Re: Weekend Thoughts! - Death of a monther Tongue
Sreenivas Paruchuri (sreeni@ktpsp1.uni-paderborn.de)
Thu, 23 May 1996 14:05:19 +0200 (MET DST)
>> Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri wrote:
> Now that Sreenivas has opened the film-door, a small crack from me.
> I think someone recently mentioned this, "beedala pATlu" was an adaptation
> of the novel "Les miserables". Back when I saw this as a kid, I didn't know
> of the foreign connectI understand "bangAru pApa", a classic film (IMO)
> by Vauhini Studios is based on Silas Marner. And, a hilarious movie *ing
> bhAnumati -"varuDu kAvAli" is based on a spanish(?) story/novel called
> "Fabulous Senorita". I am sure there are many many more.
Really want to have a (long) list of such films :-)? I wrote often on
beedala paaTlu on net and also on Silas Marner (and Chaplin's comments).
You are right about varuDu kaavaali. pedda manushulu is based on Ibsen's
_Pillars of the society_. Even your favourite star's legendary "paavuramaa"
song is based on a Rita Hayworth's number from Blood and Sand of 1941,
and her apoorva sahOdarulu, 1951 (Dumas's Three Corsican brothers,
Hindi: Nishan), and ... and ..... naagayya's famous "naa yillu" is based
on Samuel Butler's novel. The list is really long.
Time to attend the lecture!
Sreenivas