On the occasion of Alfred Hitchcock's 125th birthday and the 100th anniversary of his first film, senior journalist, writer Pulagam Chinnarayana and IRS officer Ravi Padi have unveiled their book on Hitchcock's life. Titled Master of Suspense: Hitchcock, this book is a collection of 62 essays by 45 directors, 7 writers and 10 journalists.
Veteran director Vamsy launched the book. The cover page frame was unveiled by Director Mohanakrishna Indraganti.
Speaking on the occasion, director Vamsy spoke of his fondness for Hitchcock. "The thought of writing a book about his life and his works is wonderful. As far as I know, this is the first ever literary attempt ever done in an Indian language. The content looks amazing," he added.
Director Harish Shankar said that Vamsy's movies had a Hitchcokian touch. "Most of the people compare Vamsy garu with Hitchcock and even call him Andhra Hitchcock. For me, I believe Hitchcock is Hollywood's Vamsy. I feel blessed to receive the first copy of this book from him. Pulagam Chinnarayana always speaks about movies. Maybe, he was a director in his previous life and could be one in the next. We rarely see books on movies. Pulagam Chinnarayana has been consistently striving to revive people's interest in book reading by writing about film industry, directors, songs and everything about movies and I bow to his passion. I wish this book would celebrate success meet like a movie and turn into Hyderabad's Best seller," he added.
Director Mohanakrishna Indraganti says, "From silent films to dubbed ones, Hitcock has etched his mark on world cinema through his work. He believed that dialogue should be used in the scenes when visuals cannot translate the content. His Vertigo, Psycho, Blackmail movies are phenomenal. His words of perception on usage of the sound inspired and guided millions. Interestingly, he never got an Oscar. Writing a book on such a legend is a wonderful attempt by Pulagam garu and Ravi garu. Pulagam garu maintained quality of content and intent unlike other biography books. My family has asked for the copies of this book already and I'm buying a bunch of them now".
Veteran artist Nassar said, "There is a book on French critic Trupho's interview with Hitchcock, it was one of the best ones I read. I am glad to be here at the launch event today and happy to see Pulagam Chinnarayana, Ravi Padi's wonderful work on Hitchcock's movies.
Director Shiva Nageswara Rao says, "I was betting on Vamsy garu's silence here with Harish Shankar but Vamsybgaru spoke and Harish won. Vamsy garu's words about hitchcock shows how much he's fond of him and his work. Pulagam made me write an article on this book and I am thankful to him and Ravi Padi garu for it".
Pulagam Chinnarayana previously wrote 10 books, namely, Jandhya Marutham, Aanaati Aanavaallu, Cine Poornodayam, Swarnayuga Sangeetha Darshakulu, Pasidi Thera, Cinema Venuka Storeelu, Maya Bazar, Madhura Smruthulu,vVendi Chandamamalu, Jai Vittalacharya and Master of Suspense Hitchcock is his 11th work. He won Two Nandi Awards as Best Author and one more as the Best Critic.
