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Follow these audio conversations on MMGL aired on Feb 3, 2012 to see why Tharanga will be different from competition. The conversations dwell on feedback on Tharanga shows and a sneak peak at what’s to come at you.

Audio language: Telugu

Date of broadcast: Feb 03, 2012

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Mayabazar, the movie: No introduction needed. The color version of Mayabazar, in theaters now and you can get a lot of info on various websites. I want to do something different for TeluGlobe.

Mayabazar has so many delightful scenes we all remember. But what is the scene that sticks out the most in your memory? On the Jan 29, 2010 Mohana Murali GaanaLahari, Srinivas – a listener from Ohio -- talked about Mayabazar. I asked Srinivas, “If you saw Mayabazar as a kid, what is the most memorable scene in the movie?”

Srinivas replied, “It is the vivaaha bhojanambu song, and the delightful after the song scene in which Ghatotgaja swallows a lot of laddus and other food.”

Exactly! This is my memory as a child. Like Srinivas, I fantasized sitting upright and swallowing food as it magically defied gravity and found its way into my mouth.

Do you know this scene was not in the original script of the movie?

Director K.V. Reddy changed his attitude with Mayabazar. For Paataala Bhairavi and Pedda Manushulu, he never showed rushes [raw film footage] to anyone – including the producers. He didn’t want to be bothered by unsolicited comments by people who have no idea why he filmed a particular shot or scene, nor did he like being confused by those comments.

However, while filming Mayabazar, he felt that his attitude is giving him notoriety. After nearly completing all shooting and the rough edited copy arrived, he invited producers to see the footage. Both Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani saw the footage and felt that it was good.

Four days later, producer Nagi Reddy’s uncle Ranga Reddy from Nellore paid a visit. Ranga Reddy owned Shesh Mahal and Ranga Mahal in Nellore. Accompanying Ranga Reddy was Anjaneya Reddy, the manager of those theaters. They both saw the Mayabazar rushes at Nagi Reddy’s request. They did not like the movie.

Ranga Reddy saw the 1930s Mayabazar, in which Rami Reddy acted as Ghatotgaja. Obviously, Ranga Reddy would compare both movies. “In the old movie, Ghatotgaja pulled out two palm trees. He plucked nothing in this movie! And then there are laddus. In that movie, Ghatotgaja easily swallowed heaps of laddus. In this movie, what did he eat?”

Thus, both Ranga Reddy and Anjaneya Reddy gave a failing grade to the greatest movie ever made in Telugu. Nagireddy was a bit disappointed. For, he could not take the opinion of an experienced exhibitor like Ranga Reddy lightly.

The next day in Vahini studios, Nagi Reddy asked director KV Reddy, who was a hypertension patient, “How is your health?” Nagi Reddy didn’t want to disclose his uncle’s opinion when KV Reddy’s blood pressure was high. He was concerned about KV Reddy’s reaction.

Nagi Reddy broke the news smoothly, “My uncle Ranga Reddy saw Mayabazar rushes.”

An anxious KV Reddy asked, “How did he like it, brother?”

In a dismissive voice, Nagi Reddy said, “He said something. But don’t you worry about it brother.”

KV Reddy wanted to know, “Please brother, what did he say about the movie?”

Again in a dismissive voice, Nagi Reddy quoted a maxim and said, “A lot of people say a lot of things. We shouldn’t worry about them.”

KV Reddy got even more anxious. “Tell me what he said.”

Nagi Reddy then disclosed the news. “In the old Mayabazar, apparently Ghatotgaja pulled out two palm trees and ate heaps and heaps of laddus. Don’t bother about these comments.”

KV Reddy was silent for a couple of minutes. “Picture is not yet complete. Let us do the same – let him pluck a few trees. It is not difficult for me. I will pluck them too. Even laddus. We will make him eat as many laddus as we can. It is not difficult for me. We will make laddus and let the cameraman (Marcus) Bartley worry about it. Trick work. He (Bartley) will take care of it. I don’t even have to supervise him.”

“Brother, don’t you worry about what they said. You do what you think is necessary for the movie.” One more time Nagi Reddy expressed his vote of confidence in KV Reddy.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Another tidbit: It was KV Reddy’s habit to call everybody “brother.” NTR picked it from KV Reddy.

[This article is based on a chapter in the book: Thera Venuka Kathalu, by Sri DV Narasa Raju.]

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Back in 2008 when irresponsible banks brought the catastrophic financial crisis to the world, a lot of wise people suggested that US should nationalize TBTF banks, get rid of the incompetent and greedy management, cleanup the mess and spinoff the clean banks. Instead, banks got bailed out, managements stayed in place, bonus pool increased. Now, as in Frankestein movie, banks have led bloodless coups to takeover the governments of Greece and Italy. Hollywood cannot write a better thriller script than this.

— What this video for some excellent summation of silent coups in Greece and Italy —

European Parliament, Strasbourg, 16 November 2011

Nigel Fagare, an MP of the US’s Independent Party -- is a well known critique of the Euro since the beginning. Watch Fagare chastise Eurocrat von Rompuy in as strong parliamentary language as possible.

Powerful quotes from the speech:

“When Mr. Papandreau got up and used the word referendum oh, Mr. von Rompuy, you described it as a breach of confidence. And your friends here got together like of pack of hyenas rounded on Papandreau, had him removed and replaced by a puppet government. What an absolutely disgusting spectacle that was. And not satisfied with that, you decided that  Burlesconi has to go. So, he was removed and was replaced with Mr. Monti -- a former EU commissioner and a fellow architect of this Euro disaster and a man who wasn’t even a member of the parliament.”

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“You, an unelected man went to Italy and said this is not the time for elections but the time for an actions told What in God’s name gives you the right to say that to the Italian people?”

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If this weren’t true, it would be even more comical.

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—————-- The casket has arrived with this debate performance. ——————

http://youtu.be/MuyKVzwg8QE

————-- The Candidate was laid to rest in the casket with this drunk speech —————-

—————-The final nail in the coffin——————--

http://youtu.be/ByGf8lP87HU

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This is a great news that Smt Savitri garu wrote a book on the background of Ghantasala gari Bhagawadhgeetha. Key highlights of the book are listed below.

Article by His Holiness Pushpagiri Peethadhipathi on Ghantasala.
Foreword by Mr.P.Mangapathi (Managaer, HMV) who recorded the Bhagawadh Geeta.
Background story, composition of slokas, recording details etc by Smt.Ghantasala Savitri.
Excellent articles from Prof.H.S.Brahmananda -- Bhagawadh Geeta Analysis.
Raaga Visleshana by P.Sangeetha Rao.
Articles by prominent people.
Bhagawadh Geetha recording photograph.
19 figures -- each pertaining to a particular sloka from each adhyaya by the artist Mrs.Usha Vinod.
LP records sleeve cover photographs inclusing sleeve notes.

The size of the book -- 245mm X 185mm X 13mm
Pages -- 220 + 4
Weight -- Nearly 0.5 Kg
Price -- Rs.150/-
Courier Charges -- Rs.60 (In AP)
Rs.100 (Outside AP and in India)

Contact address -- Dr.K.V.Rao
Flat No.28, 4th Floor, 1-1-79,
Bhagyanagar Apartments,
RTC X Roads, Hyderabad -- 500020
Ph. No. : 040-27630714, Cell: 0-9848742320

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మనం విన్న తెలుగు పాట మాతృక ఒక తమిళ పాట. ఆ తమిళ పాటకి మాతృక ప్రముఖ ఘజల్ గాయకుడు స్వర్గీయ జగ్జిత్ సింగ్ పాడిన తుం నహి ఘం నహి షరాబ్ నహి. వినండి వరసగా అన్ని పాటలు.

తెలుగు:

తమిళం:

ఘజల్:

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You will note that she wasn’t doing anything. She was already handcuffed and sitting down. The policeman kicked her unprovoked. Look at her face after the beating.

“I for one getting am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying wall st and other cities across the country. And believe it or not, some in this town actually condone the pitting of Americans against Americans.”

And then Cantor added, pitting Americans against Americans that is the job of the Republican establishment.

And one Republican Presidential hopeful knows exactly who gets the blame.

Mitt Romney OWS is “class warfare” and “dangerous”

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Often times, when some politicians speak, comedy writes itself. Comedy as in dark humor, in that you will often wonder how idiotically disconnected some politicians are with general public’s sentiment. Last week Herman Cain surged to the top of Republican primary candidates. After this interview, I believe that he will be a goner.

“I don’t have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration,” Cain said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big banks, if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself! It is not a person’s fault if they succeeded, it is a person’s fault if they failed.“

He didn’t have the facts to back this up and said it anyway? How incredibly stupid and irresponsible is it? Well, let Jon explain it in his usual witty way.
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Have you noticed Sarah Palin’s childish attack on Chris Christie for getting all the attention from the press? Have you seen her calling “Herb” Cain as the “flavor of the month?”

IMO, she simply acts like a 4 year old who pushes her sibling when the sibling gets all the attention. She cannot take a joke on her. She cannot even recognize a joke when it is on her. She doesn’t even recognize that she herself is a joke. She is not only a bitter woman, she is also a fraud. Just two weeks ago she sent a fund rising letter -- knowing fully well that she is not running. The letter clearly stated that she ‘might’ run for President.

In one of the best episodes of the Daily Show, Jon Stewart compares the half-Governor Sarah Palin’s antics related to fund raising in the name of “Presidential Run” to money laundering letters you receive in the name of a “Nigerian Prince.” Watch this hilarious episode on the sad story called Sarah.

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I am excited. The Big Man and a living legend is going to be on heard on TORi this Sunday -- on the 3rd Anniversary show of Durga’s Patala Pallaki program. The show is on TORi Classic channels -- at channels’ local time 12 noon. Please tune in.

Durga’s message:

Hi Everyone, Finally I have edited and sent the 3rd anniversary of Patalapallaki Special Program, the interview with the great actor of Telugu Movie Field, Shri Akkineni Nageshwar Rao garu to TORI, which is going to airon this coming Sunday, Sept. 25th, at 12pm on Teluguoneradio.com . Please do not forget to listen and leave your comments after listening as it was my lifelong dream,I’ll appreciate it!

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Attached is the satirical (in Telugu language) news roundup for the weeks ending 11-09-09, 11-09-16.

Items covered: Gaali Janardhana Reddy’s arrest, Republican Debates, Michele Bachman, Ron Suskind’s Book on Obama’s Predeincy, UBS Rogue Trader

Audio language: Telugu

Date of broadcast on TORi: Sept 09, 16 -- 2011.

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