చిరునవ్వు by SGK

 

The importance of being Earnest

I watched this 1950's movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy couple of years back on Netflix and thoroughly enjoyed it. Today, I was watching the telugu movie "Ashta Chemma" and the story sounded very familar. About halfway through, I realized this was the telugu adaptation of this comedy play.

Although this is a relatively old movie, I did not see it until now. It was a refreshing, clean comedy, albeit a bit over the top. It was nicely adapted to Telugu tastes. Both the lead actors did great, it was hard to believe it was the first movie for both of them. The thing I liked the most about that movie was the dialogue delivery of all the actors, they were speaking Telugu, not tenglish or tendi or any other mishmash of multiple languages with crazy accents. It was a pleasant watch. Srini Avasarala was impressive, speaking Telugu excellent for an NRI. He reminds me of the comedians of yesteryear, like Relangi and Rajababu.

The quintessential Telugu Wedding Song

Continuing my series on sharing some of my favorite songs for various occasions, here is a Telugu song.

You will find this song being played by the band at every wedding you attend in Andhra......

Sri Sitaramula Kalyanamu Chootamu rarandi - Let's go watch the wedding of Sita and Rama

Siri kalyanapu bottunu petti - wearing the wedding sindhoor

Mani bhasikamunu nudutanu gatti - wearing the gem studded bhashikam on her forehead

Paranini padalaku petti - wearing the vermilion on her feet

Pellikooturai velasina sita kalyanamu chootamu rarandi - the all decked out bride sita's wedding, let's go and see

Sri Sitaramula Kalyanamu Choostamu rarandi Sri Sitaramula Kalyanamu Choostamu rarandi

sampangi noone nu kurulanu duvvi - combed hair with fragrant oils
Sompuga kasturi naamamu tirchi - wearing a beautiful sandal tilak
Chemapga vasi chukkanu petti - having the wedding dot on his cheek
Pellikodukai velasina ramuni kalyanamu chootamu rarandi - the all decked out groom rama's wedding, let's go and see


Janaki dosita kempula povai - a heap of red rubies in Sita's palm
Ramuni dosita neelapu rasai - blue sapphires in rama's hand
aani mutyamulu talambraluga - pure pearls as talmabralu ( the pearls took the red color of Sita's parani and the blue of rama's hands)
iravula merisina seetaramula kalyanamu chootamu rarandi - the glowing pair of sita and rama's wedding let's go and watch.


(Pardon any translation mistakes)