On the eve of India's opening match, Praveen, Aravind and Dhruv do a curtainraiser episode. We talk the tournament's timing, dew factor, thoughts on each squad, Team India team combinations and predictions. Enjoy! Lack of buzz - IPL and cricket overload? Organization of the tournament - BCCI & ICC Dew factor - playing in Oct/Nov in India Round robin format - pros and cons Squads - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Sri Lanka South Africa at 6 New Zealand at 5 Pakistan at 4 Australia at 3 England at 2 India at 1 Team India combinations Our predictions

Dhruv and Ravi review the other films of 2022: Shyam Singha Roy Ante Sundaraniki Ori Devuda and Paagal Skylab F3 Vikram Ponniyin Selvan I Sarkaru Vaari Paata DJ Tillu A star is born Favorite punchlines

Dhruv, Ravi and Aravind critique 2022 pan-Indian films starting with the name K - KGF Chapter 2, Kantara and Karthikeya 2 KGF: Chapter 2 Delivers on expectations? Drawbacks Kantara Why it became a blockbuster Drawbacks Karthikeya 2 Hype Drawbacks

Dhruv and Ravi review two pan-indian period romantic films from 2022 - Radhye Shyam and Sita Ramam. Intro Radhye Shyam Buzz Story What went wrong? Sita Ramam What went right?

Dhruv, Ravi and Aravind review India’s biggest film of 2022 and Oscar contender - SS Rajamouli’s RRR starring NTR and Ram Charan. Intro Viewing Experience in India and US (and meeting SSR) First Half Our issues with the film “Gun Uncle” - the gun-thirsty villager in RRR Ajay Devgn Flashback Performances - NTR and RC Other thoughts Tiger memes

Continuing on our Movies of 2022 series, Aravind, Dhruv and Ravi go over Pushpa: The Rise - the Sukumar & Allu Arjun blockbuster.

In Part 1 of our “Movies of 2022” review series, Dhruv and Ravi review four big-star films of 2022. Akhanda - why it became a blockbuster Acharya - what went wrong Godfather - why we liked it Bheemla Nayak - why we didn’t like it

As fans of Puri, Dhruv and Ravi had their doubts when Liger was announced. Liger panned out exactly as they feared. Here's their take. Intro What went wrong What next for VD What next for Puri Reactions, memes and trolls

In a continuation from Episode 60, Dhruv interviews Chandra Kuchi again about his transition from engineer to manager, remote work, interviewing, hiring and other things. Working remotely Moving to a new job What to look for in a company + role Interviews and Negotiations Onboarding Transitioning from Engineer to Manager Role of an EM Miscallaneous Questions

Dhruv and Nayan get into what the Metaverse is, Facebook's motivations, VR, AR and what Apple can bring to the table. Intro The Metaverse Meta's Motivation State of social networks today Multiple Metaverses? State of VR VR vs AR Apple and VR - Wishcasting Apple and AR - Wishcasting

In the 3rd part of this series, Dhruv and Nayan discuss the “Power Star” phase of the 2010s in Pawan Kalyan’s career. They talk about Panjaa, Gabbar Singh, Attarintiki Daaredi and, of course, Agnyaathavaasi.

After the highs from 1998-2001 came the lows of 2002-2011. Dhruv and Nayan dive in to the “dark decade” as Pawan Kalyan fans. This is Part 2 of 3. They talk about Johnny, Gudumba Shankar, Balu, Bangaram, Annavaram, Jalsa, Puli and Teenmaar.

As Pawan Kalyan turns 50, Dhruv and Nayan reminisce about being his fans, taking a walk through the filmography of their favorite star. This is a three-parter. In Part 1, they talk about PK’s golden era from 1998 to 2001 spanning Tholiprema, Thammudu, Badri and Kushi. They also try to answer the question - what made themturn into fans?

The content provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Please consult your financial advisor for any investment advice. --- Praveen and Ravi demystify the hype around Bitcoin. Origin of money Gold standard USD and Gold Digital money origin Properties of cryptocurrency Bitcoin, the hype and reality Store of value or Protocol?

Praveen and Dhruv get together to review India's iconic test series win in Australia in 2020/21. * Mood coming into the series * Putting things in perspective * Review of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tests * Player performances * Is this India's greatest series win ever?

Dhruv and Ravi wrap the trilogy discussing the broader implications of COVID & OTT on movie industry. --- If you have any feedback, please reach out to us on: Twitter - @telugubytes Instagram - @telugubytes.fm Facebook - telugubytes Also if you like this episode - please don't forget to rate or leave review for us on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.

Dhruv and Ravi continue their conversation about home tech -- focused on entertainment, TV and Sound systems. Early experience with music and theater experience Undergrad and expanding of horizons 5.1 Sound system Dolby Atmos system OLED and TV Tech If you have any feedback, please reach out to us on: Twitter - @telugubytes, Instagram - @telugubytes.fm, Facebook: /telugubytes  

Dhruv and Ravi get together to do a quick round up on the state of affairs of Smart home technology Smart homes and voice assistants Thermostats Doorbells Smart locks Home Security Systems Solar Power Wifi & Mesh Routers Disadvantages of Smart homes Adoption and learning curve Please rate and review us us on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Store. If you have any feedback, please reach out to us on: Twitter - @telugubytes, Instagram - @telugubytes.fm, Facebook: /telugubytes

Praveen and Ravi talk about the final week of Bigg Boss 4 COVID and Bigg Boss 4 Comparison with previous seasons Contestants: Sohel, Akhil, Monal, Abhijeet Hosting  

Praveena Paruchuri, the award-winning producer of Care of Kancharapalem and UMUR, talks to us about her journey into film production, experiences of producing UMUR, COVID-19 and its effects on film production and distribution. We talk about: Her journey from being a doctor in NYC to a Telugu film producer Her take on what the job of a producer is Challenges faced in film production Experiences with UMUR Releasing UMUR on Netflix COVID-19 and the shift to OTT platforms This was a very entertaining and informative conversation. Hope you like it! 

Maha, the director of Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya joins us (yes!) to do a deep-dive into the making of UMUR. We talk about: The plot points that interested us Our questions about the film Working with the cast and technicians Sound Design and Mixing Theatrical experience vs. OTT Reviews, Criticism and Memes The Genesis of Care of Kancherapalem Films that we like This was an absolutely delightful conversation. Hope you love it!

Dhruv and Aravind review Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya, Maha’s second film after the masterpiece Care of Kancherapalem. Story Changes from Original Screenplay and characters Performances Cinematography, Editing, Production Design Sound Design Production and Direction

Dhruv and Ravi get together and talk about: COVID-19, their initial thoughts Rise of cases Coming to terms with it Changes to lifestyle COVID and Telugu Film Industry COVID and software industry COVID and kids

Dhruv ponders what a “10x engineer” really means, and interviews Chandra Kuchi, a friend of the show and Dhruv’s ex-colleague about 10x engineering aka good software engineering. They talk about motivation, communicating with the team and other teams, focus and dealing with interrupts, work ethic, communicating your efforts and much more.

You all will be as confused as we are at the end of this episode on what this is supposed to be. But we assure you that it is going to be fun.

Aravind & Ravi dissect Naveen Polishetty's powerhouse performance in his debut Telugu movie -"Agent Sai Srinivas Athreya" TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pkux2P7cnA Deleted scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6ZQhjAHmU  

As Thanksgiving approaches, Ravi and Dhruv talk about the tech they are thankful for in..... 2018. In typical Telugu Bytes fashion, we recorded this episode in 2018 but only managed to release it now. However, we still think it holds up pretty well - we talk about phones, cameras, headphones and a lot more. Happy Thanksgiving!

