సర్కార్ ఎక్స్ప్రెస్ ఎక్కించారు...! కోడి రామకృష్ణ

'నీ మనసు ఏది చెబితే అదే చెయ్యి..ఏ పనైతే నువ్వు ఎంజాయ్ చెయ్యగలవో దాన్నే చెయ్యి. నీకు నచ్చని వ్యక్తికీ.. పనికీ దూరంగా ఉండు' అనే సిద్ధాంతంతో తన ప్రస్థానాన్ని విజయవంతంగా కొనసాగించిన రామకృష్ణ మజిలీలోని కొన్ని స్మృతులు.

telugu director

Published : Feb 22, 2019, 8:33 PM IST

Updated : Feb 22, 2019, 9:56 PM IST

'నీ మనసు ఏది చెబితే అదే చెయ్యి.. ఏ పనైతే నువ్వు ఎంజాయ్ చెయ్యగలవో దాన్నే చెయ్యి. నీకు నచ్చని వ్యక్తికీ.. పనికీ దూరంగా ఉండు' అనే సిద్ధాంతంతో బతికిన ప్రముఖ దర్శకుడు కోడి రామకృష్ణ. ఆయన మనకు దూరంగా వెళ్లిపోయారన్న నిజాన్ని జీర్ణించుకోవడం కొంచెం కష్టమే...!
100పైగా చిత్రాలు ... అందులో ఎన్నో హిట్ సినిమాలు అందించిన దర్శకధీరుడి జీవితంలో కొన్ని మధుర ఘట్టాలు ..మీకోసం.
చిరంజీవి ఇచ్చిన ధైర్యం...
⦁ మొదటి చిత్రం 'ఇంట్లో రామయ్య.. వీధీలో కృష్ణయ్య' పెద్ద హిట్. ఈ మూవీ షూటింగ్లో ఫస్ట్ షాట్ తీసిన తర్వాత...కెమెరాకు బ్యాటరీ కనెక్ట్ చేయలేదని తెలిసి ఆయన చాలా బాధపడ్డారు. ట్రాఫిక్లో ఇరుక్కుపోయి హీరో లేట్గా లొకేషన్కొచ్చారు. డల్గా కూర్చున్న కోడి రామకృష్ణకు... 'ఫస్ట్ షాట్ నాపైనే తీస్తానన్నారు కదా... పదండి తీసేద్దాం... ఇలాంటి సెంటిమెంట్లు పట్టించుకోకూడదని' చిరంజీవి ధైర్యం చెప్పి షూటింగ్ మొదలు పెట్టించారు.

కోడి రామకృష్ణ

'మెగాస్టార్ విసిరిన పండును నోటితో ఒడిసి పట్టా...'
⦁ అదే సినిమా షూటింగ్లో ' నారింజ పండు విసురుతా... నోటితో అందుకోగలిగితే ఈ చిత్రం హిట్' అంటూ చిరంజీవి తమాషా చేశారు. లక్కీగా దాన్ని అందేసుకున్నాను అనే వారు. ఈ సినిమా 525 రోజులు ఆడి రికార్డు సృష్టించింది.
ఆశ్చర్యపోయిన నిర్మాత
⦁ ఆయన మద్రాసు ప్రస్థానం మొదలైన తర్వాత 'తరంగణి' మొదట రావాల్సిన చిత్రం. నిర్మాత రాఘవగారు సినిమా ఆగిపోయినా... కించిత్ కోపం ప్రదర్శించలేదని ఇంకో చిత్రానికి అవకాశమిచ్చారు. --కోడి రామకృష్ణ.

