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038 - Baahubali : The Might of Mahishmati May 14, 2017

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Still not done with Baahubali? Here's Part 2 of our mega-review where we talk about our issues with the film, some thought experiments, some trivia and end with collections and records.

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Issues with the film
- Plot contrivances and characters
- Pacing issues
- Bit songs
- VFX
- Interval card and ending
Thought experiments
- What if it was just one big film?
- Director's cut
- Blu-Ray release
Trivia
- Things we noticed
Reviewing the Reviews
- Indian reviews
- International reviews
- Talk among family and friends
Trade talk
- Collections
- Records
- Precedents

037 - Baahubali : Celebrating the Conclusion May 10, 2017

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Can't get enough of Baahubali? Here's Part 1 of our mega-review where we talk about our favorite moments, the plot, characters, performances and technical aspects of Baahubali 2 - the toast of India right now.

Our rating
Movie watching experience
Favorite moments in the film
- Scene-by-scene commentary
Characters of Baahubali 2
- Amarendra Baahubali
- Devasena
- Sivagami
- Bhalladeva
- Kattappa
Performances
Technical aspects
- Cinematography
- Music and Background Score
- VFX
- Production design
- Screenplay and Direction

Watch out for Part 2 where we talk about our issues with the film, what if Baahubali was a single film and of course, the trade talk - collections and records.

036 - Intelligence Everywhere Apr 30, 2017

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Praveen and Ravi talk about origins of AI, recent advancements in AI and its impact on society.

Bill Nye Saves The World Episode 3 - Machines Take Over the World: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117748
The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence: https://stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial-intelligence/
How Aristotle Created the Computer: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/aristotle-computer/518697/
Subbarao Kambhampati - President of AAAI: http://rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu/

035 - Baahubali : Before the Conclusion Apr 19, 2017

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Acclaim for Part 1
Part 2 delay
Trailer release
- Trailer reactions
- VFX Glitches
- Story clues from the trailer
WKKB?
- Is Sivagami involved?
- Why the Krishna lullaby?
- Who does Kattappa owe fealty to?
- (Learnt a new word - fealty, thanks to Spidy!)
Book: The Rise of Sivagami
Undue emphasis on WKKB by makers
Songs
- Hamsa Nava
- Dandalayya
More drama in Part 2?
Trade Predictions
- Spidy: 1000cr
- Success in China
- Premiere show ticket pricing
Marketing
- Audio release function
- Social media
- Memes
- Books and Comics
- Merchandise
- Facebook stickers
- Emojifi stickers
Virtual Reality
- Sword of Baahubali
- AMD Partnership

034 - Random Stuff Apr 14, 2017

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What is this episode about? Nothing
Telugu Bytes Quarterly Report
- Website revamp
- Recent episodes
- Tharun Bhasker's feedback
- Backstories
- Who are our audience? An analysis
Logo Refresh
- History of our logo
- Saawan's design
- Our take
Recent movies
- PK's movies and Katamarayudu
Programming Interviews - Part 3?
- Dhruv's recent job change
- Why?
- What he'll be working on
- Interview Prep
  - String questions
  - Dynamic Programming
  - Graphs
  - System Design!
    - LeetCode
Communication Skills
- At workplace
- Brilliant jerks
- Coding vs. communication skills
Immigration woes
- H1-B visa
- I-94 document

033 - Interview with Tarun (Part 2) Mar 26, 2017

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Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview. In the second part, they talk about:

Tarun's experience at his first job in Unilever
Experiences which turned him to social service
Life at Teach for India
Experience at Harvard
Starting and Leading IndusAction

If you haven't listened yet, please listen 032 - Interview with Tarun (Part 1)

Links

INDUS Action: https://www.indusaction.org/project-team
Tarun Cherukuri: https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarunch
Tarun goes to Harvard: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/vijayawada-youth-bags-harvard-kennedy-schools-emerging-global-leader-award/article7187565.ece

032 - Interview with Tarun (Part 1) Mar 18, 2017

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Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview.

Their experiences at VPS, Vijayawada
His passion for sports and Badminton
His experiences at BITS Pilani
Interviewing and landing a job

(Continued in Part 2)

Links

INDUS Action: https://www.indusaction.org/project-team
Tarun Cherukuri: https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarunch
Tarun goes to Harvard: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/vijayawada-youth-bags-harvard-kennedy-schools-emerging-global-leader-award/article7187565.ece

031 - Indian Super'bowl' 2 Mar 13, 2017

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After almost an year later, Aravind and Ravi get back to discuss one of their favorite topic - trips to India. They talk about Ravi's recent trip to India and his experiences.

Follow up
Air India (SFO to Delhi)
Progress in Vijayawada
Temples in Tirupati and Thanjavur
Staying in Chennai
Sankranthi Movies
Next episode guest!

030 - Pelli Choopulu Mar 11, 2017

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Dhruv and Aravind talk about the 2016 Telugu rom-com/coming-of-age film Pelli Choopulu.

Our take on the film
- Dhruv
- Aravind
Success of the film
- Budget
- Run in the USA
- Indie films and distribution models
Thoughts on the film
- Story
- Screenplay
- Characterizations
- Treatment
- Dialogues
- The Telangana dialect
- Tharun Bhasker's idlebrain postmortem
Thoughts on acting
- Vijay Deverakonda
- Ritu Verma
- Priyadarshi
- Anish Kuruvilla
- Nandu
- Kedar Shankar
The crew
- Cinematography (Nagesh Banell)
- Production design (Latha Naidu)
- Sound (Tapeloop)
- Music (Vivek Sagar)
- Director (Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam)
Other indie films
- Vasham, the first crowd-funded film in Telugu
- Info
- Trailer

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