Praveen and Dhruv get together and talk about Indian Cricket in 2019 - test dominance, the bowling attack, WC 2019 and more. India tour of Australia and NZ WC 2019 Ashes Indian Test Team Bowling attack Dhoni Shastri Ganguly

Themes explored in the film Screenplay Ending Characters Music and Background Score Editing Production design Direction Looking forward

Aravind and Ravi reminisce about their childhood summer vacations

Dhruv and Ravi recap WWDC 2019 and their dashed hopes The new glorious monitor and the sticker shock Mac Pro - the machine we want, but not we need iOS - Dark mode, nuff said iPadOS - "Poorthiga macbook la maripoyina iPad ni choodu" SwiftUI and its implications on UI frameworks  

[The podcast is full of spoilers, please avoid if you haven't watched the movie yet] Spidy and Ravi start with how they got introduced to KGF Spidy and Ravi discuss their top 4 scenes The first fight Rocky stopping the traffic to aid the poor mother Rocky's brand elevation at police station Rocky pulling the cart Dheera dheera breakout fight Climax Prashant Neels direction, script and other tidbits Dialogues and how they held their vitality across languages Yash - the coming of age of the next pan indian superstar? Downsides  Predictions about Chapter 2

[Spoiler Alert: Please watch the movie before listening to the episode because we discuss the story and scenes in detail] Aravind & Ravi analyze Nani's latest blockbuster Jersey

Our 50th episode! 🎉#TB50 Ram Charan and NTR come together for #RRR with Rajamouli Ram Charan & Sukumar's Rangasthalam - our review Performances Suku'mark' scenes Other departments NTR & Trivikram's Aravinda Sametha - our review Performances Trivikram finally gets (almost) everything right Other departments Looking forward to #RRR and #TB100

Praveen and Dhruv get together to talk about the state of Indian cricket in 2018, review recent tours and player performances and look forward to World Cup 2019. Ongoing India-WI series End of the road for Vijay and Dhawan? The Karun Nair conundrum The golden age of Indian fast bowlers Why is Ravi Shastri still coach? Should Dhoni retire from limited overs? Should Rohit Sharma be ODI captain? The rise and rise of Virat Kohli Praveen's XI for World Cup 2019 How are the other teams doing? Final thoughts

Aravind and Ravi couldn't wait to get their thoughts in about their latest favorite Telugu movie Note: We think you will be able to enjoy this episode irrespective of if you watched the movie or not. But you still want to be make sure you have all the context, here is the amazon prime link. All the discussion & sarcasm in this episode is in a lighter vein to provide humor for our audience and not meant to undermine the talent of any technicians involved. Thank you!

Dhruv goes over everything that happened in the Apple world since he & Ravi got together in 2017.  iOS 12 WatchOS 5 Mojave iPhone X/Xs/Xr HomePod New Macs Watch Series 4

It took another season of Bigg Boss for Praveen and Ravi to come back from hiding! After almost an year since they did they a quick recap of Bigg Boss 1, Ravi and Praveen get together to discuss about Bigg Boss 2.     

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)

Trailer impressions Vijay Deverakonda's performance Story Scene-by-scene review Rahul Ramakrishna's performance About the director Sandeep Negatives about the film Impact on society

Ravi and Praveen talk about the upcoming final week of Bigg Boss Telugu Season 1.

Pre-show movie chatter Spyder Arjun Reddy How we got our first jobs / internships First day at work First week at work Projects Managers Lessons learnt Women in tech

State of consumer tech Is the mobile war over? State of VR State of AR What is Apple doing with AR? Tablets vs desktops WWDC and Apple's latest product announcements iPad Pro iMac Pro HomePod and AirPods The next iPhone - what's coming