దాసరి మెచ్చుకోలు..
⦁ అసలు కోడి రామకృష్ణకు నటుడవ్వాలని కోరిక. పాలకొల్లులో ఆయన స్నేహితుడైన నాగేశ్వరావు ఫొటో స్టూడియోలో దిగిన చిత్రాలతో సినిమాల్లో అవకాశాలకు ప్రయత్నించారు.
⦁ ఆయన దర్శకుడికంటే ముందు 'రాధమ్మ పెళ్లి' అనే చిత్రంలో హీరోయిన్ శారదతో ఒక సన్నివేశంలో నటించారు. ఆ షూటింగ్లోనే దాసరితో రామకృష్ణకు తొలి పరిచయం ఏర్పడింది. మద్రాసుకెళ్లి మళ్లీ అదే సీన్లో నటించి మెప్పించారు. 'మద్రాసు వచ్చీ... రాగానే అవకాశం... నువ్వు ఎంతో అదృష్టవంతుడివి. మంచి దర్శకుడవుతావ్' అని మెచ్చుకున్నారు దాసరి.
⦁ దాసరితో ప్రయాణం మొదలయ్యాక... గురువుగారు ఎక్కడున్నా... ఆయన పక్కనే ఉండేవాన్నని కోడిరామకృష్ణ గర్వంగా చెబుతుండేవారు.

వీధి నాటకాలేసిన డబ్బుతో..
⦁ చిన్నప్పుడు నాటకాలంటే పిచ్చి.. మెహనికి పసుపు, బొగ్గు, ఫేస్ పౌడర్లే మేకప్ సామగ్రి. హైస్కూల్ స్థాయికి వచ్చే సరికి ఎన్నో ఉత్తమ నటుడి అవార్డులు ఆయన సొంతమయ్యాయి. అల్లురామలింగయ్య గారితోనూ కలిసి నాటకాలు వేశారు..కోడి రామకృష్ణ. స్నేహితులతో వీధి నాటాకాల్లో వచ్చిన డబ్బే ..మద్రాసు వెళ్లేటపుడు తన దగ్గరున్న మొత్తం సంపాదన. ఊరిని విడిచి వెళ్లలేక బెంగతో ఉన్న కోడిని సర్కారు ఎక్స్ప్రెస్ ఎక్కించారు మిత్రులు .
విజయం నన్ను భయపెడుతుంది..ఎందుకంటే ఆ తరువాత దాన్ని మించింది మరోటి చెయ్యాలి. అందుకే ప్రతి సినిమాకి ఏడాది గ్యాప్ తీసుకుంటాననేవారు కోడి. సినీ ప్రపంచానికి గ్రాఫిక్స్ పరిచయమయ్యే రోజుల్లోనే 'అమ్మోరు' చిత్రంతోశభాష్ అనిపించుకున్నాడు ఈ దర్శకధీరుడు. ఎందుకంటే ఆయన సినిమాల్లో ప్రయోగాలే ఎక్కువ...మరీ..!

ఇదీ చదవండి:కోడి హెడ్బ్యాండ్ కథేంటి.!

కోడి రామకృష్ణ

ఇదీ చదవండి:కోడి హెడ్బ్యాండ్ కథేంటి.!

INDIA KUMBH MELA TECHNOLOGY
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LENGTH: 5.27
SHOTLIST :
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Prayagraj, India – 15 January 2019
1. Pan left to right from a boatman to wide of people bathing at the confluence of rivers Ganges during the Hindu Kumbh Mela or Kumbh Festival
2. Various tracking shots of people bathing and waving to the camera

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Prayagraj, India, – 13 January 2019
3. Mid of an ambulance boat

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Prayagraj, India, – 6 February 2019

