looks like this interview was done to show off the talent of Sri Atluri more than Senthil. It is funny how he has so many questions which start with "I heard that...". I have a piece of Advice for you Sri. We, as an audience, really don't care about how much "inside" info you have about the film world. You are just running an ordinary Web Site,that's all. You are not a Ramoji rao or a Murali Mohan or some business magnates running a business empire. Tokkalo website ki inta build up avasarama..?

Its really unfair to comment on the interviewers knowledge of things. Sometimes its not the person being interviewed that makes things interesting, its the guy who can ask good questions..a good interview always depends on the guy holding the microphone. Its not the greatest interview ever, but its not the worst ever also...give the guy some credit.

Would you have enjoyed the interview if some one like you or me did it...asking stupid and uninteresting questions like

when are you planning kids?
how did you meet your wife?
how much length of reel did you use?

@SriDabba,

Looks like you are not in a great mood today. If Sri was a business magnate, the last thing he would be doing was interviewing people. What are your credentials to question this guy or his website?

I have a solution for this problem of yours. Never come back


This interview looks perfect to me Sri and Nachaki.Keep it up

Sridabba seems to be the rival site ga dot com. this interview is perfecto.

Very nice interview!!
What seems to be ur problem?

that sridabba guy is surely either from Great Andhra or Idlebrain - they really suck in taking interviews, one of the stupid questions I feel is asking how much reel did you expose? That does not make any sense to me? Unless you are a pro and understand how it works? Idlebrain keeps asking every tom dick and harry - not sure if Jeevi is planning to start a reel business after this.

But, honestly, this site is my top of the list due to its interviews and its detail of the interview questions.

@ ramba,

That question shows many explicit answers about the talent of a cinematographer. Idlebrain's exclusive interviews standout as the best on websites. Of course, I am no fan of the chitchat ones, which is basically a write-up from a common press interview given to all medias by cine people. There is a reason why people still hold idlebrain as a yardstick and reliable source. GV has maintained real news and reduced rubbish items for most part. And no, I am not part of any website.

Interviews are hard, and no one really has taken an interest that can satisfy everyone.

If there is anything I learned from this one, it is that Senthil was backed by a pretty good team of technicians.

Regardless, cinema technology, the invention and use, is for Hollywood to create, and all the 'Indian'woods to copy. Especially, camera work. There may be the physical work, but the creativity and technology was already proven by some other.

Talent equals: Pre-set homework, ability to economize resources, ability to gauge necessities of cinematography, etc.

There are those that will shoot unnecessary 500 stills to choose 5 stills. There are those that will take 5 stills and bring the best within those. The answer to innate talent is in there in the action itself.

how much reel did Senthill expose for magadeera?

It's not really implicit that a cinematographer's talent can be seen in the number of feet of exposed celluloid. A director might want to shoot an average of three takes per take, which can increase the exposure three times. An artiste might eat up takes like cakes, taking up the exposure length.

Like ramba said, unless you know how many feet of exposed film is how many screen minutes, and how many scenes were in the screenplay and broken into how many takes on an average, and how much was cut at the editing table, the exposure length is nothing but a statistic.

I like TC's interviews more than anything else, but my answer has nothing to do with it.

I always like TC.com interviews. Awesome work. Keep it up.

Interviewer knowledge of industry and people real bring in interesting questions.

"I heard that Nandi (Rajamouli) started going around with the tape to measure the length and shot dimensions and used to note them in the note pad."

yes that was a great point, in his reply

"...Rajamouli finally got a laser tape from the USA to measure distances accurately while saving a lot of time too! "

What a great insight you are getting if you are an aspiring cameraman or just a techie guy who wants to know more details.

Good job Sri.

Raja Javvaji

sorry i dont agree with comments of sridabba. it takes a lot to know lot of inside info & technical stuff. sri did a real good job.
some people just blast the reviews for the sake of it.whats wrong in asking technical questions?it is good to see both the people on either side of the interview to be on same page.
awesome work tc.com .keep it up.

it is sad that the comments are not on the interview but on the person who took the interview, it looks like more of which site is good. the interview is very good.

Im really glad that some sites do actually interview technicians... n its should be purely on technical basis.. cos thats wat he does...if hez on screen then sell that in differnt way asking stupid questions abt love life, projects,rumours n stufff..thumbs up....

Right on dabba.

for all we know, chakri is another of the lungi fellows. a little humility would go a long way buddy. Im sure you have a ton of those followers who nod when you do, but in the larger scheme of things your website or operations is a mild distraction in the lives that we live. All in all, good job but like dabba said hility. A LOL at all the dudes pissing on dabba

Hi Sri

nice interview forget what idiots say about you and this site

i love it and am waiting for lot more into and interviews