Ravi and Sasi discuss their obsession about latest reality TV star and Tamil Nadu heartthrob - Oviya Helen. Please make sure you check the "Links" for references during the podcast. Introduction Interest in Bigboss tamil and when it started Oviya’s Intro from hosts Discussion about Oviya’s good and bad qualities A brief overview of other characters: Gayathri Sakthi Julie Snehan Arav Isolation of Oviya in the house Oviya and Arav’s love Snehan support for Oviya Oviya’s Exit and Kamal’s reaction Winner guesses Links Oviya Helen - The Heartthrob: http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bigg-boss-tamil-how-oviya-helen-became-the-premiere-seasons-most-sensational-contestant-3884305.html/amp Oviya’s upcoming Telugu movie (Idi Naa Love Story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJ10ZMWzKA Neenga Shutup Pannunga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjtndc4Gfk Oviya Tribute Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbwM1TtX0E Shakti threatens to slap Oviya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWQtic3t1I Snehan brings Kamal to tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuFKLtYGLM8 Oviya final interview with Kamal: https://youtu.be/MtbZWoAU8lI?t=5m10s Oviya Anthem for Oviya Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRriRknyoM0 Big Boss Tamil Memes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwtgbJPrg5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7LVH4TpWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKlJWZlsJfg https://www.instagram.com/p/BXbdJHAlGNL/

Aravind & Ravi reminisce about their tennis memories and wrap up with Wimbledon 2017 hot takes. Childhood memories about Tennis Ravi's Federer fanaticism Aravind's Nadal fandom Federer vs Nadal Nadal vs. Djokovic: Here We Are Again, My Friend The General Joy Of Roger Federer, Wimbledon Champion Once Again Roger Federer As Religious Experience

Still not done with Baahubali? Here's Part 2 of our mega-review where we talk about our issues with the film, some thought experiments, some trivia and end with collections and records. Rate Telugu Bytes on Apple (iTunes) Podcasts - link Issues with the film Plot contrivances and characters Pacing issues Bit songs VFX Interval card and ending Thought experiments What if it was just one big film? Director's cut Blu-Ray release Trivia Things we noticed Reviewing the Reviews Indian reviews International reviews Talk among family and friends Trade talk Collections Records Precedents

Can't get enough of Baahubali? Here's Part 1 of our mega-review where we talk about our favorite moments, the plot, characters, performances and technical aspects of Baahubali 2 - the toast of India right now. Our rating Movie watching experience Favorite moments in the film Scene-by-scene commentary Characters of Baahubali 2 Amarendra Baahubali Devasena Sivagami Bhalladeva Kattappa Performances Technical aspects Cinematography Music and Background Score VFX Production design Screenplay and Direction Watch out for Part 2 where we talk about our issues with the film, what if Baahubali was a single film and of course, the trade talk - collections and records.

Praveen and Ravi talk about origins of AI, recent advancements in AI and its impact on society. Bill Nye Saves The World Episode 3 - Machines Take Over the World: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117748 The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence: https://stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial-intelligence/ How Aristotle Created the Computer: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/aristotle-computer/518697/ Subbarao Kambhampati - President of AAAI: http://rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu/  

Acclaim for Part 1
 Part 2 delay 
Trailer release 
Trailer reactions 
VFX
Glitches 
Story clues from the trailer 
WKKB?
 Is Sivagami involved? 
Why the Krishna lullaby? 
Who does Kattappa owe fealty to? (Learnt a new word - fealty, thanks to Spidy!) 
Book: The Rise of Sivagami
 Undue emphasis on WKKB by makers
 Songs 
Hamsa Nava 
Dandalayya 
More drama in Part 2? 
Trade Predictions 
Spidy: 1000cr 
Success in China 
Premiere show ticket pricing
 Marketing
 Audio release function
 Social media
 Memes
 Books and Comics
 Merchandise 
Facebook stickers
 Emojifi stickers
 Virtual Reality
 Sword of Baahubali
 AMD Partnership

What is this episode about? Nothing Telugu Bytes Quarterly Report Website revamp Recent episodes Tharun Bhasker’s feedback Backstories Who are our audience? An analysis Logo Refresh History of our logo Saawan’s design Our take Recent movies PK’s movies and Katamarayudu Programming Interviews - Part 3? Dhruv’s recent job change Why? What he’ll be working on Interview Prep String questions Dynamic Programming Graphs System Design! LeetCode Communication Skills At workplace Brilliant jerks Coding vs. communication skills Immigration woes H1-B visa I-94 document

Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview. In the second part, they talk about: Tarun's experience at his first job in Unilever Experiences which turned him to social service Life at Teach for India Experience at Harvard Starting and Leading IndusAction If you haven't listened yet, please listen 032 - Interview with Tarun (Part 1) Links INDUS Action: https://www.indusaction.org/project-team Tarun Cherukuri: https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarunch Tarun goes to Harvard: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/vijayawada-youth-bags-harvard-kennedy-schools-emerging-global-leader-award/article7187565.ece

Ravi sits down with Tarun Cherukuri, his childhood friend and CEO of INDUS Action, for two part interview. Their experiences at VPS, Vijayawada His passion for sports and Badminton His experiences at BITS Pilani Interviewing and landing a job (Continued in Part 2) Links INDUS Action: https://www.indusaction.org/project-team Tarun Cherukuri: https://in.linkedin.com/in/taruncherukuri Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarunch Tarun goes to Harvard: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/vijayawada-youth-bags-harvard-kennedy-schools-emerging-global-leader-award/article7187565.ece

After almost an year later, Aravind and Ravi get back to discuss one of their favorite topic - trips to India. They talk about Ravi's recent trip to India and his experiences. Follow up Air India (SFO to Delhi) Progress in Vijayawada Temples in Tirupati and Thanjavur Staying in Chennai  Sankranthi Movies Next episode guest!  

Dhruv and Aravind talk about the 2016 Telugu rom-com/coming-of-age film Pelli Choopulu. Our take on the film Dhruv Aravind Success of the film Budget Run in the USA Indie films and distribution models Thoughts on the film Story Screenplay Characterizations Treatment Dialogues The Telangana dialect Tharun Bhasker's idlebrain postmortem Thoughts on acting Vijay Deverakonda Ritu Verma Priyadarshi Anish Kuruvilla Nandu Kedar Shankar The crew Cinematography (Nagesh Banell) Production design (Latha Naidu) Sound (Tapeloop) Music (Vivek Sagar) Director (Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam) Other indie films Vasham, the first crowd-funded film in Telugu Info Trailer

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Ravi & Aravind ponder over how software release process has evolved last decade Instagram Release Process Jenkins 2.0 Here Disclaimer: The views expressed in this episode are ours and do not represent those of our employers.

On its tenth anniversary, Ravi, Aravind and Dhruv do a scene-by-scene review of the Puri-Mahesh blockbuster and even try to derive some life lessons from the film. Our quick take on the film Ravi Aravind Dhruv Flashback to 2006 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIwjSBIW4w Experience watching the film for the first time Subsequent viewings The pre-climax twist  Google movie summary https://www.google.com/search?q=pokiri Fights in the film Shed fight MMTS fight One-liners of the film The character of Pandugadu - life lessons The character of Pasupathy Den scene Shootout scene Basketball court scene Pandu - Shruthi love thread Confrontation scenes between Pandu and Pasupathy Gang wars Management lessons from the henchman Guru Ali Bhai Pasha's satires on media Twist and the big reveal Climax Comedy scenes

In this episode, Dhruv, Praveen & Aravind get together & chat about their cricketing memories, favorite matches, upcoming T20 cricket world cup in India, current Indian team & their chances, and players around the world to watch out. Links Playing Cricket and my Eternal Damnation by Dhruv

On our 25th episode, Ravi and Dhruv look back at what went well and what didn't. Flashback Looking back at the flashback Inception Our Frequency Inspirations and lessons learnt from them State of podcasting in India and future Our strengths Our new strategy Introducing our new hosts What didn't go well Q & A format Incoherence Lack of scripts and preparation What went well The name "Telugu Bytes"  Rise in recording quality Expansion Favorite Episodes Ravi - Nannaku Prematho Dhruv - Programming Interviews What to look forward to 50 episodes by EOY Emphasis on quality Emphasis on consistency and regularity