4. Various of emission-free electronic rickshaws on the streets carrying pilgrims and visitors
5. Mid of a mobile ATM van set up along the streets
6. Various of a visitors using the mobile ATM machines
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Prayagraj, India – 13 January 2019
7. Various of CCTV cameras setup all around the nearly 30 kilometer square area allotted for the festival
8. Various of policemen monitoring CCTV footage live in the control room
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Prayagraj, India – 6 February 2019
9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Kavindra Pratap Singh, Senior Police Official at Kumbh festival
"For the first time we've set up digital centres and mobile ATMs. We appealed to the people coming here to bring as little cash as possible, so they have little liquid money and more digital money. They face no cash troubles here. There are banks and mobile ATMs everywhere. It's very nice to see that technology really helped people. It also helped bring down the number of criminal incidents like preventing thefts of people's belongings and robberies. It's helped keep people quite safe."
10. Pan of a hospital set up for Kumbh
11. Mid of visitors waiting outside consultation rooms
12. Various of a woman getting her eyes checked
13. UPSOUND: (Hindi) dentist asking patient a question
"Is it hurting sir? Where? In your molars?"
"Yes, in the last one"
14. Tilt up of a telemedicine system setup in local hospital to consult with experts in big cities
15. Mid top shot of the operator sitting down in front of telemedicine unit for a virtual daily briefing
16. Close of a camera on the machine
17. Close of the screen on the machine showing consulting doctors at remote hospitals
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Anil Kumar, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Kumbh Central Hospital
"The crowd is very big. During an emergency we can't just transport the patient from here to the city. It takes time. The patients will get stranded here, so we need to diagnose the case as soon as possible. So that is why we have set up ultrasound if there is an acute abdomen (pain), we have x-ray if somebody has sustained a fracture, we can diagnose and we can treat here only."
19. Various of a Hindu sadhu, or holy man, lying on one of more than 100 hospital beds
20. Close of a drip with saline solution
21. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi) Rameshwar Guru, a visiting sadhu admitted due to severe dehydration and breathing issues
"I visit every Kumbh. Prior to this, I have visited the Allahabad Kumbh at least seven, or eight times. But this Kumbh seems to be the best of them all. There are all kinds of facilities to help people come and go, places for the poor to sleep. The Yogi (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) has even arranged for free food. This hospital, new walkways, all kinds of facilities have been provided so people are not troubled."
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Prayagraj, India – 4 February 2019
22. Various of hundreds of thousands of visitors at the river bank on the most auspicious day of bathing during Kumbh
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Prayagraj, India – 6 February 2019
23. Close of radio frequency identification (RFID) cards at one of the lost and found centers at Kumbh
24. Wide of group of visitors with a child walking up to the RFID kiosk
25. UPSOUND: (Hindi): Mid of a Vodafone employee talking to the mother to explain how they work
"You will get a message on your phone saying your child has been found and is at a lost and found center, you can come get him"
26. Tilt up from phone used to register child on RFID system to employee putting the RFID tag around the child's neck
27. Close of the child eating ice cream with the RFID tag on and having his photo taken
28. Various of VR employee at kiosk helping a  family experience the Kumbh through a VR headset
29. Close of the man looking around with the VR headset on
30. Close of girl smiling at her father wearing headset
31. UPSOUND: (Hindi) voice of employee (shows pan from father to his son putting on the VR headset)
"You can watch ceremonies and prayers from more than 200 temples live through this app in 360 degrees"
32. Close of boy looking around while wearing the VR headset
33. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi) Ajay Gupta, Kumbh visitor:
"What this government is doing, has probably never happened before, what we have seen. Before we used to hear people say they were scared to come to Kumbh because their children would get lost. Now we are moving about so fearlessly, we have no problems at all. It is an amazing feeling."
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Prayagraj, India – 13 January 2019
34. Various of more than 100,000 portable toilets and changing rooms installed for Kumbh
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Prayagraj, India – 6 February 2019
35. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Kavindra Pratap Singh, Senior Police Official at Kumbh festival
"I remember the last time (previous Kumbh festival) during 2013, a flag area used to be setup where everyone would go to answer nature's call. This time there was no open defecation at all. The waste that was collected, quickly dealt with and stored in a way that it didn't (allow it to) leak into the river water. So this was is huge deal. This has been an odor free and open defecation free festival."
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Prayagraj, India – 4 February 2019
37. Timelapse of crowd at the river bank as the sun sets

