If we shoot for a day, it costs me 1 lac in Hyderabad. We shot those scenes in a village which is a 3-hour drive from Mysore. The dogs episodes and magic/geek episodes in my film are written to satisfy that kid in me. I find that certain scenes in your films are silly and childish despite having a great writing in rest of scenes? It takes a lot of effort for me to write. I start from blank page and try to write each scene of a film like a short story. I want to make films of my sensibilities and achieve success without losing my values. The moment I restrict myself at scripting stage, I will end up being a normal/mediocre and a least-privileged director. When I write a script, I keep telling myself that audiences will watch anything if rightly done.
Lot of writers start of writing stories by saying that audiences wouldn’t like certain things. I feel that I fail as a writer when I restrict myself and put limitations even before I write a script. I don’t want to contain the writer in me at the beginning side by saying that this particular thread is not required.
The final cut version of LIB was of 3 and half hours. Hence, the original cuts for my films measure to over 3 or 3 and half hours. One can make a 2 hour or 2 1/2 hour film if they have a 100 page script in place. The scripts I had written for LIB is of 180 pages. Why is that your films are always lengthy? Nagraj looking at dancing Maya after his break-up with Lakshmi Nagraj and Paddu scenes about - andee and raa.ĥ. The leader of Gold phase throwing silver Ganesh idol into lake to show how middle class people react to it.Ĥ. The girl who was rejected by school for saying ‘uppu kappurambu’ wins it finally by saying about mother in mother tongue.Ģ. What are your favorite moments in the film as a writer?ġ. If you watch it again, you will enjoy finer nuances and different layers. Now LIB is chugging along nicely.Īnother reason for the divide talk is that there are too many angles/layers in the film. It has collected 2.75 crores by Wednesday in Nizam and Dil Raju said that LIB will break even for him in Nizam by Saturday. If the film doesn’t have likable content, this film would have gone down by monday. This film was full in 17 Hyderabad non-multiplex theaters yesterday (This interview was done on thursday). Monday morning show is the parameter for movie’s performance. But the film’s talk got stabilized on 3rd day. Youth liked first half and family crowds/female liked the second half. Some of the youngsters who prefer entertainment are disappointed with mother sentiment. Most of the audiences felt that Happy Days story is retold. The film has started off with a divide talk. With Life is Beautiful, we have 15 confident and talented actors who are ready to be cast in any challenging roles. The entire casting is driven from the story point of view.
We took her number and convinced her parents. Luckily we found Kavya in Eat Street, Necklace road where she came along with her parents. That’s why I had searched for a new girl. If I cast an experienced child artist, I feel that she might come up with dramatic performance. Amala is the perfect choice to the role of ailing mother. The character of Anjala Zaveri is very delicate one and she balanced it by giving the best performance. Only a star heroine can make justice to the role of Paru and that’s reason why I cast Shriya for that role. I think the only Happy Days element I had truly followed for this film is the geek character of Abhi who falls in love with a posh girl.
But only chinni character keeps it and the elder siblings fail to keep their promise. If you look at the story, each of three kids make promises to their mother. The character of Seenu is of responsible guy who takes care of his younger sisters. I have created a character of Nagraj who is noble at heart. The culture of sending kids from villages to their relatives house in cities to study are almost gone now. The basic story of the film is about an ailing mother sending her three kids to the colony where she grew up. Most of the negative talk generated on day wouldn’t be there. As an after-thought, I feel that it would have been good if I titled this movie as Happy Days 2. Happy Days was a great college film in Telugu and I wanted another great film to be made on colony life to be placed along with Happy Days DVD in the library of Telugu movie lovers. The initial idea was to make a film like Happy Days in the backdrop of a colony.