Aravind is back from India after a long trip and shares his thoughts on the weather, philanthropy, education, IT and everything else happening in India.  Teach for India Folllow Tarun Cherukuri on Facebook Hindu coverage of Tarun

Dhruv and Aravind try to follow follow follow follow Sukumar's latest thriller Nannaku Prematho. This episode is full of spoilers. Spoiler Alert Sukumar's 3 Cs - Concept, Creativity and.. we'll talk about the third later. Dhruv's take AK's take 3 kinds of moviegoers and how Sukumar impresses them 3 lead roles and how they performed Supporting cast and crew 3 roles of Sukumar - story, screenplay and direction - how he did 3 favorite scenes in the film of ours The third C is *---*---*---* Complaints about the film Looking forward

Ravi laments about too many JavaScript frameworks, Praveen tries to make sense of all this and bring some sanity. History of Javascript HTML, CSS and Javascript - How all of them work together? Gmail history and pioneers of AJAX Advent of JQuery MVC pattern Different JavaScript MVC frameworks BackboneJS ReactJS AngularJS Facebook reverses MobileWeb approach Praveen concludes that lack of diversity in client side languages forced developers to bootstrap various Server side paradigms as JS frameworks

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 films we might have missed

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 and what it takes to succeed in interviews. Experience at Uber versus Paypal Ondemand economy and its implications on future Follow us at Twitter for updates about the show - @telugubytes, You can also follow the hosts at: @gummadi, @praveengorthy, @dhruvtv

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 Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)

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

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 first half Titla The mass appeal Yamadonga The pre-interval scene NTR's transformation Magadheera His best story? Periods of sustained drama His influences, inspirations and claims of plagiarism Simhadri : Singamalai scene - Braveheart Sye : Coach pep talk - Any Given Sunday Chatrapathi Magadheera : Om Shanti Om? Magadheera's original story Maryadaramanna Purpose Eega Story and VFX Surprises Baahubali Culmination of his learnings Craft Rajamouli vs. Competition Top 5 directors in India What's next for Rajamouli? Meluha trilogy Mahabharatam What makes Rajamouli Rajamouli? Personality traits Forever the learner Lessons Conclusion

Dhruv and Spidy (Sri Atluru)  attempt a review of Baahubali.  This episode is full of spoilers. Please watch the movie before you listen. Please! We sometimes slip into English during the conversation. It's not deliberate. Excuse us. We sometimes refer to celebrities (cast and crew) in the singular (athadu, vaadu). This is purely because it's a casual conversation between friends. We mean no disrespect - we love and adore them! How we liked the movie Talk from the audience Announcement, budget, marketing and expectations Spidy's favorite scenes from the film Dhruv's favorite scenes from the film Character introductions How songs fit into the film Post-interval block War scenes da Vinci's chariot design Prabhas and Rana as Baahubali and Bhallaladeva Anushka as Devasena Ramyakrishna and the character of Shivagami Senthil's cinematography VFX - The waterfall and the fort Keeravani's outstanding music and background score Tidbits and trivia Flaws Reviewing the reviews Looking forward to Part 2

Dhruv and Ravi's take on trips and planning Dick Costolo is stepping down as CEO of Twitter An employee's farewell letter BBC's worst CEOs of 2014 TWTR stock price in the last three months What is Twitter? Microblogging service or a social network Montly Active Users (MAU) Twitter vs. Facebook MAU Chris Sacca's open letter - What Twitter Can Be 1 billion people have tried Twitter, but most don't stick Is the onboarding process broken? Are they slow to execute? What can Twitter do? Become a protocol - or is it too late? Focus on 'Live' Mine tweets for deep insights Who should be the next CEO? Will Google buy Twitter?