LEADIN:
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on updating technology and visitor facilities at the Kumb Mela festival to ensure the pilgrims who arrive for the religious ceremonies are kept safe and clean.
STORYLINE:
Every three years millions of Hindus gather in one of the four set locations for Kumbh Mela.
It's a series of ritualistic baths at the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
The festival is so big, and the crowd it attracts so immense, it has a reputation for being one of the easiest places to get lost.
But this year state and central government are ringing in changes which are transforming this ancient ritual.
A river ambulance sits waiting in case of accidents, many of the rickshaws are electric and emission free and at every corner there is a mobile cash machines ATMs.
The ATMs ensure people only carry small amounts of cash, reducing crime like theft, and the police now have 1,400 surveillance cameras ensuring public safety 24 hours a day.
"For the first time we've set up digital centres and mobile ATMs. We appealed to the people coming here to bring as little cash as possible, so they have little liquid money and more digital money. They face no cash troubles here. There are banks and mobile ATMs everywhere. It's very nice to see that technology really helped people. It also helped bring down the number of criminal incidents like preventing thefts of peoples' belongings and robberies. It's helped keep people quite safe," says Kavindra Pratap Singh, the Senior Police Official at Kumbh festival
One of the biggest investments has been the establishment of a central hospital inside the festival grounds.
The doctors here, have access to a telemedicine system which allows them to consult specialist medics in other cities.
The hospital is treating more than 1000 patients each day during the Kumbh Festival.
Anil Kumar, deputy chief medical officer says: "The crowd is very big. During an emergency we can't just transport the patient from here to the city. It takes time. The patients will get stranded here, so we need to diagnose the case as soon as possible. So that is why we have set up ultrasound if there is an acute abdomen (pain), we have x-ray if somebody has sustained a fracture, we can diagnose and we can treat here only."
There are more than one hundred beds and everyone has equal access.
Rameshwar Guru says he was admitted after he had breathing issues and dehydration.
He says he has visited the Prayagraj, India (previously Allahabad) Kumbh more than seven times, but has never seen arrangements like this before.
"I visit every Kumbh. Prior to this, I have visited the Allahabad Kumbh at least seven, or eight times. But this Kumbh seems to be the best of them all. There are all kinds of facilities to help people come and go, places for the poor to sleep. The Yogi (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) has even arranged for free food. This hospital, new walkways, all kinds of facilities have been provided so people are not troubled," says Guru.
It's easy to get lost amid the millions of visiting pilgrims during the 49-day long festival.
On 'Mauni Amavasya' the most auspicious day for bathing at the confluence of rivers, more than 20,000 people were lost before being reunited with their families.
Tech updates here are making a real difference, especially to parents of young children.
The government's arranged a tie in with Vodafone.
The company hands out radio frequency identification cards (RFID) to children and elderly so they can be easily found, if lost.
If pilgrims get a little weary they can come to virtual reality kiosks which are popping up everywhere.
This one called VR Devotee has launched a paid mobile application which livestreams rituals and prayers from more than 200 temples and holy sites across India.
Visitors like Ajay Gupta welcome the changes.
"What this government is doing, has probably never happened before, what we have seen. Before we used to hear people say they were scared to come to Kumbh because their children would get lost. Now we are moving about so fearlessly, we have no problems at all. It is an amazing feeling" he says.
With so many millions converging in one place it's not surprising sanitation has been an enormous challenge for authorities in previous years, with people defecating in public.
This year the authorities claim the sewage from the 100,000 portable toilets all around the 35 square kilometers of the Kumbh Mela grounds is being managed.
Singh says: "I remember the last time (previous Kumbh festival) during 2013, a flag area used to be setup where everyone would go to answer nature's call. This time there was no open defecation at all. The waste that was collected, quickly dealt with and stored in a way that it didn't (allow it to) leak into the river water. So this was is huge deal. This has been an odor free and open defecation free festival."
More than 150 million people are expected to visit the festival which runs throughout March according to Yogi Adityanath the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh State.
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Last Updated : Feb 22, 2019, 9:56 PM IST

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