Writer Padmabhushan

Subramanyam, what do you want to be when you grow up?

Teacher, I want to be a politician.

Bhoolakshmi, what about you?

I want to be a doctor.

And you Nagaraju?

I will become a police officer.

Look who's talking.

You steal my erasers.

Rani, be silent.

Kids, shall I announce who won the essay writing competition this time?

It’s the girls that won!

Once upon a time in Vijayawada

Madhusudhan Rao and Saraswathi have a lovely son

That’s me!

My love for books is as much as,

the love my parents have for me,

or the love our Telugu states have for cinema.

Not just me..

Our entire Vijayawada loves books.

Don’t believe me?

Just google "Biggest book fair in Telugu states"

and you will get to see our PWD grounds.

The rarest of books can be found here.

Even the author will be surprised to find his own book here.

That..

is the speciality of our Vijayawada.

Oh, and let me introduce myself..

Padmabhushan

Though my name is an award in itself,

the prefix 'WRITER' is the biggest award for me.

My mother tells me that

I picked a pen at my naming ceremony.

And that

became my passion and calling.

Despite getting many good job offers

I wanted to be surrounded by books.

And that also led to writing my first book.

Pay 1000/- more.

But we are even.

You hammered nails to the walls, pay up.

But I didn’t know this before.

You know now.

You can’t fool me!.

Here! Here!

You paid 500/- extra. Take it back. I’m a very fair person.

Hey Bhushan!

You say you will be late by two hours

and you came two hours before closing?

So you rented out the library for a wedding again?

Haha...Pay me and I'll rent it to you too.

I’m not rich enough to rent this place.

I’ll be happy if you give me my salary first.

So you came only because it’s salary day today?

No, no.

Very soon..

Once I win that case,

I'll demolish this library..

and build a huge multiplex with six screens...

Hey! Maintain silence there.

Every time I say this, he lashes out.

I said silence!

Sir, sir, sir, sir..

Hey, Who are you all?

I mean..thanks for that..

Is there enough ink in my pen for all these autographs?

I didn't know that you are such a great writer sir.

Your writing feels like it came straight out of your heart.

You write better than the greats like Sri Sri and Yandamuri.

You are Bammera Pothana with a ball pen.

An E.V.V Satyanarayana with an ink pen..

But uncle, isn’t E.V.V a film director ?

Okay okay, don't rush guys, I can't sign as fast as I write!

One minute!

I’m signing as many as I can.

Okay you need to stop pushing me now.

I said stop! Stop!

How silly!

Humming a song..

Hello Sir.

I ran out of ink in my pen.

Can you please bring that one over there for me?

Thank you sir.

There you go.

Make sure you read every one of them.

Meet my one and only best friend..

Sowmithri.

Wow! You have super thick hair sir!

So, do you want your hair coloured?

Hair cut!

Hair cut it seems!

I wish I get more customers like you!

You will love this one for sure.

Wow! Your right profile looks better!

How come you’re so early today..

Don't praise me for such small things.

Who kept the towel on the books here?

Here, come take care of him.

What's there to take care of?

You know what day today is?

The due date to pay the interest.

I wonder why the debt isn’t reducing

despite paying every month for the past two years.

What you’re paying is the interest

not the principal.

Anyway, should have thought this before borrowing those four lakhs.

Four lakh twenty seven thousand.

Exactly!

Despite spending all that amount for publishing..

how many copies did you sell?

Barely any.

And now you stack all your books here and secretly at your home.

As if this you’re running a godown for books.

Now what? You want me to pay the interest. Is that all?

Let’s pay tomorrow.

I didn't mean to sound rude.

If I had the money I would have paid it myself.

I don't want us to get a bad name.

I understand.

Let's go and pay it off tomorrow. Okay?

Okay.

Take care.

Don't forget.

Why do you help such people?

They borrow in a rush but don't repay on time.

How long have you been working here?

Two weeks sir.

Two weeks is it?

I'll throw you out in two minutes.

Sir!?

It's a slow day.

Hi brother.

Not him again.

How many books of mine have you sold today?

How many did u give me?

29.

All of them.

Wow..so I need to start printing again?

I meant all of them are still here.

Not even one was sold?

No, see for yourself.

Sir..come here first..

Tell me which book you want.

Please come inside.

Please come inside. We have everything you need.

Take a look yourself.

The person who believes in me the most..

My father, Madhusudhan Rao.

He’s works as a clerk at the Registrar’s Office.

Saraswathi!

Coming!

My mom, Saraswathi.

Housewife.

Here, let me take the bags.

Bring those too.

Hello there!

You dropped the sugar packet here.

He is only helping us because it’s sugar.

Had it been cashews,

he would pick it up and run!

Don’t answer his questions.

How are you doing Mr. Gurunadham ?

I'm doing fine.

Madhusudhan Rao

Do you need to do all these chores at this age?

You have a son.

Why don't you get him to do the chores?

I have a girl. I can't avoid these chores even if I want to.

One more thing, I'm curious to know

What does your son do?

I knew he’d ask! He has a job.

And what job would that be?

He works at the State library near Bandar road.

And salary?

12500/-

A mere 12500/- ?

His increment is due.

Is that even a salary?

I’m surprised people are still working for such small amounts

What do you say Madhusudhan Rao?

Don’t laugh too much.

We can't bear to see those shining teeth of yours.

You know him. Let’s go inside.

I’ll see you later.

You seem to be busy. I'll see you around.

Please keep walking!

Where did he go?

Be nice to him.

Hello sir.

Hello.

Hello sir.

You are late this month.

My salary got delayed.

Why don't you take some more and write a new book?

I told you to not call me a writer in public till I become successful.

Don't worry. No one's here.

I’ll reduce the interest for you.

Your interest does not interest us anymore.

Sarcasm..

As if this book is earning us huge profits..

Okay. Let's go.