Dec 31, 2015

Dhruv Vemula and 'Spidy' Sri Atluru talk about the best Telugu and English films they've seen in 2015, and the worst ones..

• Telugu films including Baahubali, Srimanthudu, Bhale Bhale Magadivoy, Bruce Lee, Akhil etc.
• English films including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Mad Max, Star Wars etc.
• Other good...

Dec 29, 2015

We have a second guest after Spidy at Telugubytes. In this episode, Ravi talks to Praveen, longtime listener of Telugubytes, Software Engineer at Uber & Paypal about his career as Software Engineer and how he got started.

• Praveen and Ravi reminisce about their early days of grad school
• Praveen explains how he prepared...

Dec 5, 2015

With iOS9, the discussion on web ads and ad-blockers has gone mainstream. In this episode, Dhruv and Ravi have a discussion on the topic.

• Origin of web ads
• Newspaper ads and TV ads
• Ad Networks
• Google and Facebook
• Ad-Blocking in Firefox and Chrome
• iOS 9 content blockers
• Native ads
• Facebook Instant Articles
• Google's...

Nov 23, 2015

We discuss the success of Baahubali and discuss if it can change the way Telugu films are produced and marketed.

• Ticket prices and the "range" of Telugu films
• Baahubali's production and financing
• Remunerations of Telugu film stars
• Collections and fan wars

Jul 22, 2015

We chart the rise of SS Rajamouli over the years, from Shantinivasam to Baahubali.

• Shantinivasam
• Student No. 1 and the years of obscurity
• Simhadri
  • Intensity
  • Inspirations from Braveheart
  • Dialogues and dramatization
• Sye
  • The villain
• Chatrapathi
  • Utilizing Prabhas
  • The interval block
• Vikramarkudu
  • Sleaze in the...