Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

[raagas]

Tell your gult friend it is not a Baliah movie, it is a Bapu movie. Surely he knows the director's standing in telugu cinema. While the conflict I talked about might never make rest of India warm up to Bapu, he is a giant locally, and sure garners enoguh respect to outgun the Baliah factor? Infact, that is the case among my telugu acquaintances. Bapu_Ir factor easily overrides the Baliah factor.

Bapu is famous in the North also Plum. He made many films in Hindi, in 80s. Infact, it was Bapu who discovered/introduced Anil Kapoor. I loved many of his films!

Ofcourse, his sensibilities can be appreciated only by Telugus. His shot taking etc. The frames we get to see in his films, are just extensions of his paintings/sketches. Every shot has an accompanying sketch. Just like a director has script in hand while filming shots, Bapu has 2 things - script book and sketch book. India has never seen an artist-cum-filmmaker like Bapu. If only we can get hold of his sketchbooks - they themselves are worth millions. I do have some books (of cartoons/jokes) by him. classic stuff!