Today.... I found a terrible news on internet and was shocked to know that Raghuvaran,one of my favourite actors,passed away. I am very sad now. Though he is just an actor and is no way connected to me in any other way other than movies I feel like we know him..
I was in IV or V class when Shiva was released. Till then, I never thought about any villains in our movies.Its not that we didnt have any.We have versatile actors like Satyanarayana,Rao gopalrao ,NuthanPrasad and many others.... But we were very young(we were children) then and we always cared about our favourite heroes and nothing else.However... our telugu villains were best actors and also good at comedy , but we never did thinking from the angle of acting abilites.Moreover at that age(below VI class)we were too young to notice..
Shiva is the movie which brought overhaul changes in many ways. It is perfect in many ways...whether it is acting,dialogues ,background music or technicalities .It offered everything in a very realistic way. And there is no doubt that one person who took most of the cake is "Bhavani",our Raghuvaran. Though he was ruthless,he mesmerised everybody with his sharp looks and powerful acting. The very thought of Bhavani brings shivers down the spine.He enacted that role flawlessly and impressively. That was the first time I started observing villains of our movies and their acting skills.From there...I started looking the performances of characters besides heroes' .And it was Raghuvaran who made me look from that angle.
Whatever be the person's character in a movie ,whether its a hero role or anti-hero role or any other one, when we like his or her acting we enjoy it. And Raghuvaran is one who always made me happy through every character he essayed.Forget not the subtle character he played in Maniratnam,s "Anjali".We can feel the anguish the character suffers. Radha Krishna and I ,in our school days used to discuss about the character "Anthony" in RajniKanth's "Bhasha". There is some charisma in him which draws people's attention.
Dear Raghuvaran ,we miss you.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
School Days: My First Unit-Test Ever In Shirisha School(In VI class)
A few days went on.... everything looked strange. In my previous school our class had a strength of 4 students. Me,Radha,Dv and Sreeman. But here there were around 50 . I was feeling out of place. I was very reserved those days. I hardly opened my mouth and engaged in any kind of talking. Some were coming to me and trying to know about me. I talked to myself more number of times than I talked to others. New books .....new dress...new friends ..new teachers...totally its a new environment. One thing I observed was these guys were very crazy about the drill period. Whenever there was any leisure period, someone goes up to PT sir or any other sir and asks for a drill period. And once it got approved they used to rush to the background and start playing kho-kho and kabaddi. I never played those games in my life before .The only game I ever played was cricket. Sometimes ,chess. I had a strong dislike towards those khabaddi and kho-kho.I remeber one incident related to this.One day we had a break and all the boys and girls were playing in Back-ground. Boys were playing kho. I just stood near the wall watching our friends . My sheer ill-luck : Our PT sir stylish Upendra observed me and dragged me to the game and when I said a big NO he gave me a stern warning. No other options left with me. I took part in the game. When I was in the game, I felt like everybody was watching me and laughing at my bad game. It was the most embarrassing moment for me.
News was doing rounds in the class room that the first unit test was going to be held soon.I was petrified by that . Though I have written such tests in my prevous school also...here the situation was quite different. Previously..it was like a smooth affair .I never felt like I was writing exam. It was pretty cool .It ws a friendly atmosphere over there I was accustomed to and I used to get first rank. Here it was different. Huge syllabus to study ,besides the task of getting used to the new environment. I had butterflies in my stomach. I was getting the jitters. I went home and told my mother about this. Empathizing with me , she told me not to get panicky and said everything would be settled soon.
Finally the test date was declared. All the teachers informed us about the syllabus. We had to take 3 exams a day which was the first time me . We had a system of 2 exams per day in the previous school.With the confidence given by my mother, I prepared well for the exams and had written okay. I let a huge sigh of relief once they got finished. I was informed by our friends about the top students in our class. I listened to them trying to have a glance of those toppers.