El Capitan, the name (hint: Yosemite's half-dome) OS X Wi-Fi performance Metal on OS X Possibilities on Apple TV iOS 9 Search and deep linking to apps WebKit content blocker WKWebView watchOS 2 Native apps Possibilities Apple Music and Apple News

Sundar Pichai's shoutout to the TV show 'Silicon Valley' Hooli, the fictitious company in the show Android M Granular app permissions Web views can share cookies Google Now on Tap Josh Topolsky's article on Google Now on Tap. Google Photos Competition: Flickr, Amazon Photos, iCloud photo library, Dropbox Machine learning for photos Android Pay Google Cardboard (VR headset) Google : RGV :: Oculus : Rajamouli

Dhruv's thoughts on his Apple Watch Pricing - is it really worth it? Fitness trackers: Apple Watch vs. Fitbit vs. others Other features Dhruv's India trip Situation in Telangana Situation in Andhra Weather Tech scene in Bangalore Indian tech salaries vs. US salaries Web apps vs. Mobile apps for Indian startups

Thoughts on MacBook Pros and cons Looks Ports Who is it for? Competition: Dell XPS 13, Asus and Acer's ultrabooks Would you buy? Thoughts on Apple Watch Pricing Would you buy? Which one? Competition: Fitbit, Pebble What's the best smartphone in the market? Sorry for the background hiss, couldn't get rid of it completely.

What to prepare: Dhruv's take Ravi's take Algorithms: Linked lists, stacks and queues, sorting, trees and search, hash tables, graphs, strings, dynamic programming Textbooks: CLRS, Algorithms by Sedgewick Sedgewick's Algorithms's courses on Coursera. Cracking the Coding Interview Programming Interviews Exposed LeetCode When to prepare: Dhruv's take Ravi's take How to prepare: Solving on whiteboards Attitude Resume and projects

This is Part 1 on our two-part podcast on Programming Interviews. This week, we talk about how we went from hating programming interviews to understanding and appreciating them, and doing well.  Our first experience with programming interviews at BITS Pilani in 2005-06. How our friend Sankar Tanguturi mastered the art of interviews, and taught us how to do the same. Our initial hatred for interviews Why should I study algorithms etc. to interview for jobs where I'll be doing something completely different? Ravi answers some FAQs. How much does luck matter in interviews? Hopefully, we've answered the "why" in this episode. In the next one, we talk about "how" to prepare for programming interviews.

Pawan Kalyan on Twitter. Why do celebrities use Twitter? Why not Facebook? Reach of Facebook vs. Twitter in India Can we use Twitter analytics as a metric for success? 2014 in tech Things Dhruv is looking forward to in 2015 Apple Watch Rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning Internet of Things (IoT) Virtual Reality (VR)

Chat about how and why Ravi built his new desktop, and memories of our first computers. Why did Ravi need a new computer? When did we buy our first computers? "Assembled" computers and pirated software Famous computers at BITS - Russell's media machine How to pick parts for a modern-day desktop CPU and motherboard RAM and SSD Monitors Economics of buying a branded computer vs. building it How long does it take to research and build one Breakdown of the cost Our current work and home setups

This week we have  our first special guest, Sri Atluru (SPIDY), who joins us to discuss about the iPhone event, Apple Pay and where Apple is going in general. We end this episode with a 20 minute long Tollywood ramble about new  and upcoming releases. (Disclaimer: All the comments in the end about actors/directors are made in a lighter vein, please don’t consider them as personal attacks on anyone.) Dhruv buys iPhone 6 and his initial views on the device Spidy follows up with his views on iPhone and Apple iPhone controversies post release iPhone 6+ Bendgate controversy How Apple handled it versus Antenna gate and how it compared it with Jobs epic press conference after that? iOS 8.0.1 botched release? A disgusting Businessweek article places a blame on a middle level QA manager. Spidy and Gummadi debate on managerial styles of Jobs vs Cook. Apple Pay Spidy explains why he is longing for Apple Pay and how its going to fundamentally change the payment industry.   Tollywood Spidy and Dhruv weigh on the latest Tollywood’s disaster Aagadu and Sreenu Vytla Expectations on next week’s release, Govindudu Andarivadele. Crucial film for Krishna Vamsi’s career Bandla Ganesh’s epic GAV audio release speech

