I greatly appreciate Sri. Srinivas' prompt reply to my post. As usual, he astonishes and educates us with his supplements and answers. I have a further question. If I remember correctly, rElangi played the part of subbisetti in bhaanumati's chintaamaNi. Did he also star in the earlier chintaamaNi? If so, what role did he play? I thought he made his debut with paataLabhairavi (or was it padhmanaabham?). Regarding his comment about bhaanumati taking liberties with the script, it is true. In her version, chintaamaNi undergoes a transformation and becomes virtuous. Did 'eelapaata' raghuraamayya star in the earlier version? Next, Sri. Sitaram's post: I hope I did not confuse you with references to subbisetty and gireesam in the same breath. Gireesam is of course, the protagonist of mahaakavi gurajaada's play kanyaaSulkam, widely regarded as the greatest play ever written in telugu. Subbisetty, though very engaging, cannot be compared with gireesam. He is eminently forgettable beyond the setting of chintaamaNi. RamaNamuurthi was supposed to have captured the essence of gireesam. I can't vouch for it as I haven't seen him in that role. I have seen NTR in the movie and was happy with his performance. However, many discerning critics feel that he has not done complete justice. They feel that he was more 'heroic', and less 'roguish', which is a violation of the drama's spirit. I have read the play and feel that some of the actors have come up with sterling performances. The best was by agnihOtraavadhani (I don't remember the actor's name), followed by CSR as raamappa panthulu, and gOvindaraajula venkata subbaaravu as lubhdhaavaadhaanulu. Regards, Sudhakar. ########################################################################### # Sudhakar Chelikani sudha@spectre.med.yale.edu # # Yale University, # # 108 Dunham Laboratory # # 10 Hillhouse Avenue (203) 432-4324 # # New Haven, CT 06520 (203) 432-2797 FAX # ###########################################################################