(Old Telugu song playing)
Hey, stop playing that haunting song.
Brother! Did you see him?
He looked like a ghost.
Stop your nonsense.
Anyway, there are no male ghosts.
And all ghosts get off duty at two.
Why there are no male ghosts?
Muni, Kanchana 1, Kanchana 2 … they are all male ghosts, aren’t they?
Shall I give you a logical explanation why we don’t find male ghosts?
Yes.
What do you see when you think of heaven?
Rambha, Urvasi, Menaka …
Isn’t it?
Have you ever heard of handsome epic men like Manmadha, Arjuna, Pururava
-being in heaven? -No.
Since men go through hell in the hands of women on earth, men land in heaven.
Women have a gala time here and go to hell.
If they have some unfulfilled desires, they become ghosts.
Get that?
Who is this guy? Why is he standing here again?
Brother, it is the ghost again.
Hey! Why do you imagine things?
Didn’t you watch in films?
These women hunt through the streets to find matching clothes when alive.
Once dead, God gives them a single uniform.
White and white.
(Chuckling)
He is not a ghost.
He must have come out after an early morning banter with his wife.
Brother! But they all look the same!
But how can you say with such conviction that only women become ghosts?
Get married. You will know for yourself.
That’s why I didn’t.
(Chuckling)
-Hey! -Ah!
(Gasping)
Did they say something?
We beat them up pretty badly. They didn’t open their mouths.
Sir, please don’t hurt me.
Everything is behind the flexi, sir.
Hey! Remove it.
They drag them behind the house and burnt them with petrol sir.
The heroine who has been waiting for them decides they are never going to come back.
Not knowing what to do,
she looks up at the sky crying and shouts ‘God!’
At once, a rain drop slowly lands on her face, sir.
A close shot of the raindrop joining her tears.
RR has started, sir.
Emotional song.
“Has the sky got a hole?”
“Has it drizzled over a lost opportunity?”
Cut it and …
Cut it and you have rolling titles, sir.
How is it, sir?
It means a National Award, bro.
For you.
You will get it too, sir.
But I won’t!
Why not?
Because I won’t produce this film.
Why, sir?
Do you want some changes?
We will do as you say, sir.
In the second half … or the first half …
If it can be changed …
Ok. Let us do this.
In the first half…
let there be two lip-locks and two fights.
In the second half …
one bold scene and a big fight.
If you can find some space for an item song…
Make all these changes. We will make the film.
But they don’t fit into our film, sir.
It’s a film that gave me a footing in the industry, bro.
‘Tom-tom Smack’!
I am planning Part 2 now.
Seelavathi is the heroine.
Why is she calling me now?
Hello, baby!
Of course, baby.
Costumes?
In that particular scene,
the character feels stuffy, gets irritated, removes all clothes
and stays just in two piece, dear.
Demand of the character.
Sure.
Sure, sure.
I will talk to him. Okay?.
Okay, okay.
You carry on, brother.
Let’s meet again.
(Blowing air)
-Bro! -Sir?
National Award guaranteed.
Look for a producer.
You will find one. Okay?
-Hello! -Hello, bro!
Where are you?
Dorababu Studio. Dubbing.
What happened with yours?
Gone.
-I will tell you in when I come. -Okay, bro.
Sri Guru Koyababu Ashram, Hyderabad!
Whatever problem you have,
Especially money loss, health loss,
clashes between husband and wife, sex problems…
being separated from loved ones, not getting married,
debt issues, planet appeasement,
human appeasement, lack of mental peace… for all such problems …
Meet the guru just once and find a solution.
However complex your problem may be, special ritual will be conducted
and a divine device will be given to you.
Come with faith and return with health.
Please note that our address has changed from Nampally to Nanakramguda.
Sri Koyababa Ashram, Hyderabad!
Okay?
Son!
Can you stress on the phrase ‘sex problems’ please?
Okay, sir.
Ah. Ah.
Thank you, son.
SEX PROBLEMS!
Sex problems?
SEX problems …
-Son! -Huh?
Stress a little…on sex … SEX … sex
Damn it!
Okay, sir.
Ready! Take!
SEX problems?
SEX problems!
SEX problems …
-Son, actually … -I will manage something.
That will do.
How come you have changed your address? Has your collection gone down?
No, bro!
Collections are at peaks like Pawan Kalyan’s film.
Somehow, the rich seem to have more problems, bro.
That’s why I have shifted to the rich area.
You seem better off, swami!
You make good money on problems.
Bro! You seem to have some problems.
Make a visit to our ashram.
I will give you a powerful device.
You will give up this dubbing job and become a hero straight away.
-Yes! -How unfair you are!
You pay me with this hand and want to collect with the other.
-Let’s go. -So, you are here.
-Who is this, bro? -My friend, swami.
-What do you do? -I am trying to become a director.
Come to my Ashram once.
I will give you a great device.
Spare my friend, swami.
-The wig goes well on you. -Thank you.
But your glasses are mixed in your face.
They look horrible.
-Come on, buddy. -Don’t meddle with him again.
Why pull a long face?
Someone or the other will like your story.
Why don’t you smile a little?
-Who is it? -Indu.
Why did you cut the call? Speak to her!
No need.
She didn’t return my calls for a week.
It is ok if I don’t answer her call while driving.
Great!
Girls are either like this one or like Indu.
Hey! Set your career first.
Love and sulking can wait.
Talent is not enough to make a film, man.
You need a lot of luck too.
Bro, I got paid today.
Shall we drink?
Let’s go!
What will you drink?
-How much did they pay you? -Why do you bother?
Tell me what you want to drink.
Huh?
Why is Hyderabad in the bar so early without going to work?
There’s no table.
What shall we do?
-Cheers! -Cheers, bro!
How lucky we are to be in Hyderabad, bro!
The other day I went to my native place.
Our liquor brands there sound like pesticide names.
Oh, my!
Hey!
Don’t get so dull.
Our time will come.
Your movie will start.
I am scared, man.
Uncle has called.
They are getting proposals for Bujji.
That’s a good thing.
You know well.
After I lost my parents,
my uncle supported me beyond his capacity.
It is my duty to help Bujji’s wedding.
Not just help.
I am supposed to do wedding by myself
Hey! Everything will go well.
Just one film.
Everything will be set.
Anyway, the producer of your film must definitely be born somewhere.
You both just have to meet each other. That’s all.
I wish I knew where he is.
I will go fall at his feet immediately.
Not there. Behind you. Behind you. Back! At the back!
Scope! Scope!
Son!
Hit him! Hit the scoundrel!
Son …
Wait. Let me get my gun. You will have it.
Son!
Sir is in a meeting. Sit over there.
With whom?
With heroine and her mother.
Heroine and her mother?
There. He sat down. Throw! Throw! Throw the bomb on him.
Huh?
Yes, yes. He is the one. Hit him. He shouldn’t come back ever.
You must somehow make my daughter heroine, sir.
Sure, sure.
No.
Eating biscuits is one of my seven weaknesses.
I love biscuits a lot.
(Munching)
We have pinned our hopes on you.
You must do something, sir.
Let's do, Let's do.
Let her prove herself…
Look at that girl.
When she came to me she was fresh. No one knew her.
But now? She is the leading lady in a film.
She transformed.
The whole industry is circling around her.
Mine is a golden hand.
You are done.
You have become a heroine.
I can see your future.
Your daughter is my next film’s heroine.
That’s it!
She will have cars, a villa…
You won’t even give your appointment to me.
You won’t lift my calls.
Oh, stop joking sir!
She will be interested in lifting your phone only.
It’s done.
-He is approaching. Check. He is the guy. Hit him. - Son
Can you inform sir?
He asked me to see him now.
Sir, when did you come, sir?
When did I come?
Sir wanted you to come in the evening, sir.
Sir is in a meeting.
It’s a very long meeting.
Hello! Tell me, Sikhamani.
Apparao! Where are you?
Me? I’ve come to Takkeda Rajagopal’s office.
On some production work.
We got some work.
The colour stone Ramarao sent us a customer.
It should happen … the same day!
Nigeria party.
What party, SIkhamani?
Nigeria party, Apparao.
Nigeria?
-Yes! -It’s a good deal, brother.
Ok. Tell me what I should do.
-We need a viper’s stone. -Viper’s stone?
We never dealt with that.
All we have is a coin showing Srirama, a two rupee note with five deer-
red cat trick … our party has only these right now.
Apparao! Be serious.
It’s Viper’s stone!
