Director Krish Jagarlamudi stunned everybody by starring Kondapolam with Panja Vaishnav Tej and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles, whereas his massive price range interval drama Hari Har Veeramallu is being produced with Pawan Kalyan. Kondapolam is an adaptation of the Telugu novel of the identical title.
Krish Jagarlamudi just lately interacted with the media. Conversation excerpts:
What form of cinematic liberties have you ever taken to carry the Kondapolam novel to celluloid?
Sannapureddy Venkatrami Reddy, who wrote the novel Kondapolam, penned a superb screenplay. It helped me lots. The novel model doesn’t characteristic Obulamma’s character. We made Obulamma and an attractive love story from her perspective for the movie. The protagonist of the novel is an IFS officer. But, within the flick, we see the character of the protagonist as an inferiority complicated who struggles to attain his desires. To design Nayak, I took inspiration from the inspiring tales of individuals from rural backgrounds who’ve cracked the UPSC examination.
How did you give you the thought of ​​filming the novel Kondapolam?
Telugu administrators met throughout the lockdown. There, throughout an informal dialog, director Indraganti Mohana Krishna and Sukumar instructed me to learn the novel Kondapolam. After studying the novel, I used to be excited to adapt it.
Just a few years again, I had deliberate to direct a movie with Venkatesh Daggubati based mostly on the novel Athadu Advani Jayanchadu. But, it did not work out. I’m glad that my endeavor to direct a movie based mostly on a novel grew to become a actuality with Kondapolam.
How was it working with Vaishnav Tej and Rakul Preet?
Vaishnav may be very keen on cinema. He is attentive and has the passion to simply accept and study. He has a protracted solution to go. Rakul has performed a beautiful job within the movie. She has toned her physique to swimsuit her character Obulamma. I’m blessed to have them on board.
Tell us in regards to the tagline of the film- An epic story of changing into?
It is all about self-discovery. Every day we live from battle to battle, and we could must face many sorts of fears. But it’s you who’ve to provide your self an ethical enhance. In my view, to be your self is to consider in your self and never quit.
How did you persuade Pawan Kalyan to permit Kondapolam to run in between the shoots of Hari Har Veeramallu?
By the time I began taking pictures for Kondapolam, we had accomplished two schedules of Hari Har Veeramallu. During the lockdown, I didn’t wish to depart the staff idle with out giving any work. So, I revealed my plans to make Kondapolam with the identical staff inside a restricted 45-day schedule earlier than HHVM returned to filming once more. Pawan Kalyan understood the state of affairs and applied my plans. Later, AM Ratnam (producer of HHVM) additionally gave permission to work on Kondapolam.
Till now, we’ve accomplished 50 per cent of the filming of Hari Har Veeramallu. We are planning to renew taking pictures for the movie in November.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the filmmakers are selecting the OTT route, however you’re releasing Kondapolam in theatres.
The movie has attractive visuals, which may solely be correctly skilled in a theatre. We knew it will take at the very least six months to finish the VFX work, and we additionally thought that it will launch in theaters in October. Everything occurred based on plan. So, now right here we’re.
Tell us about your upcoming initiatives.
Rajeev Reddy and I are producing an online sequence for Hotstar beneath our First Frame Entertainment banner. The story is predicated on the novel Thomidi Gantalu by Malladi Venkata Krishnamurthy.
.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
