బుడుగు

by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, Bapu, ముళ్ళపూడి వెంకట రమణ

Genres: Comedy, Classics, Novels, Comics, Fiction, Short Stories, Humor

105 pages

First published April 1, 1957

About the author

Sri. 'Mullapudi Venkata Ramana' was born in a middle class traditional family and his childhood mostly spent in a tiny village called Dhowaleswaram near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Ramana had one elder sister and a younger brother. It was a happy family with no troubles until his father expired when Ramana was 9 years old.This turned their family status upside down and they shifted to Chennai (called Madras in those days) for better opportunities. Ramana's mother Mrs. Adilakshmi took all the pains to raise the family in such situation. Ramana's education and career happened in Madras itself. During his study days itself, Ramana had shown penchant for literature in Telugu and inclination in writing up short but effective storyline.

During the same period, he got a good friend in 'Bapu', their friendship was unconditional and mutually expending talents as Ramana is good at write ups where as Bapu, is good at painting and caricature drawing. Soon they excelled in their talents and gave some of the most admirable Telugu films later in their life.



HE RECIEVED THE PRESTIGIOUS "RAGHUPATHI VENKIAH AWARD" from government of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Reviews

[Deepthi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the very first book I read outside my curriculum when I was 10 years old and hence is very special to me.
Sweet and cute, the first person narration of the kid in the book is just hilarious! Bapu's pictures add to the charm of this book and light up the whole mood even further. Still cannot forget how Budugu explains about "Seegana Pesoonamba", the first crush of the kid.
A must read for Telugu people. Trust me, you will love it !

[Ramyasree D · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can I not rate it 5? Such a cute book. And actually it has some truth lying in between lines. Nijam chepthe entha nashtamo. Abbhadham chepthe kaanilu istharu.. Nenu juttu duvvukokapothe vedhava antaru adhe Amma duvvukuntu unte Nanna enduku alane baaunnav antaru. Ee pedha vaallu anthe.

[Sanjeev · Rating 3 out of 5]

should have read it when innocence is alive

[NAGA KOUSHIK PASUPULETI · Rating 5 out of 5]

A best book to read.
Has best humour..

[Alok · Rating 5 out of 5]

Word magic, childhood nostalgia, lovable pictures.

[Divya · Rating 5 out of 5]

First read this when I was a kid. Read it again a few days ago. Enjoyed it equally both times. I am a huge fan of the Bapu-Mullapudi duo. Everything that they do, be it Mullapudi's writings or Bapu's paintings, or the movies that they made together - reflect the day to day middle class telugu household so well. Budugu is a simple yet extremely interesting book that looks at the world through a child's eyes and told in a child's language. Lovely read and a must read.

[Sreevalli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book i liked too much during my childhood. That innocence, the way Ramana depicted BUDUGU's character and the way Bapu sketched Budugu made him stay close and dear to my heart. All the charterers in the story , budugu's way of charechter description is awe-inspiring. I can just say I love the book so much that whenever I feel like reading a comic, the first one that comes to my mind is Budugu :) Thanks Bapu-Ramana :)

[Janardhan Prasad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha Ha Ha...

too funny. it's a kind of Auto biography of a 6 years old kid. kind of wimpy kid.
i read a lesson in my school days, now i read the complete book.

Budugu -- tittle character
Sigana pesunamba -- budugu's Crush
Gopalam -- Budugu father
Radaa -- Budugu mother(most beautiful smile)
rendujella sita -- his babai's crush's
and many more.

you can find all sorts of entertainment comedy, emotion, romance and our telugu in kids language.

[Vasavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is pure fun.. no one can turn a page or even cross a paragraph without smiling or laughing.. We can relate to all the characters in the story.. and the language used is also a highlight.. new words like "veepu meeda champeyatam" etc n Budugu's sweet way of pronouncing names like seegana pesunamba will take the reader back to childhood..

[Ramakrishna Venkata · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every big and small kids should read this at least once. Comedy and Bapu pictures with so many feelings and very little lines are added advantage

[VinodKumar Reddy Agile · Rating 5 out of 5]

ఇది అందరి ఇంట్లోని చిన్నపిల్లల (అంటే బుడుగుది కాదులే, బుడుగు ఏమన్నా చిన్నవాడా, చితకవాడా) కథే.
చాలా వరకు అందరి ఇళ్ళలో జరిగిన / జరిగే కథే.

కానీ అలాంటి కథలని, వారి వైపు నుండి, వాళ్ళ భాషలోనే అక్షరబద్ధం చేయడం ఒక కొత్త ఆలోచన.

అది రాసిన ముళ్ళపూడి వెంకటరమణ గారికి నమస్సుమాంజలులు.

