EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dulquer Salmaan was the one alternative’, Sita Ramam maker Hanu Raghavapudi on Pan India movie & extra

Director Hanu Raghavapudi has equipped for the discharge of his first Pan-India project, Sita Ramam and is tremendous ‘assured’ in regards to the movie that has Dulquer Salmaan within the lead position. “I’m assured that after they go to the cinema halls, they are going to love the expertise of Sita Ramam,” mentioned Hanu Raghavapudi in an unique chat with Pinkvilla. 

Hanu additionally mentioned ‘he feels no burden’ on being requested if there’s a burden of expectations because it’s his first Pan-India challenge. “There’s positively no burden as a result of the story could be very robust. It is a story anyone can relate to, regardless of the vernacular. Because the story is really easy for everyone to narrate with (we may have gone for subtitles), however the launch in every language is only to supply and improve every audiences’ finest expertise of the world of Ram & Sita Mahalakshmi. Subsequently, I do not really feel a burden about it being a Pan India movie,” mentioned Hanu who has additionally penned the story of the movie starring DQ, Mrunal Thakur and Rashmika Mandanna. 

“If something, I am simply anticipating and hoping that every one audiences really feel compelled to go and watch it in theatres as a result of, I’m assured that after they go to the cinema halls, they are going to love the expertise of Sita Rama. So, my prayer and hope is that every one audiences go to the theatres,” he added. 

Hanu Raghavapudi, who hails from Kothagudem of Telangana additionally said that ‘Dulquer Salmaan was the primary and solely alternative’ for the movie. The love story is ready within the backdrop of a struggle in 1965. Dulquer Salmaan shall be seen as Lieutenant Ram, an orphan, serving the nation. 

The Andala Rakshasi fame director additionally shared that ‘Military backdrop’ was the hardest a part of the analysis. “Quite a lot of analysis went into making this movie. Often, for a interval movie, most significance is positioned on the analysis of costumes & artwork. However for Sita Rama, it was most necessary to know the working of the Military again within the 60s. So, a number of our analysis was targeted on the relationships that have been shared between high-ranking officers and different troopers. Typically, (the Military) is an organized place and so the human relations between troopers could also be totally different now from again within the 60s. Again then, have been there distinctions in human relations between troopers of various Cadres and if that’s the case, how – was an enormous query for us to reply, given that individuals again within the day have been totally different from at this time. To crack these solutions pertaining to the Military backdrop was the hardest a part of the analysis. Lastly, solely after we discovered solutions we may proceed with understanding the scenes within the barracks,” and added that Suresh Babu in manufacturing design and Sheetal Sharma in costumes labored very properly on their ends of the analysis. 

The most important a part of Sita Ramam has been shot in snow-clad mesmerizing terrains and gleaming lakes of Kashmir. “My largest problem was to then transport the viewers to these areas: by having the ability to translate the identical depth of magnificence together with creating an analogous expertise for a theatrical viewers as near actuality as potential. Since we started the very first schedule with taking pictures in Kashmir, we had deliberate it properly sufficient to get every thing we would have liked, wished and extra,” the filmmaker shares on taking pictures the movie in Kashmir. 

As a director, how a lot does it have an effect on that what you conceive doesn’t make it to the ultimate minimize? To this, he replied, “It may be very painful if what’s been conceived isn’t translating on display screen. However that positively has not been the case with Sitaramam. Nearly 100% of what was written on paper could possibly be launched on display screen. This (big feat) was potential due to the whole help I acquired from all people on set and Swapna Dutt’s backend power.” 

Sita Ramam shall be launched worldwide in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam on fifth August 2022. 

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