After a few days ,we were given our awnser sheets. . I was getting good marks , but I never tried to know the marks of the others and the toppers. Radha,DV and Sreeman are exception to this. we know each others marks. Anuradha teacher,the telugu teacher, who is also our class teacher came to the class one morning bringing the exam-sheeets with her. She was calling each and everybody ,anouncing the marks and giving the exam sheet. I was waiting for my turn.A few minutes passed. She called " kranthi". I got up and went there. I got good marks. She looked at me and asked me
"Kotthaga vachhavu kada?".
I said "Yes teacher".
She said" Very Good kranthi .keep it up".
I was numb at that juncture. But.... very happy. I went back and sat in my place. As usual...Radhagaadu is smiling looking at me(it happens between us very often).
A few days later..... Anuradha teacher was giving progress cards. The cards were like small booklet in sky-blue colour. I was given my card. I opened it. My rank was second. I couldnot believe it. The first thought that came into my mind was" There were 50 students and many toppers in the class ... and i got second rank. ...." . Anuradha teacher congratulated me whole-heartedly. She was very happy for me. Radha and Dv got 14th and 15th ranks and they were worried a lot thinking about the wrath they had to face at home.
The first rank went to Rajani. On that day... I never thought that I was going to witness this girl getting the first position in every exam throughout my school-life.
News was doing rounds in the class room that the first unit test was going to be held soon.I was petrified by that . Though I have written such tests in my prevous school also...here the situation was quite different. Previously..it was like a smooth affair .I never felt like I was writing exam. It was pretty cool .It ws a friendly atmosphere over there I was accustomed to and I used to get first rank. Here it was different. Huge syllabus to study ,besides the task of getting used to the new environment. I had butterflies in my stomach. I was getting the jitters. I went home and told my mother about this. Empathizing with me , she told me not to get panicky and said everything would be settled soon.
Finally the test date was declared. All the teachers informed us about the syllabus. We had to take 3 exams a day which was the first time me . We had a system of 2 exams per day in the previous school.With the confidence given by my mother, I prepared well for the exams and had written okay. I let a huge sigh of relief once they got finished. I was informed by our friends about the top students in our class. I listened to them trying to have a glance of those toppers.
After a few days ,we were given our awnser sheets. . I was getting good marks , but I never tried to know the marks of the others and the toppers. Radha,DV and Sreeman are exception to this. we know each others marks. Anuradha teacher,the telugu teacher, who is also our class teacher came to the class one morning bringing the exam-sheeets with her. She was calling each and everybody ,anouncing the marks and giving the exam sheet. I was waiting for my turn.A few minutes passed. She called " kranthi". I got up and went there. I got good marks. She looked at me and asked me
"Kotthaga vachhavu kada?".
I said "Yes teacher".
She said" Very Good kranthi .keep it up".
I was numb at that juncture. But.... very happy. I went back and sat in my place. As usual...Radhagaadu is smiling looking at me(it happens between us very often).
A few days later..... Anuradha teacher was giving progress cards. The cards were like small booklet in sky-blue colour. I was given my card. I opened it. My rank was second. I couldnot believe it. The first thought that came into my mind was" There were 50 students and many toppers in the class ... and i got second rank. ...." . Anuradha teacher congratulated me whole-heartedly. She was very happy for me. Radha and Dv got 14th and 15th ranks and they were worried a lot thinking about the wrath they had to face at home.
The first rank went to Rajani. On that day... I never thought that I was going to witness this girl getting the first position in every exam throughout my school-life.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
MAHASIVARATHRI
During school days.....there was always a doubt every year on the day before Sivarathri. We generally contemplate on having a holiday on sivaratri. Are they going to give or not.? And if they do, whether it is on that day or the next day. We used to draw a logical reasoning that the holiday should be given on the day next to sivaratri because we do "jagarana" and a holiday is absolutely needed to sleep in the next day. Most of the times, no holiday was given.
I particularly remember one year when radha and I decided in the class to do jagarana the whole night. Its not out of bhakti but we wanted to do...so that we can boast about it...and throw some attitude in the class that we did what others couldnot. There was already a discussion begun among our all other friends in the classroom about the jaagaaram and about the movies to be watched in VCPs(no DVDs those days).Forget not the mid-night shows of movies in the theatres until next day morning. Our friends used to discuss," arey..sridevi talkies lo em cinema,Ramalingeshwaralo enti ,Lakshmilo chiru cinema anta" ani.
