EP 7 | Revisiting a Classic: Geethanjali ft. That Telugu Ammayi

Andariki Namaskaram! Hello Listeners! In today's episode we have a special guest joining us: @ThatTeluguAmmayi from Instagram is along with us here. We talk about Mani Sir's Geethanjali and dwell on the reasons why there needs to be more discussion about this gem, which is unfortunately largely ignored under Mani Sir's legacy. That Telugu Ammayi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatteluguammayi/ Posts on Geethanjali by That Telugu Ammayi: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbECRtMFd3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Links to all the videos/articles referred in the Pod: Sekhar Kammula about Veturi: http://devi-priya-peddineni.blogspot.com/2010/06/pearls.html Veturi's Autobiography: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32323148-komma-kommako-sannayi The Mani Ratnam interview: https://youtu.be/jB6ptbnWIX4 Gautam Vasudev Menon interviews Mani Ratnam: https://youtu.be/WDVojrysCWA Billie Jean: https://youtu.be/Zi_XLOBDo_Y Rajadhi Rajadhi Raja: https://youtu.be/mB2EkJ7yX6c For your convenience: Timestamps: 1 - 00:00 - Intro 2 - 00:55 - Initial Thoughts (Pruthvi) 3 - 03:15 - Initial Thoughts (Sandy) 4 - 05:40 - Initial Thoughts (Sahitya) 5 - 08:15 - Veturi and Mani Ratnam 6 - 13:45 - Hope, Death & The Climax 7 - 17:43 - Mani Sir and Female Characters 8 - 20:35 - Legacy of Geethanjali 9 - 22:40 - The only bad part of Geethanjali 10 - 27:30 - Veturi's Lyrical Design 11 - 29:25 - The Cinematography 12 - 32:20 - Smoke/Fog has a character 13 - 34:55 - Love is Divine 14 - 43:00 - 5th Stage of Grief: Acceptance 15 - 46:20 - Going back to Lyrical Design 16 - 50:55 - Hospitals, Context and Comedy 17 - 54:37 - The Screenplay 18 - 56:47 - Nandikonda 19 - 01:01:00 - Final Thoughts 20 - 01:06:48 - Outro Happy Listening! If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism, you can contact us here: Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: @CAlochana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chitraalochana