It is found on the hood of a viper.
What? A stone in a snake’s hood?
Now I have to become a snake charmer or what?
I don’t even know how it looks.
When a male snake and a female snake get married,
the female snake teases her partner on the first night.
What?
So even among the snakes, the female dominates?
It’s the same everywhere.
Even at my home my wife dominates me.
But how does it look?
It looks like a big seed of sapodilla.
Sapodilla! Sapodilla!
Sapodilla!
I have it.
I have the viper’s stone.
I remember now.
Sapodilla!
Someone very close has it.
Ok. I will meet you with the viper’s stone.
But then, what is your share and mine?
As soon as the party sees the stone, you will have 25 lakhs in your hand.
It’s my guarantee.
Hang up.
I will meet you with the stone.
Hey! Sapodilla!
Stone!
Young stone! Tender stone! Useless stone!
Small stone … big stone … rottenstone … Nasty stone…
Ah!
Viper’s stone!
Ah! Here you are!
You took a Tipu Sultan’s sword
You didn’t return it.
You don’t take my calls.
Its rent dues have crossed two thousand.
For two thousand rupees people are doing murders these days with swords.
The deal didn’t go through.
I travelled with it as far as Coimbatore.
Travel charges were wasted.
The other party absconded.
If other person is foolish, you will make him believe that dead fish can swim.
Okay. What do you want now?
I want a small casket with a lot of engravings-
The one in which Anushka locks the bad guy in movie ‘Arundhati’.
That kind.
Show me if it is of this size.
Ok. Two hundred rent per day.
Okay.
If the deal goes through, I will pay you 300 per day.
Here’s the advance.
Also, give me a blue velvet pouch and 200 gms of vermilion.
Don’t you want some sacred ash?
What for?
Yow will be defrauding someone, won’t you?
Hello, Indu!
I am waiting downstairs.
How long?
Five minutes. I am just there.
Hmm. Fine.
Why? Can’t you wait for five minutes?
Thank you.
Thank you is good.
But why didn’t you answer my call yesterday?
I will tell you. Sit.
One idiot listened to the whole story, liked it and then refused to produce.
I was feeling a bit low and didn’t answer.
You didn’t answer my calls for a week.
What happened?
My cousin was here.
He had my phone.
Which cousin?
Bah! Why should we talk about him now?
Ok. How long before you go for the narration?
The hero goes running and opens the door.
He finds his family laughing.
The rolling titles start there, ma’am!
Ok. It’s a novel story.
I like it.
But you are not experienced.
What is the budget?
Between five and five and half, madam.
If we cast fresh artists, it may come down, madam.
That’s a decent budget.
It’s not at all a problem for me.
I have come here from the US with a passion for movies.
I will tell you whether it is coming Friday or the next.
Don’t fret.
Hey, I will call you later.
So, what is the angel doing here?
It’s a beautiful view, isn’t it?
So, I am taking it in.
What did the producer say?
She liked the story.
She is also ready to produce.
But since it’s a debut for me, they have second thoughts.
They promised to produce my second film, if I make one first.
Really?
Who will make the first film?
I will find someone.
I will direct a movie and buy a flat here.
A car like that one.
Great balcony.
A lot of money.
It’s enough if I work for a living.
Not enough.
I have lot more wishes.
I cannot lead a minimal life like you.
Just keep smiling.
I will work hard till all your wishes are fulfilled.
Don’t be too emotional, dear.
Everything will be fine.
“That star in the sky”
“I watch it to my heart’s fill”
“Your laughter in the light of lamps”
“Spreads a milky way on the path”
“Flowering between you and me are many warm conversations”
“The infinite sky beneath my eyes”
“Plays the mirror showing my reflection”
“That star in the sky”
“I watch it to my heart’s fill”
“An interlaced dream today seems to knit its own net”
“Like the fluttering breeze I come to you, look!”
“You are my first victory leading me”
“Your companionship is the boon this little heart asks for”
“Distance doesn’t seem to deter my step”
“When you stand before me smiling”
“In your company I find a different me”
“The heart sings its own tune calling us, let’s go”
“As all joy rises into a cloud raining always”
“Seasons have stopped to deliver your message”
“Heart soars and comes up with naughty replies”
“Amidst all darkness, your friendship, like the dawn”
“Fills my eyes with inextinguishable light”
“That star in the sky”
“I watch it to my heart’s fill”
I explain peace of mind.
Our body is pieces of geology.
So, mind is body.
Body is geology.
Dear lovelies!
Do you have any questions?
Any doubts? Ask me.
Come on.
Swamy!
When my wife was here the last time, she came back with a lingam.
I returned from office with a severe headache.
She said she would heal my pain and placed the lingam on my forehead.
-Nice. -With that …
My headache had vanished, swami.
You see two miracles here.
You have physical headache.
Your wife also mentally… headache.
Headache is negative.
Negative plus negative is equal to positive.
One headache healed by another headache.
Problem solved!
Just a minute.
My friend came.
You do yourself meditation.
What, Apparao? Long time no see?
I need your help swamy.
Hmm...
We have a party for viper’s stone.
I have redesigned a sapodilla seed.
You haven’t stopped defrauding?
You said you were becoming a producer?
What is it that you do?
Is it social service?
Whatever I do, I do it for the sake of film production.
Aren’t you deceiving them?
Don’t take away my plate. Out with the matter.
Give me some idea to make this sapodilla seed to glitter at night.
There is a liquid called radium.
Put the radium and the sapodilla will shine from any podium.
Radium-
Thank you so much.
Where is he?
Coming, sir. Coming.
Our man is here. He is here.
Come, come, come. It’s already late.
Very hot. And then traffic.
Greetings. Greetings, madam.
Why so late, brother?
I couldn’t find the parking.
For that vehicle?
Then?
Bad smell.
What, madam?
Bad smell.
No, madam.
It’s the bag’s smell.
Where is the viper’s stone?
Thank you, madam.
Collect the remaining payment at Koti.
Thank you, madam.
Madam, you speak better Telugu than our film heroines, madam.
How?
My mom is from Amalapuram.
My dad is from Nigeria.
Love marriage.
So, that’s how. See you, madam.
Bye, sir.
Sikhamani, hold the bag.
Sir, can I take this bottle?
-Yes. You can. -Ok, sir. Thank you.
Sir, what about the apple?
Always remember, Chaitanya.
The revolution in your name should also be in your heart.
You should have the right to be free in this world.
Using that right, you must awaken and inspire numerous lives that are downtrodden.
That is the culmination of this struggle.
-Hey, get your tea. -Ok.
Terrific performance.
You nailed it.
It’s too hot. Careful.
What’s the point?
I should get a movie.
You went for some audition? You said it went ok?
It didn’t work out.
Why?
-What happened? -Hey, baby?
-Hey, hi! -Good job. Good job.
-Ah… This is Dheeraj. -Hi.
Like you, he is an Assistant Director.
Can’t call him struggling.
He is an Assistant Director with a car.
Nice meeting you.
This is Kumar.
Friend and Assistant Director.
Ok. You guys chill.
-I will see off Dheeraj and come. -Yeah. Please.
Hey, where did you sit? I couldn’t see you.
How does it matter?
Your performance was amazing.
Really?
Hey! What’s wrong?
What made you dull all of a sudden?
Indu is not her usual self.
Meaning?
I mean the rapport has gone down.
We hardly meet.
She calls me only for some contact or pick-up or drop.
Every time I meet her, I find her with a new guy.
She calls them her friends.
I don’t how she can make so many friends.
Ask her then.
Why do you keep it within?
If I ask her, it will become a fight.
She would call me possessive.
Hey!
She says he is an Assistant Director.
Indu is also a struggler like you.
They might inform her of some opportunity, if she is friendly.
Hey!
We have been in love for three years.
We are still in the same stage.
I am not getting a break.
I am afraid she might think I am unworthy.
Hey, Indu is approaching. Stop it now.
Bah!
It’s gone cold.
-Can you order me another? -Hmm.
How long do you know him?
Who? Dheeraj?
Two weeks.
I met him at a production office.
Very active.
Why does he call you ‘baby’?
Oh! That!
We went on a long drive last week.
He said he didn’t like formal addressing.
He called me ‘baby’.
Thank you.
Hey, Ramesh!
How much I tried to meet up last week?
You said you were busy.
You were busy with this?
This is the problem with you.
Whenever we meet, you start fighting.
Not fighting.
I am asking.
Why did you tell him I am your friend?
What do you want me to tell him? That I am your lover?
What’s wrong in saying that?
Why should I?
Indu!
I am not able to understand our relationship.
First of all, are we in a relationship?
God!
Don’t try to mask your feelings.
Ask me clearly.
Fine.
You stopped meeting me.
Last week I tried to meet you on some important issue, you said you were busy.
Now you say you went on a long drive.
You couldn’t spend half an hour with me, how did you go on a long drive?
Hello?
What is your problem?
Is it me not meeting you or going on a long drive?
Both.
Yes. I did go.
Dheeraj and his father have a lot of contacts in the industry.
And Dheeraj is not a fussy person like you.
Broad-minded.
Being friendly with him will improve my PR.
But meeting me is also important, Indu!
But we do meet!
I don’t mean meeting for a purpose.
I mean when I miss you-
When I want to share something with you-
You must give me some time too.
Tsk!
Kumar, please!
Don’t talk like a kid.
You got to socialise here.
You need to meet people.
And please, don’t control me.
It annoys me.
What did you say?
Controlling you?
Me?
What else?
‘Who is this guy? Who is that guy?’ ‘What kind of friend? How close a friend?’
‘Why did you go on a long drive?
Why did you hug him?’
For your information,
I am going to a party with Dheeraj tonight.
To a pub.
Don’t start fussing later.
Grow up!
I am leaving.
Why does this always happen to me?
Look.
It’s not just you.
Everyone has some issue going on in their life.
Why does Indu behave like this?
It hurts me when people touch her and talk.
I am worried Indu is moving away from me.
That Dheeraj …
You are investing too much emotionally, bro.
I tried a lot to tell you.
She is not the girl for you.
What are you saying?
Yes, bro.
I saw her at different places, with different people moving too close.
I didn’t want to tell you and disturb you more.
What are you trying to say?
Finish the glass and start.
I will show you tonight what she is.
All the pubs are on Road No. 36 and 45, right?
I noted down his car number.
Let’s go, check. Finish it up.
Bro! Look! Over there.
Not too close to the hostel. Stop here.
I will go walking from here.
Ok, I will get the umbrella. You wait here.
Get down slowly.
Er … bye.
Let’s meet tomorrow.
Sure. It was nice, good time with you.
-You smell so good. -Hey, naughty!
I enjoyed too.
Bye!
Bye.
Hey! What are you doing here?
Were you following me?
You are such a psycho. You know that?
What is this?
Why are you behaving like this?
I told you I was going to the pub. I went there and I came back.
What is your problem now?
This is wrong, Indu.
What is wrong?
Grow up, Babu.
So easily do men judge and label girls who go to pubs and wear short clothes.
What’s your problem?
With the pubs you go to, with the clothes you wear or with the guys you roam-
we have no problem, Indu.
I told Praveen the same thing.
He said ‘let me show you’ and took me.
I have seen it all, Indu.
What did you see?
I saw the car that started at the pub stopping at a medical shop.
Yes.
My stomach was upset and so I bought tablets.
I told him the same, Indu.
After all she is a girl.
She might have some lady’s problems.
She might have some health issues.
I am in love with you, Indu.
I couldn’t think beyond that.
But Praveen didn’t relent.
He asked the medical shop guy.
The guy said, ‘Don’t you know what a couple would buy in the middle of the night?’
And he laughed, Indu.
You called men losers, didn’t you?
Yes, We are losers.
We men are emotional fools.
God made the night so that men can weep.
If you don’t want us to remain losers, the moment you make friends with boys-
make it clear.
Do you want him for pastime?
Do you want him to escort you while shopping?
Make it clear.
Do you want a relationship?
Or only sex?
Make it clear.
Friends with benefits, hmm?
Nothing wrong. No problem.
But you should make it clear.
But don’t place boys between friendship and love
confusing them and don’t use them.
I repeat. Don’t you use.
Don’t play with people like me.
That’s it, Indu!
I felt like telling you this.
I felt like asking you why you were doing this.
That’s all.
Yes.
I slept with Dheeraj and I will continue to.
It is my need.
This body will one day go to dust.
What’s wrong if it goes to a human first?
I want an opportunity here.
I want a career.
I want money.
I have my own problems and pain.
Ok.
Will you take care?
I will go with you right now.
What? Will you?
Hmm. I will take care of you.
I don’t trust you.
You can never become a director.
With this kind of attitude, it is very difficult to get on here.
You are the one who got emotional.
I have been casual.
I don’t even know if I am in love with you.
Let me tell you this.
There is no love.
There is only need.
Whether you want to call me a *****, or bad mouth me from tomorrow,
it’s left to you.
We may not meet ever again.
Ah!
I forgot to mention.
Dheeraj has set me a project.
Shoot starts next month.
If ever you become a director,
and want my dates, you can come and meet me-
professionally.
Bye.
“Your own hopes have let you down not able to travel on an unlit path”
“Breath becomes unbearable, voice swells with pain”
“Not able to stop though they want to”
“As your most trusted friend lets go of your hand”
“As the dream in your eyes pricks like a thorn”
“The wounds are raked within”
“When you are alone, you are your own friend”
“No matter what they say, don’t stop”
“Let the fire in your heart be your guiding light”
“Let the broken wings touch the sky”
“When you ask, will time stop for you?”
“When you lose, will the world take pity?”
“No matter what happens, rise… rise”
Bro, Tea!
Hmm..
What is it?
Why did you want me so urgently?
We will anyway meet in the evening in the room, won’t we?
Uncle has called.
Hmm?
Bujji’s wedding is fixed.
Really?
Super.
I am going home.
I am not able to stay here.
I may not come back.
Hey, attend the wedding and come back.
That’s all.
What do you mean you can’t stay here?
You got to stay here.
And you got to achieve here.
In fact, you had told me this.
Go to any office, or take any street,
I am reminded of Indu.
Hey! First come out of that.
Complete that village subject.
I am not able to write.
I am unable to do anything.
Ok. Go home.
See to the wedding arrangements.
Your uncle will be happy.
There is still six months’ time for the wedding.
I will go away to Bangalore.
You remember Murali, right?
-He said he will find me a job. -Huh?
What about Direction?
I went to so many offices, narrated the story to so many producers.
Still no chance.
I have no hopes of getting one.
I cannot wait for ages to become a director.
Hello, sir.
I am Apparao.
Hello.
Sorry, sir. I am not able to place you.
Do you know me?
One minute.
Brother, please move up.
I just came to know about you.
You want to direct a movie, right?
I want to produce a movie.
You seem to be in some problem. Am I right?
Yes, sir.
He has been trying for years.
When everything was getting set, he had a break up.
-Hey! -Hush.
You may succeed or fail in love.
It’s all for your own good.
But you got to be successful in life.
You see …?
You failed in love.
That’s why you came here for tea.
Since you came here, we both met.
This is what they call ‘Butterfly Effect’.
I have decided to produce a film with you.
What do you say?
My appearance makes you dubious, right?
Do one thing.
At six this evening,
take an Uber to Manorama Lodge right beside Satyam theater.
Keep the two thousand.
Let’s drink and pour our hearts out.
If you like me, direct my film.
Otherwise, book an Uber back and leave.
What do you say?
I will eagerly wait for you.
Okay.
Evening six.
Don’t forget.
(Singing a Telugu song)
Mr Kumar!
God is great.
Everything will fall in place.
Come over in the evening.
Bye!
The industry has struggling actors,
struggling directors and struggling technicians.
But I belong to a rare category.
Struggling producer.
Please have it.
My mother’s name is Venkata Ratnam.
My father is Ramasubbaiah.
They met each other in the Theater.
They love married.
After my mom married my father, she fell in love with Nageswara Rao.
I mean Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
Don’t doubt my mother’s character.
She was crazy about Nageswara Rao.
She wanted me to become an actor.
My father ...
died when I was just ten.
One fine day, my father was singing a poem from “Satya Harischandra’.
[Reciting Poem from Satya Harischandra]
He asked for soda from up there.
It was delayed.
He died.
Hey, Sikhamani!
Any sync between my emotion and your mixer sound?
Leave some mixture to go with the drinks.
We have guests.
I have already ordered biryani. It’s on the way.
You have no manners at all.
-So, where did I stop? -Soda.
-There’s soda. Help yourself. -Not that soda.
The soda didn’t reach in time and so your father …
Yes. Soda!
After his death, my mother raised me with a lot of difficulty.
I went to Madras to become a hero.
Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna had already arrived.
I didn’t get chances.
They rejected me because of my complexion.
I went back home to become fair.
My paunch grew along with my fair skin.
I crossed my age limit meanwhile.
I wanted to try as a junior artist.
But I felt a vacuum.
I have been trying to become somebody in the industry.
No marriage.
No kids.
No solace.
But I must achieve something.
Now I have crossed my age limit.
That’s why ...
I’ve decided to become a producer.
The time has come now.
Have you got some money?
You are my director, Mr Kumar.
I found out about your story.
He has told me.
I dreamed at 20.
I became a producer at 60.
And you…
For the sake of a girl, you want to give up your career?
No way.
People who set out penniless on this earth, wrote history.
That’s courage.
Love is not what you need now.
Fame.
That comes with success.
With success comes money.
With money, except parents, you will get everything.
Very nice narration.
But do you have the money to produce a film?
This is your advance, Mr Kumar.
We are doing the film.
Please take it, Mr Kumar.
This is the first tranche of investment for our movie.
I will arrange the rest in a week.
And the movie budget is one crore.
Your remuneration is one lakh.
I have one condition.
I won’t ask you about the story or the hero.
A part of the film should be shot in my village.
My flexi as the producer should be put up there.
Whatever for?
He swore he wouldn’t set foot in his village until he achieved something in films.
If the film is shot in his village, he can step in there again.
Am I right?
I can’t believe this.
I have a village based love-crime-drama story.
Let’s shoot the entire film in your village.
-Hello! -Apparao!
I heard you got into money.
How much can you invest?
Will you partner ‘Tom-Tom Smack’?
Rajagopal!
I am a solo producer now.
I found a hit Director who can make a hit film.
New blood.
New cinema.
Don’t you ever call me!
What, Mr Kumar?
Are we making a hit film or not?
We are definitely going to make a hit film, Mr Apparao.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr Kumar.
Indu said I would never become a director.
I will send her a ticket for the first show on the first day.
I will shoot the film in your village.
I will install a hundred foot cut-out of yours.
And I will make you step into your village as a producer.
It’s a challenge.
By the bye, what is the name of your village, sir?
Kalapuram.
Our village is full of artists.
It’s long since I stepped into my village.
Madaiah’s family is staying in our family home there.
I will arrange for your stay in the same house.
You will have two people to assist you in the shoot.
There they are.
[both]: Greetings, sir.
Greetings.
I am Adibabu.
Somaraju.
Oh! Ok, ok.
Mr Apparao has sent us, sir.
We have been in the profession for the past forty years.
We are the organisers for your cine unit.
Just tell us what you want, sir.
We will arrange it minutes.
Mr Apparao has informed us.
When he mentioned managers, I was expecting youngsters.
They have been in the profession for forty years. How did you expect youngsters?
Mr Apparao told us you will take care of our accommodation. -Please give me your bags.
We are going there, sir.
Let’s go, sir.
Let's go!
Houses look great.
This must be a rich village.
No, sir.
Only ancestral history.
There is no glory in the present.
Once upon a time, the village was bustling with artists.
They are no more now.
Now… only the village remains.
But where is your village?
This is it, sir.
Just like Apparao.
First we went to Madras and now we are in Hyderabad.
We are crazy about films, sir.
Yes, sir.
This is the house for you.
Why is there a crowd?
That’s Madaiah.
This is Apparao’s house.
Why is he sleeping here?
He is not asleep.
He is unconscious.
Full fit.
Sarada!
Oh, no!
He won’t wake up now. Please come back ...
after two hours.
Umm.
Are you here to shoot a film?
There is a room for your stay.
But it has to be cleaned.
Please adjust somewhere for now.
Come back in the evening.
We have informed you they were coming!
Ok. Clean it and keep it ready, dear.
Sir, there is a lodge in the village. Let’s go.
You can take rest there and come back here after freshening up.
This lodge is far better than our cockroach filled lodge in Hyderabad.
There is also hot water.
It’s called Kalapuram.
It is expected.
Listen. Keep an eye on the bag.
I will take a shower.
Okay.
The two oldies went half an hour ago to get meals.
They haven’t come back.
Hey! It’s a tiny village.
We don’t know if there are hotels at all.
They will be here.
Anyway, Mr Apparao will be here in two days.
Let’s eat and go round the village.
We must look for locations.
Hey!
Let us stay in the lodge, bro.
Madaiah, Sarada, these two-
They all look weird.
Don’t exaggerate.
Mr Apparao asked us to stay there. So we will do exactly that.
I think the uncles are here.
We need to check.
-What do you want to check, sir? -Huh?
Don’t you question us!
You want me to tell you what we are going to check?
By-elections are going on in this constituency.
Move aside. Move!
So?
We are following procedure.
Come on. Check.
Sir, I am a director, sir.
I have to shoot a film here.
Director?
What is your name?
Rajesh Kumar.
What films did you direct so far?
Not yet, sir.
This is my first film, sir.
When will you do it?
Actually, we are here to decide on the location, sir.
Who is the hero?
Not decided yet, sir.
We are planning with new talent.
Like ‘Kanchrapalem’, ‘Polimera’ and ‘Palasa’.
We are planning to go with local talent, sir.
How long will you stay here?
Sir!
What is that?
Tell me, Rajesh Kumar.
How did you get this money? Why did you bring so much money?
How much more do you have? Where do you want to distribute?
First of all, which political party do you belong to?
Sir, sir, sir!
-We don’t belong to any party, sir. -Then?
I have been struggling for eight years, sir.
-This money is for local expenses. -Local expenses?
What do you mean by local expenses?
I mean…
When we use someone’s house for shooting, we have to pay them location charges.
We have to provide meals for all those present.
For the cook, for artists, for vehicle charges, art work …
so much is involved, sir.
All of them come under local expenses, sir.
You are damn well-prepared!
Prepare? No preparation, sir.
-So … what about you? -Sir!
Sir, I am a friend of his.
I am trying for roles as hero.
I also dub.
I am here to help him with this film as Assistant Director, sir.
-You are trying for a hero’s role? -Yes, sir.
Why don’t you act it out once?
Sir, I have prepared something for audition. Shall I do it, sir?
Do it.
-Are you ready, sir? -Go on.
Hey, hey!
-Say ‘action’! -Huh?
Say, ‘action’, bro.
Action.
As long as the sun illuminates this earth,
this poor man’s heart along with his empty stomach will continue to burn, Rana Pratap.
The seven seas are not sufficient to douse this fire.
The cloud must boom.
The rain must come down.
Sir, this is in a quiet tone, sir.
Another variation now, sir.
Ready, sir?
As long as the sun illuminates this earth,
this poor man’s heart along with his empty stomach will continue to burn, Rana Pratap!
The seven seas are not sufficient to douse this fire!
The cloud must boom! The rain must come down!
Enough.
Have some water.
Okay.
If you can prove the source of this money and how you got it, I will let go.
Otherwise, I will seize the money.
Sir, one minute, sir.
I will call up my producer and he will speak to you.
Ok, do it. Get the phone.
Put on the speaker.
(The number you are try to reach is currently switched off)
Let me try again, sir.
(The number you are try to reach is currently switched off)
Hey! May be his phone is dead.
Call up Sikhamani.
I will call Sikhamani, sir.
Who is Sikhamani?
-He is our co-producer, sir. -Call him.
Hello?
Hello!
Mr Sikhamani! Mr Sikhamani!
Who is this?
Sir, it’s me, Kumar.
-Your director. -Ah! Kumar, tell me.
Don’t you have my number?
The other phone fell down during a police chase and it broke.
I lost all the contact data.
We are also with the police, sir.
Why? You got caught?
What do you mean ‘got caught’?
You are with the police. It means you got caught.
Apparao is caught.
I am absconding.
I was trying to get Mr Apparao. I am not able to get through.
How will you?
His phone is with the police.
Haven’t they taken your phone yet?
Mr Sikhamani! Mr Sikhamani!
Sir, please hold on, sir.
First hear me out.
-We came to Kalapuram. -Ah.
-We took a room in a lodge. -Ah.
When we were in the bath, the police came in, sir.
How did they catch you when you were in the shower?
That’s not the point, sir.
They want to know whose money we have with us.
-They don’t believe it is for the film. -Oho!
If Mr Apparao can speak to them, they might believe it.
Can you go and give the phone to Mr Apparao?
If I go to meet Apparao, they will catch me.
Apparao sold a sapodilla seed as viper’s stone to some Nigerians.
He paid you from that amount.
When they were selling the seed to someone else for one crore, the police arrested them.
