Re: Answers to Quiz - 4

cjampala@dayton.net
Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:21:00 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Sreenivas Paruchuri wrote:

> > Now my trivia question: bucchibaabu is the maternal uncle of another
> > Telugu genius famous by his pet name? who is he?
>
> Its just missing me. I knew it definetely before. This person hails from
> gOdaavari-s (or from Vizag area?). Is it "baapu"? I am n't sure. I was
> about to say "aarudra", but he is related to Sree^2, not bucchibaabu.

It is baapu alias sattiraaju lakshmeenaaraayaNa.

>> Is it "autobiographical" ? Its more his father, the famous, tripuranEni
>> raamaswaami chaudari's story, I thought. He is certainly one author who

As I remember the book, a major part of it has to do with the
protagonist's father; and the protagonist is believed to be the author
himself.


> > Related trivia: AR Krishna acted in a small role in Mrinal Sen's
> > Telugu film, oka voori katha. Now my own trivia question: Who wrote the
> > dialogues for oka voori katha?
>
> Its veerEndranaath.

Yes, it is yanDamoori's debut in films.


> > sangha vijayam ? I am not sure.
> > Close enough. It is sangavijayamu.
> > Next question: Why that name?
>
> I am guessing. To avoid the ban he had to choose other title. Its long
> back I read the novel. The main character's name goes like "sangaDu ..."?

Correct again!
The main character in maalapalli is 'sangadaasu'.

Anybody wants to say more about this book?

Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala