Hosted by Ashwin Rajashekar, a sound engineer from Hyderabad, India, Have I Made It Yet is a podcast that centers around filmmaking. Each episode of the show features interviews with professionals from different departments in the world of filmmaking, each with a rich body of work and stories to narrate. Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/have.i.made.it.yet/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/haveimadeityet
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Episode 18 - Ashwin Rajashekar - Sound Engineer (Tables Turned)
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Ashwin, host of the podcast turns the tables around and gets Tejus Yakhob, Director of Plucked, an award winning short film to interview him for this episode. Ashwin talks about the sound design process during the pre-production, production, and post-production of a film and a bit of his own experiences in the field so far. --- Send in a voice mess…
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Episode 17 - Anusha Rao - Writer, Director
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Anusha Rao had to go through four years of engineering before kickstarting her career in film. She started off in the marketing team at Arka Media for Bahubali: The Beginning and several other Telugu Feature Films. following this she worked on a major web series. She has also been to Los Angeles film school where she graduated with her master's hav…
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Raamz is a stylist turned actor from the Telugu film industry, having worked on films like Robo and Jagadam. He talks about his experience in the film industry.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/haveimadeityet/message
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Episode 15 - Tanya Chhabria - Film Editor
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Tanya, a Film Editor from Mumbai currently working as a video editor for a popular social media publishing company talks about her experience working in the Mumbai Film Industry. The struggles one faces through the journey of being a newcomer and how it takes an immense amount of effort and endurance to grow.Tanya's work includes Laakhon Mein Ek Se…
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Episode 14 - Pranav Pingle - Director, Producer
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Pranav Pingle is a director and producer based out of Hyderabad. He started his career in media interning at NDTV after which he did his master's in filmmaking from Bristol, UK. He then founded Mirage Media, a Production Company in Hyderabad. He has worked as an assistant to Nandini Reddy. He has worked as Director for Occupied, a docu-series that …
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Sai is a Director/Producer from Hyderabad who was one of the founding members of Raasta Studios, and he currently heads Raasta Films, an Independent Film Studio. Entrepreneurially, Sai has proven a lot, quickly growing Raasta Studios into one of the major audiovisual production studios in Hyderabad In this episode, Ashwin and Sai talk about his pat…
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Vishnu is an upcoming actor from Hyderabad who started his career as a wedding photographer and videographer. He eventually started acting in short films, most notably in Sainma, directed by Tharun Bhascker. As his career progressed, he began working more in the Telugu Film Industry, making his mark in films like Taxiwalla, Kaushalya Krishnamurthy …
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Smaran is a Music Director based out of Hyderabad who composes music for feature films and web series. Starting his career off as a musician playing gigs at bars and cafes, Smaran has eventually made a name for himself in the Telugu Film Industry having worked on successful projects like Kothaporadu, Pressure Cooker, and RX100. He talks about his i…
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Episode 10 - Vidhi Sethi - Makeup and Hair
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Vidhi has worked as a makeup artist in the movie Pachchis, and has since worked on a lot of projects, most notably on the big budget production of renowned Telugu film director Boyapati Srinu's upcoming movie Akhanda featuring a star cast of Nandamuri Balakrishna, Pragya Jaiswal, and Srikanth. She talks about the kind of struggles that a make up ar…
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The guest for this episode is someone who has been working on films since 2017, initially with dogs, and more recently in the Art Department. Priyanka Nair started her career as a Dog Behaviourist and went on to train hundreds of dogs for numerous clients including the National Security Guard and children with Autism before stepping into film.She d…
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Episode 08 - Swetaa Varma - Actor (Part 2)
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Continuing the conversation from the previous week, Swetaa and Ashwin talk about her experience working with Nagesh Kukunoor, Keerthy Suresh and other such established figures in the industry. The conversation then moves towards technical aspects - her preference for projects with sync sound. They also talk about how an actor's ideology might affec…
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Episode 07 - Swetaa Varma - Actor (Part 1)
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Swetaa Varma, an actor who has made her mark in the telugu indipendent film scene through the various characters that she has portrayed accross different genres. She has played a very diverse set of roles through her career, making herself known to be extremely versatile. Swetaa and Ashwin discuss how she decided to become an actor, the experiences…
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Episode 06 - Sri Krishna, Director (Pachchis), Pt 2
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After having barely passed through his BTech, Krishna completed 6 months Short Course in filmmaking at Whistling Woods International. He then set up a camera rental store in Hyderabad where he set out to meet with like minded people in order to network and create a team for himself(something he says he would never advice anybody to do). Finding suc…
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Episode 05 - Sri Krishna - Director (Pachchis): Pt 1
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After having barely passed through his BTech, Krishna completed 6 months Short Course in filmmaking at Whistling Woods International. He then set up a camera rental store in Hyderabad where he set out to meet with like minded people in order to network and create a team for himself(something he says he would never advice anybody to do).Finding succ…
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Episode 04 - Rohan Singh - Production Designer
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Rohan is a Production Designer who has worked on various Feature Films, Web Series and Short Films. Having worked as a Chef before turning to films for a career, Rohan's first project was a Feature Film directed by a friend of his who was working on his college graduation project.The Episode also features Kartik Parmar, a Cinematographer who has co…
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Episode 03 - Kartik Parmar, Sridhar Kakileti - Cinematographers
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Cinematographers Kartik Parmar and Sridhar Kakileti have been working together in the film industry since 2017. Kartik made his presence known with his graduation film, Whitefields, which received accolades around the globe, most prominently at Poitiers Film Festival in 2019. Sridhar, on the other hand, began working in the Telugu film industry as …
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Episode 02 - Dinesh Yadav - Producer, Executive Producer
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The guest for this week is Dinesh Yadav, who is a producer and an executive producer with experience in the Telugu film industry. After graduating from FLAME University in Pune, he worked on feature films like Srishti, which made its way to the revered MAMI Film Festival in 2020. He has also worked on movies like When The Music Changes, which is go…
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Episode 01 - Charles Wasim, Bala - Writers
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The first episode of the podcast features Wasim and Bala, two writers working in the Telugu film industry. With movies like Pachhis and Oka Chinna Viramam, and shows like Gods of Dharmapuri to their name, they join Ashwin in this episode to discuss a wide range of topics regarding working in the industry. However, their experience is not just restr…
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