Topics: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ Would Steve Jobs allowed this mutiple screen sizes? Android Comparisons Galaxy Ad Move from Apple to Android Guide Apple Pay How is the authentication done? How much difference does it make? Does Paypal need to really fear this? Paypal ad Apple Watch Some thoughts on the spectacular intro video Thoughts on this new category and Apple’s approach to it Aagadu Expectations and some lackluster music by Thaman (as usual) Ai Some thoughts on Shankar’s next mega blockbuster   User feedback: Sound quality - We upgraded our equipment and made sure the sound is being picked up the correct microphones. AT2020+ (Ravi’s Microphone) Blue Yeti (Dhruv’s Microphone) Going to be more conscious about the cliches and stepping over each other. Also going to drift away more from the Q&A format and get into a more conversational style.   Links Apple Keynote Bendict Evans about iWatch A watch enthusiast’s review  about iWatch iPhone 6 review by Walt Mossberg

In the fourth and the first episode since the beta launch, we thank the audience for their support and clarify couple of questions/concerns from the audience. iPhone 6 Release Coming Tuesday the rumour mill is ripe that Apple is going to release their next version of iPhone and iWatch Dhruv discusses some of the features which Apple is rumored to release in this release. iCloud Celebrity Photo Hack Last week, an infamous celebrity photo hack has been the point of discussion by both mainstream media and technology circles Ravi offers some insights into what multifactor authentication is and why that would have prevented this hack. Dhruv offers some other alternatives like 1Password which would eliminate the need of remembering the passwords. Dhruv goes over some basic precautions you can take to prevent this happening to you (in case you become famous ;-) Links discussed in the show: Celebrity photo hack, an overview and how can you prevent them from happening to your photos: http://gigaom.com/2014/09/07/prevent-icloud-hack/ Multi factor authentication Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication The American Life podcast founder starts a new startup:  Hear Startup http://hearstartup.com/https://twitter.com/podcaststartup

Saavn, the Spotify for Indian music that Ravi has great things to say about. Owning vs. Streaming music - What do we prefer? Where are we heading?   What is virtualization? How does this relate to cloud computing? What are the advantages and disadvantages of virtualization? A brief history of virtualization Major players in server virtualization - ESX, Hyper-V, RHEV and Xen An intro to storage virtualization and network virtualization Top three providers of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Downsides of cloud Future of cloud

In this episode, Ravi and Dhruv discuss the buzzword-ridden and often confusing term 'Cloud Computing'. What is cloud? Why is everybody talking about it? Watch this guy explain "Cloud CDs" and what happens to them when it rains. Isn't my home computer good enough? How about a server? Why do I need cloud? Is the cloud model good or bad for small consumers? What is the difference between public cloud and private cloud? What is IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service), PaaS (platform-aaS), SaaS (software)? Why did Everpix, running on AWS, go out of business?  Next week, we'll talk about virtualization, different cloud providers and the future. Please send your comments to feedback -at- telugubytes -dot- com.

In the first episode, Dhruv and Ravi kick things off by introducing themselves and talk about podcasting - their favorite podcasts and why they started this one. The discussion turns to Kickstarter, LeBron's move to Cleveland and American sports in general. Links from the podcast: Telugu Tharanga, a podcast we found. Kickstarter, a site that lets you raise money for your products Hanselminutes, a podcast that we love. LeBron's move to his old team, Cleveland Cavaliers. You can find us on Twitter at @gummadi and @dhruvtv.   Q. What is the theme music that plays at the beginning and the end of the podcast? A. It is Krish Ashok’s awesome Game of Thrones (Kuthu Remix), published under a Creative Commons license.