Tollywood Kaburlu

Andariki Namaskaram! In today's episode, we discuss the history of Female Characters in Telugu cinema starting from the 50-60's with Savitri garu, Jamuna garu, and Bhanumathi garu, to the 80's and 90's with Vijayashanti garu, Soundarya garu, Jayasudha garu, Jayapradha garu, Nagma garu, Rambha garu, Ramya Krishna garu, and Sharada garu, and then present day heroines like Pooja Hegde, Rashmika &nbsp...

Here are the biggest Tollywood news updates for the week of 8/19/2022: 1) Prabhas Salaar to release on September 28th, 2023, same crew as KGF and Prithviraj and Sriya Reddy of Pogaru and Suzhal fame are noted additions  2) SSMB28 update - April 28th, 2023 release date, Anbariv stunt masters KGF and Vikram fame will be working as fight masters is the buzz, PS Vinod confirmed as cinematographer...

Snow 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 ...

Andariki Namaskaram! In our first OFFICIAL podcast collaboration, we have Bogus Noog from ThyGap Telugu joining us today.  We talked about the difference in viewing experience of OTT vs Theaters and touched upon the business of cinema in present state as well as the ongoing strike in TFI.  Unfortunately didn't have time to talk about screenwriting even though it's mentioned but we will d...

Chala controversies vunnayi Tollywood lo but we tried to pick the most interesting and most known controversies: Topics include Sr. NTR garu vs Krishna garu in making Alluri Seetha Rama Raju, Balayya- Bellamkonda Suresh incident, Narasimhudu producer Hussain Sagar incident and scandal, Arjun piracy incident, Allu Arjun's Cheppanu Brother, 2017 Prostitutions and Drugs Case in USA, Bandla Ganesh and...

Venky and Sreenu Vaitla movie ante poonakallu ravali gaani theda kottakudadhu. Sreenu Vaitla garu oka interview lo chepparu Namo Venkatesa is an experimental film ani. I agree but the creative decisions and content against it's favor. Anyhow I love this film and always will but just oka weird feeling isthadi choostunantha sepu. Daani gurunche manam mataladam. I know episode konchem short gaa vundi...

Andariki Namaskaram. Eeroju inko lengthy episode chesam but hope you all enjoy it. Trends anedi prapancham and film industry ki chala common. PK garu cheppinattu: Nenu trend follow avanu, nenu trend set chestha.  Ok point ki vodham, we talked about Telugu movie trends and templates over the years. Movies covered are Aditya 369, Preminchukundam Raa, Samarasimha Reddy, Indra, Kalisundam Raa, Ok...

Sorry for being out of action last week but I had to speak up about this. If you love Tollywood, hope you agree with all the points I brought up because cinema brathakali and Telugu cinema lo inka manchi cinemalu teeyali and ravali. But the way they're headed it might only get worse from here. Induke memu collections antha follow avtham. Flop ayithe malli teeyaru, kaani hit ayithe teestune vuntaru...

Andariki Namaskaram, consistency break chesanu ani please forgive me.  Started a new job unfortunately so just trying to manage time to best of ability. Watched a few movies in recent years and decided to review them all and give my thoughts on them. Enjoy.  These are spoiler filled reviews so if you haven't already watched them, watch them first and come back :)

Andariki Namaskaram! Continuing with our final guest episode for the time being, today we have the king Pranav Gara on the show today.  In this episode we talked about our favorite director Meher Ramesh and how his brand of movies gave birth to Meherism, thoughts on Kantri, Billa, Shakthi, and Shadow and concluded by talking about our expectations for Bhola Shankar and where we see the future...

Andariki Namakaram! Continuing with our guest series, today we have Divyesh Mohankumar to talk about Tamil cinema.  We talked about how we got started with Tamil cinema, favorite movies, and how we see mainstream commercial cinema in Telugu and Tamil cinema headed for the future.  Mana sukham kosam ee podcast lo English cheyadam jarigindi. Maro okkasari shreminchandi. 

Andariki Namaskaram! Today we finally have our first ever guest Smarani Komanduri on Tollywood Kaburlu. She's a freelance writer based in Michigan and after reading one of her articles about a fellow Telugu podcast Thygap, I reached out and felt she would be a perfect guest to talk about our similar experiences.  We talked about how we get started with Telugu cinema living in America, whether...

In this episode I discuss my 10 favorite Telugu movies of all time. The list was not big enough so I had to include a +1 so it came out to 11. Any guesses what they could potentially be? Listen to today's episode to find out. 

Khaleja anedi oka cult classic. Kaani release time lo cinema disaster ayyindi. One of the biggest mysteries of TFI for the audience and you hear it all the time is asalu Khaleja yenduku flop ayyindo naaku ippatiki varuku ardham kaadhu. The reasons might be not be so clear but if you analyze deep enough, they are right there sprinkled with some interesting facts. All reasons are based on our observ...

Swagatham, ee episode lo manam discussion cheyya bhoye topics are that we will NOT be watching anymore Telugu movies IN THEATERS for rest of the year due to interest and fatigue from all the star hero movies from the first half of 2022 (maybe HIT2 and NBK107) and give our picks for half year awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Supporting Actor,...

Ante ee cinema yenduku moodu (3) gantala vundi ani ippatiki varuku telidu. Yento. 

Adivi Sesh mass and salute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. 

Chala rojulu tarvatha oka manchi family entertainer choosanu anipinchindi fraaands 

Less Fun, 90% frustration sums this movie up. Reminder I don't hate commercial movies nowadays it's just this is not it and our standards need to be better. 

Andariki Namasakaram. Nenu Woke naa koduku kaadhu. Jai commercial cinema. Entertain chesinda ledha? Adhi mukhyam Bigilu. 

Divyavanam Oka Vaipu Teerthajalam Oka Vaipu  Audience - Exit Yetu Vaipu? 

Review of the latest big Telugu movie Sarkaru Vaari Paata starring Superstar Mahesh Babu. Is it worth the hype? 

Andaraniki Namaskaram. This is the first and hopefully not last episode of a new Telugu movie podcast called Tollywood Kaburlu hosted by me, Teja.  I'm a Telugu American who resides in USA and is extremely passionate about movies and Tollywood.  How did I get here? Hope you enjoy listening to find out.  Danyavaadalu, Teja