I remeber ,one year,our Amarnath saying to me "kranthi i am fasting .I am not eating anything. I will eat fruits and remain awake whole night". Amar and I were very good friends. In seventh class, we used to sit next to each other in the second bench next to wall. We shared common interests and hobbies....drawing,painting. We both used to draw many many pictures..cartoons, natonal leaders etc. I learnt about water colours from him. I used to draw some cartoons about babri-masjid demolition ( dont think much about these cartoons...not that great) and Amar used to appreciate me. We both used to laugh at Shyam"s stories making jokes on them while he was narrating his never-ending stories standing holding the sir's chair at the black-board.
Radha and I were very close to my ammamma. We two share a good rapport with her. She tells about the mythologies, about the old movies,about the games they used to play in her childhood.... and everything. As I grew up along with mamaiah at my ammamma's house I call her "ammaa.... " (now also..i call her so) . There will never be any words with me to say anything about the special bonding I had with her. What I can say about her? She is everything to me.
After deciding to do jagarana.. Radha and I told my ammamma that we were going to stay awake for Jagarana along with her. She said okay. She was on fast but we were not. So, after coming from school...no holiday was declared ....we were so disappointed though we expected that.After our usual playing and a meet with friends, we formed a small group of 4 to 5 who were willing to take part in jagaranam.We were were very jubilant and looking forward to go ahead with the task. After finishing our supper( we already had breakfast and lunch so we thought no need to skip supper :-)) we started our jagarana sitting before "the great one and only" tv channel-doordarshan. We were expecting a number of programmes to get entertained. A movie was also on its way.. I still remeber the name.. It is an old classic "jayabheri". We enquired with my ammamma about the movie. She said "wow..Its a great movie. very good one". Radha and I jumped with joy having heard that. Not to forget about our really dearest programme on tv "chitralahari". Every shivaratri...same songs from movies like Bhaktha kannappa,Bhookailas were played,only the permutations and combinations of songs differ. Though I didnt have any liking to those songs at that age..now I feel they are really cool...very devotional. Some songs from the heart of Ghantasala directly lands in your heart. Especially the song from Bhakthakannappa " shiva shiva shankara bhakthava shankara shambho hara hara namasthuthey".
We two were battling with our closing eyelids putting our all strength to keep them open. No programme is interesting. Very dull . All of our gang members who were to be with us were already blissfully sleeping on the floor . In the mean time...we were asking ammamma about what time will be the end of jagarana and till what time we should stay awake..... She used to stay"meeru velli padukondi....parvaledu " ani. We stared at each other with many question marks on our sleep-needing faces and without any decision taken we turned our faces towards tv.
Finally the time for movie . It started around 1 am(or 2) . The title cards itself were very boring. Ammo...aa perlu padey vidhaanam choosthene mind poyindhi. oka 5 min varaku paduthoone vunnaayi. Then the movie started.I think nageshwara rao is hero in that film. To make matters more worse .... for every 5 to 7minutes there was a song. Such an old( I have to say "oldest") movie. Believe me . Songs , songs and songs...maa valla kaavatledu... I discussed with radha what should be done. We thought for a while and finally came up with a unanimous resolution ... " give up jagarana..tell to ammamma...and..and... get yourself wrapped in bedsheets without any other thought." The time was already 3 am in the morning by then.
Thats how it happened that year on the auspicious day of Shivaratri. Next day morning....,we enquired ammamma about her jagarana. She said she didnt sleep at all. We said to ourselves "great kadaraa...etlavuntaaro asalu nidrapokunda...ayina chinnapillalu kashtamraa melakuvatho vundadam" ani.
This time,today.... I planned to do jagarana with our Hari(Hari Prasad K). I think..... this time..... I will emerge as a winner. I am sure about it.... what do you say???