It became a big issue.
What about Mr Apparao?
Forget Apparao. He won’t get out in near future.
What about the film?
Forget that too.
We don’t have a producer.
Hello!
Hello?
Hello!
Hello, hello! Mr Sikhamani! Hello!
Account for all this money, prove its source and then collect it.
That too after the elections.
Till then stay here and come and sign whenever I call you.
I believe you are film crew because of this guy’s performance.
But … rules are rules.
If you act smart,
I will arrest you on the grounds of having illegal contacts with international scammers.
Hold the bag.
Serve him a little more.
How could Apparao do this?
I wanted to shoot the film in his village and put up his cut-out.
He brought me under a tree now.
Hmm?
Even Nature seems to be revengeful, man.
Not even the crow wants you to be in peace.
Uncle!
Can you get us one more parcel?
Sir! I spent the 420 rupees I had, sir.
I paid for the food, sir.
What about my money, sir?
Is there some kind of reimbursement?
All your money is seized by the police, sir.
Hello, hello.
I have six hundred in my pocket, I will give it to you.
Anyway, I don’t feel like eating.
The film has stopped.
Police told us not to leave.
You will have to stay one month for the elections to be over.
Lodging and boarding. How will you manage, sir?
Shut up now.
As if we would desert them?
Let’s first go to Madaiah’s house and settle down.
Then we will meet Premsagar.
Who is Premsagar?
The name sounds unique.
Premsagar is the owner of PADANISA orchestra.
He is very famous in this area.
He has good network, sir.
Where do we meet him?
“Many nights may come but not this doll”
“Many kisses I may get, but not this hot”
Thank you. Thank you.
Hello, hello!
So, on this pleasant evening,
on behalf of Premsagar’s Padanisa Orchestra,
we extend our special thanks to you.
Now,
the song you have been eagerly waiting for.
From the film ‘Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari’ starring Chiranjeevi and Sridevi-
Singing ‘Abba Nee Teeyani Debba’ me and our beloved singer Balamani-
Balamani! Balamani! Balamani!
Why are you all so dull as if you came for a funeral?
-Darling! -Hmm?
Tell them what to do.
That’s what I don’t know.
Do something and help them make a film, darling.
Get me also a chance.
Sir! One chance?
Hmm?
Excuse me!
We came seeking your help.
I am not interested in the movie.
What will we do staying here till the elections?
Mr Premsagar!
We heard that you have a good reputation for you and for your orchestra.
Help us go to Hyderabad without the police hassle.
Please, sir.
Police station … case … money …
Ok,
There is one person.
Devraj.
Who is he, sir?
He is a demon like god.
Let’s do this tomorrow.
I will take you both to Devraj tomorrow.
He will do something and send you back to Hyderabad.
Take care of them.
Arrange for their food.
Be ready in the morning.
Thanks, sir.
Brother, I told you already.
You should have met me as soon as you came to the village.
We can do nothing now.
Brother, brother. Do something, brother.
We have no other way.
Which of you is the director?
It’s me, sir.
This film is anyway stopped.
Do you intend to direct a movie in future?
I cannot give you a definite answer, sir.
The election code is very strict.
No matter what I do, you won’t be able to go to Hyderabad anytime soon.
Sir! Please don’t say that, sir.
Come inside.
Sit down.
Be honest.
Did you come to make a film or to distribute money for elections?
Sir, sir!
I came here to shoot a film, sir.
If you want, I can narrate a story.
I also have a few more scripts. You can listen to them too.
Brother! This election is very important for our family.
The ruling party must not win.
All this is their money confiscated yesterday.
I will not let them win.
I will not allow a penny to be given away.
This is a referendum for the ruling party.
Do you know what losing this election means?
I don’t have much idea of politics, sir.
Don’t you read the newspaper?
The entire state is waiting for this election.
They shouldn’t win this election.
I have committed lots of crimes with this hand.
I will continue to.
Don’t worry.
I may appear rugged.
But there is an artist in me, director sir.
Director Sir!
Look.
Once the elections are over,
we will use this money and make a film.
I am the producer.
You don’t have to cast me.
Then?
I have some art in me from childhood, sir.
Shall I show it to you? Huh?
Hmm.
Ok?
Ready?
How is it?
This is called beat box, sir.
Beat box or match box.
Use it in your film.
Huh?
Director!
You came to me for help.
Premsagar is my guy.
Since you are his friends, you are also one of us.
If you start the film again, you have my full support.
Right now, I can do nothing.
Going by your faces, your trip seems to be a failure.
What did he say?
No.
He said he can’t do anything till the election is over.
So, are you not making the film?
We need money, don’t we?
You could have asked him to help retrieve the money, brother.
He said in future ten films can be produced with the money he has.
But at present their money will not come back.
As a bumper offer he asked sir to use his talent.
Whatever will be, will be.
We did nothing wrong.
We are leaving tomorrow.
Let them do whatever they want. The police and your Devraj. Let’s go.
Sir, sir.
Don’t make hasty decisions.
Let us sit and give it a deep thought tonight.
"Madhayya singing a Philosophical song"
You don’t drink, sir?
No, madam.
I am not in the mood today.
Are you crying, sir?
No.
It’s ok.
You can cry.
Not everyone can cry over not doing what they want to.
They simply adjust.
Please do feel bad.
Look for a solution.
But it was not good to say you would go away from the problem.
What do you want me to do?
Anything.
Definitely make the film.
Make it for your sake.
I don’t understand.
That’s my dad.
Drinking day and night, always inebriated,
not caring for his home or his daughter-
Does he come across as hopeless?
My dad is an artist.
He plays the single stringed lute.
He sings well.
My dad can also do something else.
There is an instrument called ‘Metla Kinnera’.
My dad is the only person on earth who can play it.
If my dad dies,
no one else can play the instrument.
This village is full of artists.
But no one has succeeded.
Do you know why?
They wanted to display their art not for their own fulfilment but for public applause.
But art is meant for public appreciation.
Probably.
First, we must respect our own art.
Write to your own satisfaction.
Sing for your own pleasure.
Play for your own excitement.
And make a movie for our own appreciation?
Hello!
I can write a hundred lines like this one.
I don’t know.
I am happy with my own art.
At the end of the day happiness is all that man wants, isn’t it?
What?
Running the mill and using the sewing machine are also arts?
Hello! I can dance.
I am doing my M.A in Kuchipudi. Did you know?
I dance for myself.
Whenever I am happy, or sad, or angry-
I close the door and dance.
It feels like speaking to God.
It is so calming.
You can’t leave from here.
The police will chase after you.
They will add one more case on you.
Instead of that, think how you can make the film.
Make it.
All of us here will help you.
It takes a lot to make a film.
A strong man can turn a blade of grass into a weapon.
You are a Director. A creator.
Think deeply.
You can do this.
I will give you all the support I can.
What makes you so affectionate just in a day.
I don’t understand.
I don’t know either.
Some questions have no answers.
You will know when the time comes.
I see honesty in you.
I felt like telling you this and I did.
That’s all.
‘A strong man can turn a blade of grass into a weapon.’
A weapon… a weapon …
I am making a film.
Here.
In your village.
I need all your help for the movie.
-I want a role. -I will give you.
I thought through the night.
Madam Sarada, thanks a lot.
If there is content in the movie, audience will watch it.
I will put all my energy into the film.
Let’s take the Darshan first.
I need some actors immediately.
I need a music director.
-I need lyricists. -Ok.
-Most important of all we need a camera. -Huh?
-Camera and cameraman are ready. -Who?
Vithal. A boy from our village.
He is working as traffic constable in Hyderabad.
These days traffic constables click photos and raise tickets.
The photographs he took impresses his bosses so much-
-they gave him the best photographer award. -Really?
-Ah. -Ah!
He resigned his job, bought a camera, and opened a studio right here.
He is a cousin of mine.
Give him also a chance, sir.
Bro!
What about hero and heroine?
You have travelled so long with me.
-You are the hero. -Seriously?
Thank you, bro.
Hey!
Don’t make Balamani my heroine.
I don’t mind stepping away then.
-Madam Sarada! -Huh?
-You must play the lead female role in the film. -Me?
I don’t know acting.
Only tailoring.
Oho! You know dance.
You look beautiful.
Moreover Praveen is like your brother.
Just to make you both comfortable.
I have no problem acting with brother,
But absolutely no exposing.
Let’s go.
Carry on. I will join you.
Madam Balamani!
Yours is a very important role in the film.
