Mohan Babu, NTR, Priyamani, Mamata Mohandas, Kushboo, Rambha, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Narendra Jha, Rajiv Kanakala, Naresh, Ali, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Camera: Senthil Kumar Dialogues: M Ratnam Music: MM Keeravani Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Art: Anand Sai Story: Vijayendra Prasad Presents : Rama Rajamouli Screenplay - direction: SS Rajamou...

Revisiting Julayi (2012): Review + Interesting Facts 11.06.2024 55:10

Credits Banner: Harika & Hasini Creations Cast : Allu Arjun, Ileana, Sonu Sood, Rajendra Prasad, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Rao Ramesh, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmaji, Brahmanandam, Dharwavarapu Subramanyam, MS Narayana, Raghu Babu, Ravi Prakash, Shravan, Pragati, Hema, Kalpika, Tulasi, & Udayabhanu (item song) Music: Devi Sri Prasad Cinematography: Chota K Naidu & Sam K Naidu Editing : Prav...

Episode 170 - Revisiting Vikramarkudu (2006): Review + Interesting Facts 07.06.2024 53:49

Credits Banner: Keerthi Creations Cast : Ravi Teja, Anushka, Prakash Raj, Vineeth Kumar, Brahmanandam, Ruthika, Rajiv Kanakala, Raghubabu, Ajay, Jayaprakash Reddy, Sekhar, Amit Kumar, Baba, Baby Neha, Music : MM Keeravani Cinematography : Sarvesh Murari Dialogues : M Ratnam Art : R Ravinder Editing : Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Story : Vijayendra Prasad Stunts : Ram Lakshman Costumes Designer : Ram...

Revisiting Allu Arjun’s Arya (2004): Review + Interesting Facts 04.06.2024 58:14

Credits Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations Cast: Allu Arjun, Anuradha Mehta, Siva, Devi Charan, Vidya, Rajan P Dev, Subba Raju, Venu Madhav, Devi Charan, Babloo, Jogi Brothers, Sunil, Ramana Murthy Photography: Ratnavelu Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad Lyrics: Viswa, Chandra Bose, Veturi & Sirivennela Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh Action: Ram and Lakshman Choreography: Nixon, Harish Pai, Shankar,...

Revisiting Pawan Kalyan's Tholi Prema (1998): Review + Interesting Facts 31.05.2024 45:51

Revisiting Tholi Prema (1998): Review + Interesting Facts - 168 Credits Banner: SSC Arts Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Keerthi Reddy, Vasuki, Ali, Venu Madhav, Nagesh, Achyuth, PJ Sarma, Ravi Babu, Sangeetha, A. Karunakaran Music: Deva Cinematography: Y.Maheedar & Chota K Naidu Art Direction: Anand Sai Lyrics: Sirivennela and Bhuvana Chandra Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh Story, Screenplay, Dire...

Revisiting Venkatadri Express (2013): Review + Interesting Facts 28.05.2024 43:32

Credits Banner: Anandi Art Creations Cast : Sundeep Kishan, Rakul Preet Singh, Nagineedu, Brahmaji, Saptagiri, Tagubothu Ramesh, Pruthvi, Jaya Prakash Reddy, MS Narayana, Narsing Yadav etc Music : Ramana Gogula Lyrics : Bhaskarabhatla, Srimani, Kasarla Syam Art : Sahi Suresh Fights : King Salman, Venkat Choreography : Shekar VJ Camera : Chota K Naidu Editing : Gautham Raju Direction : Merlapaka G...

Revisiting Narasimha Naidu (2001): Review + Interesting Facts 21.05.2024 1:00:00

Credits Cast : Balayya, K Vishwanath, Simran, Asha Saini & Preethi Jingyani Music: Mani Sharma Story, Screenplay: Chinni Krishna Cinematography: VSR Swamy Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Art Direction: Brahma Kadali Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers Direction: B Gopal Producer: Medikonda Murali Krishna Theatrical Release Date : 11th January 2001 Interesting Facts In 2000, 4th collabor...

Episode 165 - Revisiting Samarasimha Reddy (1999): Review + Interesting Facts + Representation of Factionalism in Telugu Cinema 17.05.2024 1:01:00

Credits Banner: Satyanarayanamma Productions Cast: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjala Zhaveri, Simran, Jayaprakash Reddy, Saghavi, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Babloo Prithviraj, Kailkala Sathyanarayana, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Venu Madhav, and others Music: Mani Sharma Cinematography: V.S.R. Swamy Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Art: Raju RS Co Director: Swarna Subba Rao (director of Vijayendra Varm...

Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju (2011): Review 14.05.2024 41:23

Credits Banner: Shreya Productions Cast: Sunil, Swathi, Brahmanandham, Raghu Babu, Ajay, Raviteja Music: Koti Editing: Praveen Pudi Cinematography: Sudhakar Yakkanti Story, Screenplay, Direction: Ram Gopal Varma Producer: Kiran Kumar Koneru Release Date: February 18th, 2011 Writing/Direction Movie is supposed to be a satire on Telugu film industry and everything Ram Gopal Varma has seen and...

Revisiting Nenunnanu (2004): Review + Interesting Facts 10.05.2024 50:56

Credits 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...

Revisiting Balu ABCDEFG (2005): Review + Interesting Facts 07.05.2024 58:06

Banner: 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 &...

Revisiting Anji (2004): Review + Interesting Facts 03.05.2024 58:46

Credits Banner: MS Arts Cast: Chiranjeevi, Namrata Sirodkar, MS Narayana, Tinu Anand, Bhupinder Singh, Rami Reddy, PT Raj, Saraswatamma, Baby Keertana, Baby Meghana, Baby Muthya, Master Vamsi, Master Bharat, Master Ajay, Ramya Krishna (SA), Rajya Lakshmi (SA) and Reema Sen (SA) Music : Mani Sharma (Sri for one song) Dialogues : Satyanand Cinematography : Chota K Naidu Art : Ashok Lyrics : Sirive...

Episode 160 - Revisiting Vasu (2002): Review + Interesting Facts 30.04.2024 55:55

Credits 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 Theat...

Revisiting Sammohanam (2018): Review + Interesting Facts 26.04.2024 55:26

Credits Banner: Sridevi movies Cast: Sudheer Babu, Aditi Rao Hydari, Naresh, Tanikella Bharani, Pavitra Lokesh, Harshini, Nandu, Kadambari Kiran, Hariteja, Rahul Ramakrishna, Kedar Shankar, Shishir Sharma Music: Vivek Sagar Cinematographer: PG Vinda Production design: Ravinder Lyrics: Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Ramajogayya Sastri Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh Story, Dialogues, Screenplay...

Revisiting NTR's Aadi (2002): Review + Interesting Facts 20.04.2024 49:05

Credits Banner : Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions Cast: NTR, Keerthi Chawla, Rajan P Dev, Ali, LB Sriram, Chalapati Rao, M.S. Narayana, Ahuti Prasad, Raghu Babu, Rajeev Kanakala, Venumadhav, Sangeetha and Bangalore Padma Dialogues : Paruchuri Brothers Music : Mani Sharma Edting: Gautham Raju Choreography: Pradeep Anthony, Raghava Lawrence Photography : Ram Prasad Stunts: Vikram Dharma Story -...

Revisiting Bharat Ane Nenu (2018): Review + Interesting Facts 09.04.2024 57:39

Credits Banner: DVV entertainment Cast: Mahesh Babu, Kiara Advani, Prakash Raj, Sarath Kumar, Rao Ramesh, Devaraj, Posani Krishna Murali, Brahmaji, Ravi Shankar, Yashpal Sharma, Anish Kuruvilla, Ajay, Rahul Ramakrishna, Shatru, Devadas Kanakala, Prudhviraj. Jeeva, Suriya, Sithara, Aamani, Banerjee, Rajitha Music: Devi Sri Prasad Cinematographer: Ravi K. Chandran & Thirunavakkrasu Lyrics: ...

Revisiting Mahanati (2018): Review + Interesting Facts 05.04.2024 1:19:50

Credits Banner: Swapna Cinema Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha Akkineni, Vijay Devarakonda, Rajendra Prasad, Tanikella Bharani, Malavika Nair, Shalini Pandey, Tulasi, Divya Vani, Naga Chaitanya, Mohan Babu, Prakash Raj Music: Mickey J Meyer Cinematographer: Dani Sanchez-Lopez Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry & Ramajogayya Sastry Costume Design: Gaurang Shah and Archana...

Episode 155 - Revisiting Vasantam (2003): Review + Interesting Facts 02.04.2024 46:12

Credits 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 P...

Revisiting Nuvve Kavali (2000): Review + Interesting Facts 26.03.2024 58:57

Credits Banner: Ushakiron Movies Cast : Tarun, Richa Sharma, Sai Kiran & Varsha Music: Koti Camera : Hari Anumolu Art Direction: Ranga Peketi Editing: A. Sreekar Prasad Dialogues : Trivikram Story: Iqbal Kuttippuram (Niram) Story, Screenplay & Direction: Vijaya Bhaskar Executive Producer: Sravanti Ravi Kishore Producer: Ramoji Rao Theatrical Release Date : 13th October 2000 Intere...