I particularly remember one year when radha and I decided in the class to do jagarana the whole night. Its not out of bhakti but we wanted to do...so that we can boast about it...and throw some attitude in the class that we did what others couldnot. There was already a discussion begun among our all other friends in the classroom about the jaagaaram and about the movies to be watched in VCPs(no DVDs those days).Forget not the mid-night shows of movies in the theatres until next day morning. Our friends used to discuss," arey..sridevi talkies lo em cinema,Ramalingeshwaralo enti ,Lakshmilo chiru cinema anta" ani.
I remeber ,one year,our Amarnath saying to me "kranthi i am fasting .I am not eating anything. I will eat fruits and remain awake whole night". Amar and I were very good friends. In seventh class, we used to sit next to each other in the second bench next to wall. We shared common interests and hobbies....drawing,painting. We both used to draw many many pictures..cartoons, natonal leaders etc. I learnt about water colours from him. I used to draw some cartoons about babri-masjid demolition ( dont think much about these cartoons...not that great) and Amar used to appreciate me. We both used to laugh at Shyam"s stories making jokes on them while he was narrating his never-ending stories standing holding the sir's chair at the black-board.
Radha and I were very close to my ammamma. We two share a good rapport with her. She tells about the mythologies, about the old movies,about the games they used to play in her childhood.... and everything. As I grew up along with mamaiah at my ammamma's house I call her "ammaa.... " (now also..i call her so) . There will never be any words with me to say anything about the special bonding I had with her. What I can say about her? She is everything to me.
After deciding to do jagarana.. Radha and I told my ammamma that we were going to stay awake for Jagarana along with her. She said okay. She was on fast but we were not. So, after coming from school...no holiday was declared ....we were so disappointed though we expected that.After our usual playing and a meet with friends, we formed a small group of 4 to 5 who were willing to take part in jagaranam.We were were very jubilant and looking forward to go ahead with the task. After finishing our supper( we already had breakfast and lunch so we thought no need to skip supper :-)) we started our jagarana sitting before "the great one and only" tv channel-doordarshan. We were expecting a number of programmes to get entertained. A movie was also on its way.. I still remeber the name.. It is an old classic "jayabheri". We enquired with my ammamma about the movie. She said "wow..Its a great movie. very good one". Radha and I jumped with joy having heard that. Not to forget about our really dearest programme on tv "chitralahari". Every shivaratri...same songs from movies like Bhaktha kannappa,Bhookailas were played,only the permutations and combinations of songs differ. Though I didnt have any liking to those songs at that age..now I feel they are really cool...very devotional. Some songs from the heart of Ghantasala directly lands in your heart. Especially the song from Bhakthakannappa " shiva shiva shankara bhakthava shankara shambho hara hara namasthuthey".
We two were battling with our closing eyelids putting our all strength to keep them open. No programme is interesting. Very dull . All of our gang members who were to be with us were already blissfully sleeping on the floor . In the mean time...we were asking ammamma about what time will be the end of jagarana and till what time we should stay awake..... She used to stay"meeru velli padukondi....parvaledu " ani. We stared at each other with many question marks on our sleep-needing faces and without any decision taken we turned our faces towards tv.
Finally the time for movie . It started around 1 am(or 2) . The title cards itself were very boring. Ammo...aa perlu padey vidhaanam choosthene mind poyindhi. oka 5 min varaku paduthoone vunnaayi. Then the movie started.I think nageshwara rao is hero in that film. To make matters more worse .... for every 5 to 7minutes there was a song. Such an old( I have to say "oldest") movie. Believe me . Songs , songs and songs...maa valla kaavatledu... I discussed with radha what should be done. We thought for a while and finally came up with a unanimous resolution ... " give up jagarana..tell to ammamma...and..and... get yourself wrapped in bedsheets without any other thought." The time was already 3 am in the morning by then.
Thats how it happened that year on the auspicious day of Shivaratri. Next day morning....,we enquired ammamma about her jagarana. She said she didnt sleep at all. We said to ourselves "great kadaraa...etlavuntaaro asalu nidrapokunda...ayina chinnapillalu kashtamraa melakuvatho vundadam" ani.
This time,today.... I planned to do jagarana with our Hari(Hari Prasad K). I think..... this time..... I will emerge as a winner. I am sure about it.... what do you say???
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