It’s a role with negative shades like Ramya Krishna in ‘Narasimha’.
Really?
Thank you. Thank you.
Darling!
What?
I am an actor now, darling.
I am a music director now, Bujji.
But Balamani doesn’t look nice in titles.
I want to change my name.
You mean?
Whose names are Sweety and Yashoda?
I have no idea.
Oho! They are the original names of Anushka and Samantha.
Oh, are they?
I want to change my name too.
As what?
Kamala curd!
What sort of name is that?
When you have Amala Pal, why can’t I be Kamala curd?
You are right. Sounds good.
Will you stop your stupid jokes? Come on.
Let’s go, Bujji.
By the way,
it costs a bit to start the work, right?
I will give you some of money and jewellery as investment.
Oh, no. Don’t do that. No.
Please don’t refuse. They will come in useful.
Only an artist can understand the problems of another.
Lady artists know still better.
Tell him, tell him.
Make a great film. A hit movie.
Once you get your fame and money you can return my investment.
Just remember me. That’s enough for me.
What about me?
Darling!
I have to loose weight
From tomorrow onwards I have to start workouts.
What do you say?
And how can we help, sir?
-Just like this. -You want tamarind rice?
Involve in the production. Serve us food in time.
I will pay accordingly.
What else can we do at this age, sir?
We will do our bit for our village film.
We must begin the work at once.
-Shall we start? -Hmm?
-Music sittings. -Hmm!
(Humming a tune)
How is it, sir?
It’s not good.
It’s a special number in our film.
-But it shouldn’t sound like one. -Ok, ok.
It is sung by the villain when he goes to his mistress.
It should be a little romantic, sweet-
Like ‘Hey, my heart’
‘Is crazy of love’!
‘Crazy, oh, crazy!’ ‘Crazy of love!’
-That’s how it should be. -Got it. Ok, sir.
I will create a nice tune. Please wait.
Greetings, brother Prem sagar.
Hey, Vithal!
Sir, I told you about Vithal and his camera.
This is the guy.
Hey! He is the Director.
Our home is now our film office.
-Greetings, sir -Vithal! Welcome on board.
LANGUAGE IS MY BREATH … ALPHABET IS MY WEAPON … I AM AN ARMY MYSELF … Parijatham!
When she writes, it’s a waterfall of words.
For election songs in this area,
or a felicitation certificate- She is the only source.
Goddess Saraswati incarnate.
A virtuous lady.
A great person.
She is such a senior. Will she write for a film?
Senior in talent.
Young at age.
A child prodigy.
It’s here.
Praise the lord, Prem Sagar.
Please come.
Sister!
Please, come brother.
You have come after a long time.
I have some work with you, sister.
-How are you, sister? -Fine.
Who are these brothers?
I never saw them here before.
These brothers have come to shoot a film in our village.
He is the Director brother.
Then who is the Director, brother?
Ah…I didn’t mean Director’s brother, sister.
He is the Director.
Greetings, brother.
This is hero brother.
This time I have lots of clarity.
He is the hero himself.
He is not hero’s brother.
Am I right, brother?
You are correct, sister.
Tell me, brother.
If you are here,
I can understand that you need my literary services.
Do you want me to write dialogues or songs?
I will write the dialogues. You can write the songs.
Just now I wrote a song for the local pastor’s private album.
I saw him.
Shall I present it?
Ok, sister.
Play the rhythm then.
Ok, sister.
Hmm...
“I am the nail driven into your foot”
“I am the sinner”
“I am the sinner, lord, I am the greatest sinner”
“The crown of thorns on your head”
“I am the sinner”
“I am the sinner, lord, I am the greatest sinner”
“Your cross made of dry wood”
“I am the sinner”
“I am the sinner, lord, I am the greatest sinner”
How is it, brother?
Brother, brother!
Sorry. Sister! Sister!
Not on those lines. Our situation is different.
Tell me, brother.
-I will do it. -I have already told them about you, sister.
-Oh, I see! -If you don’t mind,
can I ask you something, sister?
Ask me, brother.
What is this brother, brother business, sister?
-Is it your catch-word? -No, brother.
It is a necessity.
I work in many fields, ok?
For example?
Hmm…
Poetry, story writing, lyric writing, literary criticism-
Stitching and embroidery, organic way of making sweets from green grass-
Ah…
Watching TV and listening to radio.
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Kathak.
Karate, Judo,
painting the just born chicks,
Weaving work and pico falls.
And… bird watching, etc, etc.
So, because of these activities, I meet so many people,
especially men and I am a single woman.
So, in order not to give scope for any filth in their minds
this addressing was made out of necessity, brother.
Very nice. Sister.
Do you know something else, brother?
After NTR, it was me who uses the word ‘brother’ the most.
It was a joke, brother.
Oh!
Ah … tell me the situation, brother.
The situation is-
If Hero goes to the villain’s home and gets an important paper, the village will benefit.
But the villain is very strong and dangerous.
Hero goes to the villain’s mistress
and requests her to engage the villain that night.
She appreciates Hero’s efforts and invites the villain home that night.
When the villain tries to go out,
she teases him, seduces him and keeps him back.
That is the situation the song comes up in.
Ok.
Start the tune, brother.
(Singing the tune)
I will get the lyrics ready in five minutes, brother.
Please wait.
Ok, sister!
Come.
Let us sit here.
(Aria playing)
Intro is ready, brother.
Would you like to hear?
Ok, sister.
‘Come to me this one night, brother’
‘Come and stay by my side, brother’
‘Make me hotter by the minute, brother’
‘Set my body on fire, brother’
How is it, brother?
I asked for a seductive number. And why does she include ‘brother’ brother?
Damn it. I am stuck with brother.
Don’t worry.
Replace ‘brother’ with ‘lover’.
-It will be fine. -Yes, bro.
The rest of the lines are good.
Thank God she didn’t write the special song for ‘Pokiri’.
If she did write-
‘I am still sixteen’
[both]: ‘Brother!’
‘Ammoru’ and ‘Arundhati’ in Telugu.
There were no films in that genre again.
With the limited resources we have,
our movie is based on a snake’s revenge.
‘Naga Panchami’, ‘Naga Devata’, ‘Nagamma’, ‘Nagavallli’-
They are all movies based on snakes.
All are super duper hits.
The heroine of our film is a staunch devotee.
I mean you.
Hero is an atheist.
Heroine’s is a character that does daily puja and goes round the snake pits.
Hero is a wastrel drinking, gallivanting and going after girls.
One day when Heroine is in puja,
Hero asks for the sacred thread because he had no money for drinks.
Heroine doesn’t agree.
Hero tries to snatch it from her neck.
In the scuffle that follows,
Hero accidentally kicks the snake pit.
The snake was resting after six eggs and half a litre of milk.
Because he disturbed her, she bears a grudge against him.
Make it as good as you narrated. It will run a hundred days.
Ladies will throng the theaters.
Hey!
A snake’s vengeance? Seriously?
Hey! There is a villain.
There is a mistress.
You have four fights.
I will take care.
Leave it to me.
-Hello. Miss Sarada! -Huh?
You have to stitch the costumes.
You know tailoring, right?
Your clothes are good enough for you.
If the Hero has a few pairs of colourful clothes…
I have an idea for Hero’s clothes.
Give me a minute.
Whenever I go for a program, they always present me with a shawl, sir.
We cannot use it in cold. We cannot give them away.
If it is useful for our film, what more do I want?
Perfect!
These are Hero’s shirts.
Make at least four.
But only one set of trousers. Black.
In that case, I have lots of rotation blouse pieces.
Rotation blouse pieces?
When we attend events, functions, rituals, we ladies gift each other blouse pieces.
They are also like these shawls. No one gets them stitched.
They go as presents to one another in rotation.
And finally we get back our own blouse pieces.
Perfect. Super idea.
How many of them do you have?
May be 50 or 60.
Put them all together and stitch a gown for yourself.
We will use it in the song.
What is the title of our film, sir?
‘NAGESHWARI’.
Hey!
Speak.
Director sir! Please come.
What brings you here?
I’m making a movie, sir!
I need your support.
-You have my full support. -Thank you, sir.
Tell me what I should do.
I need permission for local shooting and police cooperation.
Sir is one of us.
Make sure his shooting is not disturbed.
-Ok? -Thank you, sir.
Director sir!
Huh?
Don’t forget me.
Definitely, sir.
“What is this?"
" Who is he?"
"What is this weird thing?”
“What is this?"
