[racchabanda] Re:Dr Tambu is no more
VINNAKOTA, RAVISANKAR
> I felt very sorry to know about the demise of Dr Tambu. Our whole family
> used to read and enjoy his column స్వగత్ంబు in Andhra Jyoti Weekly.
> These "moral stories" ( there is a నీతి under every story) are full of
> good satire on subjects like cinema, politics, public life etc. I remember
> some of them even today. For example, in one very funny story on పద్య
> నాటకం, audience are allowed free entry for a play, but, they will be
> forced to buy a ticket to leave in the middle ! Many of them buy the
> ticket and leave, to save their life - he writes.
>
> I had an opportunity to listen to him , when he was invited to speak
> during the Annual Day celebrations of JNTU, Kakinada in late seventies. He
> is a very entertaining speaker. Writers who can pen good and healthy humor
> are rare in Telugu. He is certainly one of them and his death is a loss to
> Telugu humor.
>
> Regards
>
> Ravi Sankar
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VINNAKOTA, RAVISANKAR
VINNAKOTA, RAVISANKAR
Madan Mohan Parigi
"V. Chowdary Jampala" wrote:
> There used to be two 'humor' magazines in mid 60s called navvulu
> puvvulu, and pakapakalu (anybody remember them?). One of them (or both?)
> used to have contributions from the Andhra Medical College crowd (anDev,
> tambu, vivEkaananda moorti) etc.
Another telugu humour magazine of that time "Million Jokes" comes to mind !
madan mohan
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suresh
which was published some where in 1984/83.
"nEDE AugusTu padihEnu
AugusTu padihEnu nEDE
ninna padnAlugu
rEpu padahAru
monna padamUDu
elluMDi padihEDu
kAvAlaMTE CALANDER cUDu
kAdaMTE taMtAnu nEnu "
He wrote this as a part of one satirical article on 'seasonal' poetry,
which appears on general/national festivals...particularly in 'AkASa
vANi' .
I could remember this poem(+Tambu) (from last fifteen years) just
because I couldn't control smiling ...till today if I remember this
poem or if I hear the same 'seasonal poems' which were pointed out by
Tambu.
--Suresh
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V. Chowdary Jampala
My first memory of 'tambu' was from my childhood, when I listened
to my parents reading aloud a story (I think from Andhra Patrika weekly)
about 'tambu gaari gunDu'. It had all of us in splits.
A few years later, jyOti monthly printed an article by tambu, a
reproduction of a talk he gave at viSaakha racayitala saMgham (this was a
famous series - raaviSaastri's and kaaraa's talks on this topic have been
reprinted and quoted umpteen number of times). Tambu's talk was hilarious,
and I think he has identified 'tambu gaari guMdu' as one of his early
works.
There used to be two 'humor' magazines in mid 60s called navvulu
puvvulu, and pakapakalu (anybody remember them?). One of them (or both?)
used to have contributions from the Andhra Medical College crowd (anDev,
tambu, vivEkaananda moorti) etc.
Later, by late 70s, tambu appeared as columnist in Andhrajyoti
weekly. As filmmakers began to discover the potential of Vizag as a good
outdoor location, tambu began appearing in movies, and toiled in that
industry for a while as an assistant director.
In 84, he was in US during the filming of amerikaa alluDu as an
assistant director and actor.
I haven't read much from him lately. After hearing of his death, I
can't help but think that all his potential was probably not realized. I
thank him for all the pleasure he has given me and other readers. We will
remember him fondly.
Regards -- V. Chowdary Jampala
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Sreenivas Paruchuri
> AugusTu padihEnu nEDE
Interesting! Never heard nor read the above version before. But, from
the text you posted, I can safely conclude that its a line-to-line parody
to a popular patriotic song from 1947. Ah, when I say patriotic song,
and from 1947, who else 'd have sung it! :-) టంగుటూరి సూర్యకుమారి's
song goes like: నేడే ఈనాడే పదిహేనవ తేదీ
Aside, theres another number from TSK on the occasion of ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్
అవతరణ. Goes like:
ముక్కోటి కంఠాలు ఒక్క సారిగ మ్రోగాయి
.... జయనాదంతో దిక్కులన్నీ మార్మ్రోగాయి
Was it also 'parodied'?
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Dr. Prasad NV Tata
College Crowd, he was a Reader (an associate Professor) of Physics, Andhra
University. Yuva carried lot may cartoons (Ragati Pandari fame) in every
issue. Another humorous (satire) write with communist lenience is Dr. Chandu
Subba Rao another faculty of Andhra University (Geophysics)
Prasad Tata
Isakhapatanm Gali Madhuram Kada
>"V. Chowdary Jampala" wrote:
There used to be two 'humor' magazines in mid 60s called
navvulu
puvvulu, and pakapakalu (anybody remember them?). One of them (or both?)
used to have contributions from the Andhra Medical College crowd (anDev,
tambu, vivEkaananda moorti) etc.
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suresh
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/racchabanda/?start=187
> > "nEDE AugusTu padihEnu
> > AugusTu padihEnu nEDE
>
> Interesting! Never heard nor read the above version before. But, from
> the text you posted, I can safely conclude that its a line-to-line
parody
> to a popular patriotic song from 1947. Ah, when I say patriotic song,
> and from 1947, who else 'd have sung it! :-) టంగుటూరి
సూర్యకుమారి's
> song goes like: నేడే ఈనాడే పదిహేనవ తేదీ
Is it so?. It appears Tambu targeted to this song only . Thanks to
టంగుటూరి సూర్యకుమారి also :-) who inspired Tambu :-).Any how I
enjoyed a lot.
> Aside, theres another number from TSK on the occasion of ఆంధ్ర
ప్రదేశ్
> అవతరణ. Goes like:
> ముక్కోటి కంఠాలు ఒక్క సారిగ మ్రోగాయి
> .... జయనాదంతో దిక్కులన్నీ మార్మ్రోగాయి
> Was it also 'parodied'?
I am not sure. If not 'parodied' one should do that atleast now :-).
BTW is any body going to collect all the episodes of 'taMbu rUlu' from
A Jyoti (of early eighties)? You can enjoy all of his writings in that
column.
--Suresh
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