Streaming movies recommendations - January 2022

 

This is a list of movies i watched or added to my watch list in this month of January 2022. 

Telugu :

Akhanda - Hotstar : Pakka Telugu masala Balayya movie. If you are familiar with Balayya , i dont need to tell you anything about this movie. This is a feast for a fan, tolerable for a regular moviegoer and overall a good family movie if you have aged people watching Telugu masala movies. 

ShyamSingaRoy - Netflix :  Nani makes a comeback . Sai Pallavi's best role so far. Good story for a family watch. 

Minnal Murali - Netflix : Loved this superhero movie set in a village. Like the way the story was groomed into a superhero format. 

Others which i added to my watch list are :

BroDaddy - Hotstar ( Malayalam ) 

Republic - Zee5 (Telugu)

Mandela - Netlfix ( Tamil)

Skylab - SonyLiv (Telugu) 

Telugu podcast for Kids

  This blog lists some interesting things i come across and are my recommendations.

If you are looking for a nice podcast to tell bedtime stories for Kids in Telugu , here it is 

"Anaganaga".

Every Sunday an episode releases

Links :

Anchor FM:

https://anchor.fm/anudeepgv

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/5muefHGei5EpLw09EjxVZ2

Google Podcast:

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZThhYTliYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

Apple podcast :

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/anaganaga/id1510836257

An English Movie must watch for everyone

 

 If there is one English movie, which is a must watch for everyone, it has to be 12 Angry Men.

The legal link to watch it is :

https://ia800902.us.archive.org/5/items/12AngryMen1957/12%20Angry%20Men%20(1957).mp4

From Wiki :

12 Angry Men explores many techniques of consensus-building and the difficulties encountered in the process among this group of men whose range of personalities adds to the intensity and conflict. It also explores the power one person has to elicit change. The jury members are identified only by number; no names are revealed until an exchange of dialogue at the very end. The film forces the characters and audience to evaluate their own self-image through observing the personality, experiences, and actions of the jurors.

Minnal Murali Review

Minnal Murali is one movie i loved watching every moment of its runtime. It is available in Telugu on Netflix which made my viewing experience a lot better as i dont need to spend mindspace in reading the subtitles. 

First of all, i am proud of my Malayalam brothers and sisters that they are able to churn out such great scripts to the movie viewers. Stories like Drushyam 1 & 2 , Driving License , Ustaad Hotel, Minnal Murali are such a joy to watch it on screen. And coming to this film, i particularly like the way they took time to get the hero and villain story arcs in proper organic growth . The music was fabulous to augment the pace of the movie . 

I was super curious when i heard about this super hero film and my mind was wandering on how he became a superhero. We cannot show that he got some powers from an animal or an alien or he is super rich like our existing super heroes. I loved the trailer when i saw and was very intrigued to see the Thunderstorm angle . What blew my mind was the villain part of it and how they were able to make story with regular human touch in a village setting , ultimately bringing us to the hero super hero and Villain super hero to a faceoff towards the climax. 

I am now an fan of Tovino Thomas , loved his part in Lucifer and now this movie. 

My best uses for Alexa

 

I had bought the first generation of Amazon Alexa from US in 2015. I was very excited with it and wanted to explore it more and even code some skills for it. That coding part didnt go as per plan . However, Alexa has been part of the daily life since then . I wanted to list down some cool uses i use Alexa for. 

1. I added my home and Office location and used it ask Alexa how is the traffic every day just before starting from home to office. It would give the time taken and route which helped me guess the traffic without looking at maps. 

2. I had a routine setup ( Series of commands grouped ) to list down the weather, top news on that day when i got up and taking care of morning activities. 

3. I have a 3 year toddler now and i have a lullaby playlist which i play it in loop while he sleeps and there are some outside noises. 

4. In extension to above, we use the skill " Animal sounds" where i play with my kid listening to various animal sounds . 

5. Ofcourse, listening to music from Amazon music with voice commands is the best use in addition to setting up Alarms and Timers. 

6. My best and fun usecase is playing with Smart bulb . I have a wipro smart bulb setup and we play it almost every day with commands , changing colours , brightness and on/off.