Next quiz tomorrow. Yes, this time there won't be any delays :-).
Regards,
Madan Mohan Parigi <parigim@STATE.MI.US>
Sreenivas Paruchuri <sreeni@ktp.uni-paderborn.de>
P.S. More on Sri Jampala's Trivia (2 questions), the film malleeSwari,
gOpeechand's involvement with film industry and on A R Krishna in a
separate message.
-------------------------- QUIZ - 4 (Theme: Novels)------------------------
1. One Mr. Subbarao's story published in "bhaarati" was the source for
a famous film, considered to be a master piece and perhaps the best ever
made in Telugu. Another good film had the title same as his famous novel,
but has nothing to do with the novel. Who is the writer ? He is better
known through his pen name. What is his pen name and real name ?
A: i) buccibaabu
ii) Sivaraaju venkaTa subbaaraavu.
iii) The famous film is malleeSwari and
iv) the other film/novel is _civaraku migilEdi_.
[Note: We 'd have been more precise n providing information about the film,
which adapted his story. dEvulapalli wrote that a story in Illustrated
Weekly of India also was used. The film historian Randor Guy however wrote
once that it was based on Bucchibabu's Radio Play.]
2. In the history of telugu novel literature, the first public novel
competition was held in 1893 and two novels were awarded prizes. What
are the names of those novels and their authors ?
A. _dharmavatee vilaasamu_ by khanDavilli raamacandruDu and
_ Sanjeevaraaya caritra_ by tallapragaDa sUryanaaraayaNa raavu
(conducted in chintaamaNi monthly - Editor: kandukUri veerESalingam).
3. This long time pravaasi in Russia, wrote the novel _ataDu - aame_
using diary technique. What is his name ?
A. uppalUri lakshmaNa raavu
4. tripuranEni gOpeecand wrote the famous novel _asamarthuni jeeva yaatra_.
But what is the name of his incomplete novel ?
A. cheekaTi gadulu.
5. _maalapalli_ by unnava laksminaaraayaNa was a revolutionary novel and
the first of its kind in telugu literature. A famous stage actor adapted
it to stage and highly popularized it with his performances. What is his
name ?
A. A.R.Krishna
[Note: Narsim Mangalpally mentioned about Gudavalli and Ballari Raghava.
The Gudavalli film "maalapilla" is based on chalam's hitherto unpublished
story. Raghava did n't act in maalapilla, but in Gudavalli's "raitubiDDa".]
Madan Mohan Parigi <parigi@STATE.MI.US>
Sreenivas Paruchuri <sreeni@ktp.uni-paderborn.de>