బుడుగుని, రాధని (అంటే బుడుగు అమ్మలే), గోపాలంని (బుడుగు నాన్నలే), బుడుగు బామ్మని, ఏమీ తెలియని బుడుగుకి అన్ని చెప్పే బాబాయిని, బుడుగుని బురుగూ అని పిలిచే సీగానపెసూనాంబాని, బాబాయి రెండు జళ్ళ సీతని, పక్కింటి లావుపాటి పిన్నిగార్ని, పక్కింటి లావుపాటి పిన్నిగారు మొగుడునీ మన కళ్ళముందు నిలిపిన బాపు గారికి నమస్సుమాంజలులు.

[Harish Challapalli · Rating 5 out of 5]

a heartfelt humorous book..u will surely enjoy this comedy based on innocence..different from the slapstick comedy these days we are witnessing everywhere..

[Sruthi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is hilarious. It is such kind of a book, where you can open any page and start reading from it. You will never get bored by this one. The narration by the author, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Garu and also the illustrations by Bapu Garu. You will love the little guy 'Budugu', he is adorable. I can assure you, this book will never disappoint you when you want an entertaining read..!

[τεξασωινη βυλυσυ]

It's an awesome book. Can't imagine how he managed to write full length novel with main characters and conversations all in little childrens language and understable to everyone. I read it when I am 6-7years old but still remember this book and is my all time favourite.

[Dinesh Chandan · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's one of the most hilarious book I've ever read.. the character budugu n his first crush "siganapasunamba" hahaaa.. it's really hilarious.. and yeah the 1st person narration by budugu is the highlight for this book.. just go for it.. u won't regret for ur choice ever..

[Mahesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

baagundhi..

[Seetha Kumari]

ఇది ప్రతివక్కరూ చదవాలి

[Raghu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Poorna Parvathala · Rating 5 out of 5]

ahladam

[Rajesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome

[Tonu.Pranavgmail.Com · Rating 5 out of 5]

super

[Aditya Sarvepally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Books that are first read by us in our childhoods are always special!
Am glad that I laughed, loved and lived a *Budugu* life in my 'balyam'.

[Sai · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars...

[Manohar Burra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Naughty, above average to his age thoughts and poking fun at common day to day activities, Budugu, is a lovable character.

[Asrith Somishetty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Auto biography of a 6 years old kid.
Amazing telugu read.

[Srikar Vantaku · Rating 5 out of 5]

Budugu is a quintessential detox book. It cleans your mind, at least for the time being of all things that make you worldly-wise. It awakens the long forgotten innocence that we chose to closet in a remote corner of our heart.

Budugu is an observational take on the Telugu lives of the 50s. The world when viewed through this seven year old's lens is too full of paradoxes, assumptions that no one seems to question yet comprehensible for a 7 year old like him. The observations are sharp. He points to how he's forced to go to school against his will while his uncle's is forced to stop going to 'school' and look for a job.

Budugu has a crush. See gaana pasoonamba.
Budugu has career goals. Both short term term and long term. He wants to be a jatka driver in the short term. His idea of stuffing a beedi behind his ear to be a jatka driver cracks me up every single time. He wants to graduate to be a 'boodusu railu' driver. Again, only Mullapudi can come up with such words.
Budugu loves to travel. He even goes to 'Medrasu' on a full ticket.
Budugu is fiercely opinionated. Even on things like inflation, geopolitics. Look at how he deconstructs inflation through his 'kani' savings.
Budugu even has a rule book for parents on how to raise children.

The language is experimental. Look at how Mullapudi spells 'aidhu'. The cartoons grab us by the collar and drop us in the world of budugu.

It's a book that I want to go back to every few months. Just to make myself believe that my buried innocence has an alter ego in the form of this book. Pick it up if you can read Telugu. No, pick it up anyway. Even the illustrations will be worth your time.

[Aki · Rating 5 out of 5]

reading this book reminded me of my days as a toddler, listening to my grandmother's stories and not having a care about anything else. budugu is a fun filled book with several 'ideas' and advices from budugu himself! loved it. the highlight is how the book is written in toddler language, might take you few pages to get the hang of it but not so hard to understand. and the drawings in the book? beautiful.

[Sai Teja Pratap · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book has a very interesting style of narration. A 7yr old is talking to the reader explaining his life and his interpretation of the world around him.

Typos and grammatical mistakes is a feature of this book. It took me back to images from my childhood on how I used to mispronounce and misspell words.

This is a very happy book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

[Prashanthi mahendrakar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is actually based on a comic character budugu. It's got good humour and nice telugu language. But few jokes are out dated. It's a good book for kids or teenagers, not for someone if one is looking for more matured story or new angle in comedy.

[Sameer Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional, especially for what it wanted to do. Being a fan of telugu literature, i'm ashamed that it took me so long to read this collection. Loved it. Will probably start reading some of the other books in the series.