"What could be this?
'What is this strange thing?”
“This strange story Is so peculiar, isn’t it?”
“This colourful dream has got a setback like this”
“This whole world together what will it do?”
"Will it laugh?”
“Is this your path? Is this your name?”
“Have you lost the spirit, Kumar?”
“Move ahead, O hero! Leaving behind this sorrow”
“Who knows what becomes of anyone?”
Action!
Madam Markateswari!
With a generous heart, if you can stop Anirvesh tonight,
the lives of the people of this village will be benefited, Madam Markateswari.
Please give it a thought.
No one can stop Anirvesh.
Only you can do it.
“What is this?"
"What writing is this?
"What do you call this madness?”
“What is it? What is the story?
What sort of pain is this?”
“Your fixation doesn’t change”
“You will pay a heavy price”
“This smile is not permanent is this what you mean by life?”
“Will God out of pity”
“Change your fate to being jolly?”
“Will he make it colourful?
Will he remove all pain?”
“Will he make your dreams come true?”
“Move ahead, O hero! Leaving behind this sorrow”
“Who knows what becomes of anyone?”
Forgive me, O king of snakes!
You forgave all my mistakes till now.
You forgave all my sins.
You made me realise the value of my wife.
I will never do wrong again.
What kind of movie is this, man?
Why is it so terrible?
My bad luck. Forget it.
Did you observe the continuity in the climax?
No, bro.
Half way through the film, my brain was dead.
I didn’t watch the rest.
Bloody, hey!
The snake was chasing and I was running, right? -Hmm.
-I was first running in red shirt. -Hmm.
-The snake was still chasing. -Hmm.
Suddenly the red shirt became yellow.
Really? How did that happen?
What do you mean how?
You shot it on two different days.
The continuity is lost. Audience will spit on the screen.
As if this is going to have a grand release.
Suppose it is released.
What will happen to the snake’s shirt?
This is not an issue to worry.
We can use two close-up shots of the snake with its hood raised.
-If we do? -Hey,
-You are running in red shirt, right? -Yes.
The snake is chasing you.
We use a close up there.
-When you are running in yellow shirt again? -Hmm…
We will use close ups of the snake again.
The snake’s voice over on close up would be-
So! You think I won’t recognize you if you change your shirt?
Stop right there! That’s how we will continue.
You are pretty shrewd that way.
Hello, Mr Kumar!
One minute.
Mr Kumar! How are you?
I heard the movie is done?
Thank God!
You have fulfilled my dream.
I have lost my face because of your dream. I had no idea you sold sapodilla seeds.
Ah, Mr Kumar! Please don’t say that.
Whatever I did, I did it for the film.
I am totally aware of your problems.
I started the film.
I will finish it myself.
Please go to the village and distribute this money to all those who worked on the film.
After you come back, we will plan the release.
Release? This one? -Ah. Yes.
If this is released, its reviews will kill us.
Ok. We will do something.
First you finish the job and come.
How are you, sir?
I am good, madam.
Is the tea good?
It’s good.
Thanks a lot Balamani.
I can never forget your help.
Thank you.
Mr Premsagar,
please distribute this to all those who worked for our film.
Ok, sir.
Sir, how did the movie come up?
When is the release?
Ms Sarada?
Tell me.
You are all artists.
I am not. -Why?
With the motivation you gave me,
I made the movie with a vengeance.
You told me art is meant for us.
I made a movie which even I am not interested to watch.
Don’t feel bad.
Probably with proper resources, you would have made a better film.
No, madam.
All this while I considered myself a director.
I am not.
Cinema is a penance.
I am not that passionate.
I will go to Bangalore and find a job.
Once I am settled in the job,
I will come back with my Aunt and Uncle as per tradition.
For what?
For asking your hand if it is ok with you and your dad.
I have a flaw in my stars.
You will land in trouble if you marry me.
Just tell me if you like me or not.
My life is full of flaws.
I lost my parents very young.
I lost cinema which was my life.
If you enter my life,
I am confident we will settle down as a great family.
You know I like you, don’t you?
I do.
I ask you with the same faith.
It’s you!
Is everyone fine?
What took you so long?
Everybody is fine.
Did you speak to Sarada?
I did.
She asked after you.
Is it.
I am going to Bangalore tomorrow.
Have you paid the rent?
I have.
NAGESHWARI RELEASING ON FRIDAY
Hey! Take a look.
We told him not to release it!
You are the Director!
How can they do this without your permission?
Apparao! -Yes!
Sir, the lab has approved it. Censor will check it tomorrow.
Ok, ok.
Ok.
Huh?
You didn’t tell us about the release?
Didn’t I ask you not to release it?
It’s my film.
I will release it. Or I will burn it.
It’s my wish.
I directed it.
I financed it. I am the producer.
Wow! Great producer! Look at that oily face!
You think going round on that rickety moped will make you a producer?
You said you will produce it and then absconded. Didn’t you?
Stop the release first.
Hey! Loose upma! Why are you poking your nose?
What?
-What did you call me? -Loose upma.
I played the hero.
If this film gets released, my future will be ruined.
Oh!
You think there is a queue of producers with advance in front of your room!
Get lost!
Mr Apparao! Please!
This is a life and death issue.
I may have failed with this movie.
But someday I will learn film making and come back and make a film.
But if this film is released, I will never get a chance to direct again.
Please.
Mr Kumar, if you want the same courtesy back, please leave now.
All the papers are in my name.
I cleared all payments.
This film will be released.
No one can stop it.
Still if you want to stop it, complain to whoever you want.
I have lots to do.
Let’s meet on Friday. Bye.
What is meant by loose upma, bro?
PEOPLE WITH INSECURITY AND INFERIORITY COMPLEX WANT FRIENDS. I HAVE NO FRIENDS.
SHIVA
THE DIRECTOR IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FILM IS ABOUT.
CINEMA IS A MATTER OF WHAT’S IN THE FRAME AND WHAT’S OUT.
What is this?
Bro!
Bro! Hey!
Hey, bro!
Get up!
Hey, buddy!
Hey! Don’t panic.
I didn’t take the pills to die.
I just took enough to sleep.
That’s all.
After the morning show today, they will have a ball with me on all channels.
I can’t watch them and hence this.
Don’t disturb me.
By the way, I made the rice.
Get yourself some curries.
Bloody idiot! Damn!
Get up!
Get up! Get up!
-Tut! -You worried me sick.
Get up, man!
Hero sir!
Huh?
Is the Director home?
Super, sir, both of you!
What is super?
Didn’t you see it on TV?
Your film is a super hit, sir!
What?
The film both of you made is a super hit.
What the heck!
Bro!
Hey, bro!
Get up, man! Get up.
Hey, bro! Bro, get up!
Hey, bro!
What is it?
Get up.
What happened?
Something earth-shattering!
What’s new?
Have they banned the film?
Are the women organisations and public awareness forums on a protest?
No. You don’t seem to get it.
Wait.
Here. Watch this.
Very rarely do such films come.
There was no such screenplay in the past 25 years.
Not just in India.
Take Tarkovsky from Russia for instance.
Or Akira Kurasowa from Japan.
You are right. You are spot on.
Especially the scene in which the hero’s shirt changes colour,
the perspective of the director is amazing.
If a history book is written on Indian Cinema,
there will definitely be a page on the film ‘Nageshwari’.
Correct.
-Of course, correct. -Of course, correct.
Correct, correct. All three of you are correct.
The sensational film ‘Nageshwari’ released today
is winning the hearts of the audience.
With the blockbuster talk from the morning show,
65 theatres were increased state wide.
It is safe to say that collections will make a record.
Especially, women seem to love this film more.
Before we discuss further on the success of this film,
let us watch the highlight scene.
King of snakes!
Instil faith in my atheist husband.
Please bless the life of this Nageshwari, King of Snakes!
Hey! Nageshwari!
Give me your sacred thread, Nageshwari!
Husband!
Please don’t take it.
Hey, lowlife! How dare you harass my devotee!
-Ah! Oh, my! It’s a snake! -Stop there.
Run as far as you want.
I will taste your blood today for sure.
Stop! You are done for today.
Hey! How come it’s a different shirt?
Hey!
Did you think I won’t recognize you if you changed the shirt?
Stop right there, rogue!
To envisage such a film itself is a great thing.
With so many new technicians, their effort in making a film that’s rewriting history!
Wow! It’s really a great thing.
What’s happening, man?
How can the movie be a hit?
Bah! Wait, wait.
Wait, wait. Wait!
