The Other Banana Podcast

13/06/2022

What does Kali have in common with Annamalai?

Where & join .krishna & to discuss Mahendran & Balu Mahendra classic Mullum Malarum featuring superstar

25/05/2022

Prepare for by listening to .krishna and talk to .geek about how worked with writer on the original in 1986!

11/03/2022

When & acted together. Listen to our podcast with for more!

02/12/2021

Thanks to all our listeners for this growth!

09/11/2021

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08/10/2021

Get one month free on by visiting the link in our profile! Hand selected movies from independent classics to world renowned masters!

19/02/2021

Coming up next on The Other Banana Podcast is a conversation with director Jeo Baby and cinematographer Salu Thomas who have created one of the best films of 2021 - The Great Indian Kitchen. Please watch the film now streaming on Neestream and join us for the conversation.
We talk about the influences of K.G.George and Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the process of scripting and how the actors improvised during the shoot. Jeo and Salu were extremely gracious with their time and insights. The video below is a small out take of the conversation.

26/01/2021

We missed Urvashi’s birthday yesterday. Watch her as she switches from the foreground to the background of the action. Then think about the emotional consistency she maintains across multiple shots. Happy birthday to one of the most talented actresses of her generation!

19/01/2021

Why the joy of MMKR is truly a FILM joy. We start with the basic writing technique that creates the illusion of 2 very different characters.

23/12/2020

What makes a classical guitar ? How does use this instrument? Explained with an example from .

23/12/2020

How does use counterpoint? Explained through a classic from !

16/12/2020

Coming 🔜 🚨: A podcast on an ignored 25th year anniversary film. Featuring , mentions, and the genius of Sarala/Kalpana!

07/12/2020

New Pod Alert! We asked actress Kani Kusruti, the recent winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Biriyaani, what is a Malayalam classic that she’d love to revisit and talk about in our podcast. Padmarajan’s Kallan Pavithran (1981), she said. And that was reason enough for us to begin a new Director Series.

Aditya and Deepauk join Kani to talk about Kallan Pavithran, Padmarajan’s craft and politics that evoke widely different reactions and some common themes and stylistic choices in his oeuvre.

Listen on - http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/episode-82-director-series-padmarajans-kallan-pavithran-with-kani-kusruti/

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Some of Kani Kusruti’s short films linked below:

Maa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lKk_5qYdkk

The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJBkmtpu1sQ

18/11/2020

New pod alert! Deepauk and Aditya join Sohini Chattopadhyay, an award winning independent journalist from Kolkata, to discuss Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi (1970) and K Balachander’s Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980) - two movies that served to bookend a tumultuous period in Indian history.

Site: http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/episode-81-satyajit-rays-pratidwandi-k-balachanders-varumayin-niram-sivappu/

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17/11/2020

Top 3 on for film reviews. Thank you & keep listening!

13/11/2020

Companion pieces. Bookends for India’s Indira Gandhi years. The plight of the urban unemployed. Ray. K.Balachander. Coming soon on the pod.

Pratidwandi v Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu

08/10/2020

on Why Ayirathil Oruvan reminds of the Sri Lankan Tamil genocide.

08/10/2020

NEW POD ALERT: We discuss Selvaraghavan's Ayirathil Oruvan with history buff Nadika Nadja and editor in chief of Xpress Cinema Sudhir Srinivasan!

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Site: http://whereistheotherbanana.com/episode-78-aayirathil-oruvan-2010/

Ten years ago Selvaraghavan came up with a film that had nothing in common with the films he had directed up until then. It was…

30/09/2020

One of our founders writes on the irreplaceable
https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/features/sp-balasubrahmanyam-a-lament-the-comfort-of-grief/

After the death of SP Balasubrahmanyam, actor, music director, voice actor, and singer nonpareil, the platitudes have flown in fast and furious. “Music is immortal”. “Don’t mourn the man, celebrate his music”. “He will live on through his thousands of songs and fans”.Father Time is und...

22/09/2020

Discussed Pa.Ranjith's landmark film Madras with author and screenwriter Thamizh Prabha and his novel with journalist Kavitha Muralidharan and rapper and music artist Arivu.

Site: http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/tamizh-prabhas-pettai-pa-ranjiths-madras-with-tamizh-prabha/

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15/09/2020

Nearly 150% growth in monthly listens since July 2019. Thanks to everyone listening!

We’ve also received a lot of helpful and positive feedback via email. Please keep listening, telling your friends, & sharing your thoughts!

10/09/2020

In our latest episode, we talk about the legendary S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, the long career that he has had as an…..actor! One of the under-discussed aspects of the inimitable singer-performer, his talents in front of the camera have made a mark of their own, something that has even bled into his talent behind the mic. He could be the genial father or the sincere, bumbling cop. Or he could be your friendly, neighborhood family doctor. He remains Balu the singer in front of our eyes but he can also accede to the demands of the role. Joining Adi for this pod are regular guests Krupa and Equanimus. Listen on.

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s-p-balasubrahmanyam-the-actor/id1469062269

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/11jomdn9h6yf34TWSQtdN7?si=V8Ao11HIS8G11ILc9Qwplg

Site: http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/episode-76-s-p-balasubrahmanyam-the-actor/

In this episode, we talk about the legendary S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, the long career that he has had as an…..actor! One of the under-discussed aspects of…

09/09/2020

Who wouldn’t want a father who could sing TMS’s lines from Kaakum Karangal so evocatively?

Our next podcast is on one of the under discussed aspects in the career of the inimitable S.P.Balasubramaniam - his acting. A number of our great filmmakers have utilized him to great effect, as doctors and police officers, but it is as an understanding gentle father that SPB left his mark. We were so happy to get and equanimus on the pod to discuss his contributions on screen!

31/08/2020

The film that made Anushka Shetty a trailblazer and a legitimate superstar in the South. A film so mad, so crazy and so much going for it that you cannot take your eyes off it even if you’d cower just a little bit. Kodi Ramakrishna’s Arundhati is a legendary film in Telugu cinema but even its very existence is couched in legends as Hemanth Kumar CR tells us in this podcast with anecdote after anecdote. Joining him are Max and Yamini. Listen on, this is Arundhati(2009)

The film that made Anushka Shetty a trailblazer and a legitimate superstar in the South. A film so mad, so crazy and so much going…

31/08/2020

How the genre defining starring was made by productions!

25/08/2020

Musical notes 🎵 and the Thamizh alphabet

22/08/2020

A few brief thoughts on .gram ‘s

22/08/2020

Where we discuss what & brought to their characters with .v &