“Pitta Goda” is a Telugu phrase that literally means a “parapet”, a kind of wall, where sometimes neighbours gather to gossip.
Figuratively, we at Pittagoda take it to mean a place where people come to express their opinions irrespective of whether anyone is actually hearing them. Kind of like an FMS group discussion.
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How would a Telugu movie tackle the Covid situation? How will the hero save the masses from the pandemic? Will he use ancient Indian wisdom or modern science? Will there be two heroines or three?
At Pittagoda, we imagine a whole new (or maybe not) reality. Hopefully, it will never be made into a movie!
Featuring the Pittagoda gang, Ravi, Sarat, Jayanth and Deepa
Music credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
3 Feb 2020
Pittagoda Book Reviews: Before We Visit The Goddess
Deepa talks to Sarat about the book "Before We Visit The Goddess", written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The book is a tale of mother-daughter relationships across three generations. It is essentially a tale of loss and pain, while also being a chronicle of the women's respective journeys of triumphing over their circumstances.
Note: This episode has spoilers.
29 Jan 2020
Sarileru Neekevvaru: Through a Fan's Eyes and Ears
Deepak Karamungikar, a self-confessed Mahesh Babu fan, talks to Sarat about what he felt about Sarileru Neekevvaru. They also chat up about Maharashi, Mahesh Babu's potential, Rajendra Prasad, and what limits our beloved actors/"heroes" from doing more.
28 Aug 2019
Cycling for Dummies: Lessons from Hyderabad
For endurance cyclists Gokul Krishna and Raman Garimella, a hundred-kilometre ride is a walk in the park. Literally.
Gokul and Raman, both of whom are from Hyderabad, pursued their passion for cycling in their own unique ways. They have also cycled together and worked together. They now bring their collective experience to a book called "Escape Velocity: The Definitive Desi Guide to Cycling" for anyone who is a cycling newbie. In this episode, they talk about their book, their cycling adventures; and which desi cyclist's story is complete without a shout-out to Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Maga Maharaju, Race 3 and Srimanthudu?
Gokul also co-owns The Bike Affair, a bicycle store in Hyderabad. Also, if you want to listen to more of him, head to his podcast: https://anchor.fm/theindiancyclingpodcast (https://anchor.fm/theindiancyclingpodcast)
10 Jul 2019
Pittagoda Books: Habibi
Sangeetha and Rohit discuss the graphic novel Habibi, written by Craig Thompson.
Set in a fairy tale landscape, a strange and timeless place called Wanatolia, Habibi tells the story of two individuals - Dodola and Zam, both orphaned at a young age and brought together through chance, circumstances and shared misery. They grow up through the book and discover their love changing from that of a mother-child (as a provider-dependant) to siblings (as playmates) to lovers.
Ever since its publication, Habibi has been called mysterious, racist and everything in between. Listen to this conversation about this controversial book.
4 Jul 2019
Pittagoda Plays : Maidaanam
హైదరాబాద్ లో తెలుగు నాటక ప్రదర్శన అంటే, ఔనా... నేనెప్పుడూ వినలేదే అనే ఈ కాలంలో, నాటకానికి ఇద్దరు వెళ్లి దాని గురించి మన తో సంభాషించారు... అనితర సాధ్యమైన ఈ కార్యాన్ని సాధించిన ఘనత మా పిట్టగోడ కే చెల్లింది... మీరు వినండి మరి
voice over credits : Jayashree Raj
30 Jun 2019
Murder mysteries and an unequal treatment
We sent Ravi on a dangerous mission this week - that of watching a murder mystery featuring an ageing star. We don't have a problem with ageing stars, except when they are in denial. Luckily, Tollywood went full Sherlock Holmes this fortnight and released a second, better murder mystery. Listen to Ravi talk about Agent Sai Srinivas Atreya and Kalki. And find out what a British model is doing in a Rajasekhar movie.
25 Jun 2019
Pittagoda Books: Persepolis Review
In this episode of the Pittagoda Podcast, Deepa and Srinath talk about Persepolis, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi.
18 Jun 2019
Grand old Banyans of Chevella and the bid to save them
The threat to the 80-100-year old banyans of the Hyderabad-Bijapur road galvanised the Nature Lovers of Hyderabad to find a sustainable solution to development projects. They are a group of people from diverse backgrounds who are deeply concerned about trees and the ecosystems they support. They hope this experience can inform a wider cause: impacting state and national policy towards trees and other forms of nature.
Sadhana Ramchander is an editor and book designer. She also takes a keen interest in nature awareness activities for children and adults.
Tejah Balantrapu is a communications manager at an international NGO. He is tree-blind and is slowly learning to see .
Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/savebanyansofchevella
Twitter : @chevellabanyans
Instagram : https://instagram.com/chevellabanyans
Petition : https://www.change.org/p/chief-minister-of-telangana-save-the-banyans-of-chevella
14 Jun 2019
Rewind << Indra and the Godly Faction
In this episode, we talk about the 2002 Telugu blockbuster, Indra, that starred Chiranjeevi and was directed by B Gopal. Join us in a retrospective of this wildly successful movie of the factionist genre.
Direction: B. Gopal
Writing: Chinni Krishna; Paruchuri Brothers
Starring: Chiranjeevi; Sonali Bendre; Arti Aggarwal
7 Jun 2019
Hippi and how being excessively casual makes the audience a casualty.
"Progressive", "casual", "bold" or just plain painful? Ravi and Sarat talk about the movie Hippi.
(Hippi is a Telugu movie written and directed by T N Krishna, produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu of Kabali fame, and starring Kartikeya Reddy, Digangana Suryavanshi and J D Chakravarthy.)
2 Jun 2019
NGK and why Political stories need better writing.
Ravi and Sarat interrogate Deepa, who has watched the movie NGK (Release date: 31 May 2019), a Selvaraghavan movie which stars Suriya, Rakul Preet Singh and Sai Pallavi.
29 May 2019
'Sita' the never ending travails of an independent woman
Hello all! This is our review of the film Sita (Telugu).
Direction: Teja
Producers: Gopalakrishna Paruchuri; Venkateswara Rao; Paruchuri Teja
Starring: Bellamkonda Sreenivas; Kajal Aggarwal; Sonu Sood
Music: Anoop Rubens
Cinematography: Sirsha Ray
Editing: Venkateswara Rao Kotagiri
Release date: 24 May 2019
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