After Jabardasth (2013) and Oh! Baby (2019), Nandini Reddy is all set to direct Samantha for the third time with Maa Inti Bangaram. The filmmaker spoke about the film and more in an interview with us.
You and Samantha are working on your third film together after Jabardast and Oh! Baby
Sam and me have always had a great work relationship and it’s great to be working again together. Maa Inti Bangaram is a story which will be entertaining and packs a punch as well.
Are you convinced that the Shero has an attentive audience out there?
Speaking for the Telugu audience, they are always eager and ready to watch films that are entertaining and have an emotional connect as well. While stars definitely have their pull, I think story is now slowly taking centre stage and that’s why many small films also have done well. So, whether it’s a male or a female lead, I think content is the decider today.
Is it growing increasingly tough to make cinema on your terms at a time when mythological genre and action rule the box office?
Themes constantly keep changing over the years and that’s really not the problem. Today, people have more avenues to watch content on and reels have massively changed viewing patterns and attention-spans. But as storytellers, it’s our job to adapt to the changing terrain. Tell relevant stories in relevant budgets. Only if producers survive will the industry survive. So, some hard choices need to be made.
Who are the filmmakers who have inspired you?
There are many that I admire. But the filmmakers who influenced me massively in my growing years was definitely Mani Ratnam sir and K Viswanath garu and, of course, the great KV Reddy garu. Apart from them Kundan Shah and Hrishida (Mukherjee)’s work have some of my favourite films. Yash Chopra represented the glamour and romance of the big screen for me. I can go on and on.
How do you view your journey so far?
Miles to go …. so much to learn so much to unlearn. When someone comes and tells me something in my film made them happy, touched them, I feel I did something right. But lots to learn and lots to do.
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