When comes to remakes he is very good... no doubt in it. Be it Chanti or Pedarayudu or Hindi Version of Ankusam (Prathiband)

Among his straight movies, I like Muthyamantha Muddu, Jwala, Bangaru Buloodu a lot. All are musical hits.

Sad to see that his last few movies did not work at all.

Anyway nice interview Sri.

In the first page, take a look: "dasari worked as assistant to Pinisetty"? -- non sensical proof reading to the article

Film inndustry lo retire ayyina taruvaathe nijaaly bayata padataayi..!!

@nijam

Dasari worked as assistant to Pinisetty Sriram Murthy father of Pinisetty Ravi raja...

I thank Sri for another very interesting interview. Sri's interviews are very different, his questions are bold and he always manages to get
some very interesting and candid answers from his subjects.
Raviraja is truly a remake Raja. I had seen the Tamil original of Balaramakrishnulu named Cheran Pandian
and I can say very confidently that the remake was much better than the original. The same may be true for some of his other remakes also, though
I did not watch any.
Coming to this interview, it is hard to believe that Dasari asked a reluctant Raviraja forced him to join as an assistant, at a time he used to
100s of applicants. May be Raviraja is bragging, which is very typical to many directors.
Also, his ego is very apparent when he said that he stopped working with some stars on his own after giving flops.
Also, his claim that his first movie was released at the time of elections may not be correct. The movie as per this article came in 1984,
but NTR came into power in early 1983.
However, he was honest in accepting his flops. It is rather shocking to learn that even in his peak, a director could be forced to compromise
on story, casting etc. It is also rather sad to see how producers label a heroin as unlucky when I read about Bhanupriya in Pedarayudu.
She had done many hits in 80s but had practically no releases in Telugu between 1990 and 95 when Pedarayudu was made. Still,
Mohan Babu considered her unlucky! And this movie was a big block buster finally.

A final question:
Sri, do you know if his Bangaru Bullodu is a remake too? The story for that movie was credited to Padma Kumar who was a Malayalam director.

I was really shocked of not talking about the movie like "Veede",starring Ravi Teja,which was also critically claimed.Please also add in the LIST......

Thank U for the wonderful interview & publishing without editing......
the answers were BOLD & Gr8.

@ Ram garu
thanks for appreciation
Reg Bagaru bullodu : remake ayyi undocchu andi... idea ledu... VB Rajendra prasad gariki hearing problem undi.. ayanato phone lo kastam... anduvalla ekkuva details teledu

@Shiva garu...
thanks for appreciation
Veede not in the list is a mistake... sorry about that...

You mentioned Eric Seagal's novel Kane and Abel. Its Jeffrey Archer's novel Kane and Abel.

@Simha Super

Friend stars gurinchi manam teetu kovadam kantey ,nuvvu post chesina comment really super....

I saw the movie "Dubai Sreenu",where MS Narayana played "Solman Raj".

Really Super.......

Good interview, interesting insights, but some corrections.

* Kane and Abel, was written by Jeffrey Archer, not Eric Segal.

* Nyayam Kosam was also a remake of a Mallu movie, Oru CBI Diary starring Mamooty, but well made nevertheless.

* Nammina Bantu was a remake of the Hindi movie Teri Meherbaniyan, not sure if there was a Kannada version. I think after this flop, Murali Mohan stopped doing hero roles, and concentrated more on character roles.

* Even Rayudu, Alludugarocharu were remake of Tamil movies. The Tam original of Rayudu had Satyaraj, while the Tam original of Alludugarocharu starred Karthik and Kaushalya i think.

* Maa Annayya too was another remake of Tam movie Vanathipole, starring Vijaykanth.

I think he did a good job in adapting novels to the screen, Yamapasam and Mutyamanta Muddu being best example.

to Naveen ad Ratnakar

you are right andi Kane and Abel ... it is jeffery archer novel...

Nammina bantu is remake of tere meherbaniya A jackie shroff film..

Alludugaaru voccharu is remake of tamil film which is free make of a walk in the clouds 1995 film. which was again remade as bavagaru bagunnara...

i was not aware of Rayudu...

Hi,
Very interesting article. It is true that truth comes out when u interview people who already left the field.
It is very interesting to know v. B. Rajendra Prasad has hearing problem on phone. I talked to him several times in film nagar temple, when I visited India, but I never noticed that.
A very commendable effort.

hi sri good job

He is to return to the Industry why because he is a super director after seaing Jwala,punys sthree,Prathibandh,chandti,aajka goondaraj,chakravarthy and pedarayudu, he is a class and super action director. really we are missing wonderful director to watch.

I am sorry Raviraja is not the king of remakes. Dasari gets the title 90% of his movies are remakes from Tamil films or Hindi films. Name the film and I will give you the orginal movie title.

Hi Sri,

Kane and Abel is a novel written by Jeffrey Archer.

Regards,

Aravind