Jul 31, 2018
In this special episode, Dhruv interviews C R Hemanth, a popular Telugu film critic who probably needs no introduction to our listeners. We at Telugu Bytes have always followed and admired Hemanth's reviews and his take on all things filmy.
- Hemanth's days at BITS Pilani and introduction to film appreciation
- The trip that (sort of) changed his life
- Blogging about films
- How he got into mainstream film journalism and criticism
- Social media - pros and cons
- How he deals with trolls
- Films of 2018 - Rangasthalam, Awe, Sammohanam, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi
- Flops of 2018 - How audience are rejecting the old order
- Reviews and their impact on films
- Relationship between filmmakers and critics
- How do we make film reviewing better
- Purpose of a film critic - Hemanth's POV
Notes:
- This interview is predominantly in English, kindly understand and excuse.
- We thought we were respectful, unbiased and objective in our opinions but in case we offended anyone, we deeply apologize.
- (Pardon the crutch words - Dhruv)