Wait!
I will tell you. Wait.
I sincerely thank the media and all the critics for making my film a big hit.
I have come to meet Director sir now.
I don’t want to hold a press meet and then speak a few words and send you away.
So, you all have a party in a pub this evening with drink and dine.
Which pub?
Jubilee Hills pub.
I want all of you there this evening.
Hi, Mr Kumar.
You have done it finally.
Mr Kumar, I can understand your anger.
I bear nothing in my heart. You too please don’t.
Hero sir!
Do some shopping.
We have a party this evening.
Mr Kumar,
we have a press meet in the pub.
Success party.
You are the hero in this party.
[Both]: In a pub?
Yes.
“My baby, O baby, I want to sing when you are with me”
“O baby, My baby, it’s not so hard to make money”
“Vocables”
“Life is too short. Luck makes it rock”
“Money brings you love”
“Mind boggling schemes, all men are rogues”
My baby, O baby, I want to sing when you are with me”
“O baby, My baby, it’s not so hard to make money”
“Don’t spend beyond your means”
“Don’t try to save what is already spent”
“Make hay while the sun shines”
“Hold your cash will all the care”
“The rich man is always right. The poor man is always wrong”
“Hence, the rich and the poor are always at loggerheads”
“My baby, O baby, I want to sing when you are with me”
“O baby, My baby, it’s not so hard to make money”
“Change your own fate and destiny”
“Throw money and win the world”
“Plant a money growing tree”
“Hit the bull’s eye and find your heaven”
“Be playful and shrewd”
“Wealth becomes your ally”
“Hence, the rich and the poor are always at loggerheads”
“My baby, O baby, I want to sing when you are with me”
“ O baby, My baby, it’s not so hard to make money”
My baby, O baby, it’s not so hard to make money”
“ O baby, My baby, it’s not so hard to make money”
Sir, where are we going, sir?
Who are we going to meet?
Mr Apparao!
JANAGHOSHA PARTY OFFICE
Come on, Mr Kumar.
Yes, sir.
This could happen because of your grace.
Only because of your support.
Yes, sir.
Sir, sir.
-Yes, sir. But … -Madam!
Ok, sir.
I will meet you in Delhi and discuss this.
Yes, sir.
Sir.
Sit down, Apparao. Have a seat, brother.
Sure, sir.
Let us meet the PM sir together.
Sir, sir.
Thank you.
So, Apparao!
Is the movie a hit?
Yes, madam. It’s a block buster.
It’s all your grace.
How is it my grace?
It is all because of Kumar.
Madam, madam!
I don’t have much idea of politics.
But I really admire you, madam.
Actually, you have a very artistic face, madam.
-Hmm? -I made the film.
But it is not at all a film, madam.
I swear!
I don’t understand why it became such a big hit.
Audiences liked it. It became a hit.
If we know how elections are won and why films become hits,
won’t everyone follow the same formula?
You may be right, madam.
But when an artist does something, it should carry some meaning.
My film makes no sense at all.
I am not even a director, madam.
You are not a director.
You are more than that.
I don’t get you, madam.
Madam!
Boys, come in.
Adibabu and Somaraju!
They are …
Madam!
I still feel dizzy from the sleeping pills I took.
I don’t know whether this is a dream or not.
I can’t take this suspense anymore.
Please, tell me, madam.
First open the suitcase and see.
Ten crores.
There is another ten.
You can take it whenever you want.
Have your coffee.
Kalapuram you shot the film in falls under Mangalapuram constituency.
Our Party is invincible in that constituency.
The reason being Surraju.
Whether our Party won or not,
Surraju never lost an election.
Because Surraju is a good human being.
He is always available to the public.
They strongly believe he will only do good.
Surraju who is supposed to be a good person has a weakness.
Any problem begins with either money or woman.
Surraju had a problem in the form of a girl.
As Surraju became too active,
his old heart couldn’t take it and stopped.
There was a by-election.
Public was angry with our government because of certain mistakes.
While general elections were a pressure,
by-election became a prestige issue for us.
This by-election was a referendum for us.
We had to pay for votes.
There was no other choice.
Waiting for exactly such an opportunity was our opposition candidate Devraj.
Kalapuram is scared of him.
He had total support of the local police.
Bangarraju had not much experience of politics.
He wanted to use this opportunity and obstruct our Party from winning the election.
Devraj confiscated our money and eliminated our men.
We were wondering how to distribute money there-
Let me take it from here, madam.
As soon as I sold the sapodilla seed to the Nigerians as viper’s stone,
they tried to resell it to someone
and Sikahamnai told you I was arrested in the process, right?
This was before I met you.
I was bailed out by my distant relatives and was introduced to Madam Chief Minister.
They are CM’s confidants.
That’s when I understood the problem in distributing money in our constituency.
Madam CM, Sikhamani, these two and I
together planned to make a film for distribution of money.
-Plan? -Yes.
When I was contemplating what to do
I found you in the café.
That’s when our plan took off.
Everyone is crazy about cinema.
We made you direct a film,
and in its guise we distributed 200 crores of money.
Hey! It’s our team. Send them.
Apparao’s plan worked out well.
Elections proved to be costly.
But we won the election.
Surraju’s son, Bangarraju, became an MLA.
My reputation is intact with the High Command.
You had planned everything.
I could have made a better film, Madam.
If you had such background, Devraj won’t support you.
He would keep an eye on everyone.
We will get caught.
That’s why we made you meet Devraj and using his craze for films sidetracked him.
Cinema is so powerful!
I thought I was directing the movie.
But actually you were directing me.
You guys collect money and take the pubic into a trance for two and half hours.
It is called "CINEMA".
We pay for the votes.
And we collect back 200 times more from them over five years.
This is called "POLITICS".
Whether it’s your film or our politics,
our job is to entertain the public, isn’t it?
One thing still beats me, madam.
How did such a stupid movie become such a huge hit, Madam?
Brother, you helped us in a big way.
You made us win the elections and made overnight stars of our party for winning-
Apparao for planning and Bangarraju for becoming an MLA.
You are a star maker.
That’s why Madam wanted to make you a star.
We kidnapped the families of the film reviewers and threatened them.
We intimidated them.
We made the film house full on the first day.
Positive talk.
But there was some sort of magic in the film.
Public liked it.
It became a hit.
Do you know how much this process had cost? Another five crores.
You can ask me anything any time.
Consider me your sister.
I am just a phone call away.
All the best.
I will make a phone call. Thank you.
Hello! Director sir!
I heard the film is a super hit?
You are all over the TV.
Yes.
But all this seems to be a plan.
A plan to distribute money during the election.
Adibabu, Somaraju … they are all CM’s people.
They made us fools.
I will explain when I meet you in person.
Hello! Are you there?
Why don’t you say something?
Hello! Are you shocked?
If you promise me you won’t get shocked,
I want to tell you something.
All of us are artists in the same drama.
Tell him before he starts drinking.
Will he listen to me?
Men will definitely pay heed to women.
‘We must respect our won art.’
‘Write for ourself,
Sing for ourself. Dance for ourself.’
So, an artist should practice his art for his own satisfaction, your father …
all this motivation … everything?
That was all drama.
I practised two days to say that.
Make sure you deliver the ‘blade of grass’ line perfectly.
Hmm.
‘A strong man can turn even a blade of grass into a weapon.’
So, you too cheated me, Sarada.
All that was drama.
But there is no deception in my love for you.
That was my emotion.
I can’t trust you people anymore.
You have to.
Your innocence, your good nature-
I like them both.
Love at first sight.
Ok. When shall I come there?
No need.
We are coming to Hyderabad.
And?
Director’s wife playing costume designer is the new trend.
So, I will come, marry you and work on your films as a stylist.
That’s how Sarada became my life-partner.
The flaw in the horoscope aside,
I realised that when you are sincere,
Nature holds your hand and leads you.
All ends well.
Nageshwari made us all millionaires.
Sarada has become busy as a costume designer.
Praveen has signed six films as hero.
He is very busy.
Balamani… sorry, Kamala Perugu!
She is having gala time acting and inaugurating shops.
Prem Sagar is creating magic with music.
Appa Rao and Shikhamani have a golden period running.
Both of them are enjoying vacation decked in jewelry.
“This colourful dream has got a setback like this”
“This whole world together what will it do?”
I am working with a huge star on a Pan India Film.
“Will it laugh?”
This is our story. Bye!
“Is this your path? Is this your name?”
“Have you lost the spirit, Kumar?”