Rana’s new blog story:Time is temporary but a film is forever
“Time is temporary but a film is forever” I think this quote came out because I don’t have a release for a while now.
Before ‘Leader’, I always said that I wanted to do an alternative film that follows a mainstream hero’s journey; ‘Leader’ was just that. I had a few reservations on the second half of the film and how the love story would play out eventually. As much as I loved the idea of the protagonist cheating a girl for the well being of the people, I just had a different view on how it could develop given the screen time of the film. I voiced it out, but being my first film, it didn’t matter to most. Not complaining at all, because I got all I wanted from the film, because Sekhar helped bring out my personality on screen in the most unique way possible, while the rest were hell bent on making me into an action hero.
So I finished Debut 1 – a Telugu film, which had a reasonably good reception both at the BO and with the critics. Then Debut 2 in Hindi ‘Dum Maro Dum’ came as a pleasant surprise to me, because after a Telugu film I was looking for a larger Telugu film or a bi-lingual (Telugu-Tamil) film ideally. So, in a way God blessed me with extra love and gave me a speedy second film in Hindi.
Then came the monstrous task of choosing the next script. Lots of script readings, lots more narrations, many stories waiting to be told some even went up to the 5th and 6th drafts and then got adrift in the script development process. Heard stories from almost everyone – top directors and writers to young and upcoming ones. Working with so many diverse kinds of people, I had lots of questions that I was unable to voice plainly. Similarly they had a lot of questions to ask of me “Who is he to ask us to change? What does he know? He’s only one film old… little more graciously though.I know I’m one film old and I don’t have the right, but surely do have the capability and understanding in terms of story development, screenplay structure, character graphs, that I’ve been learning for years now.
Key issue with most storytellers today is that many of them don’t write start to end,they start shooting before they have a full bound script; they work with shooting drafts or ideas and concepts and find the film in the process of making it. Works very well for them, but not for me.
I’d like to know what I’m getting into quite clearly and right from the beginning. Whether it works or not, if it works it’s great and if it doesn’t I clearly understand the mistakes I shouldn’t make in my next. That eliminates quite a few filmmakers from me.I first and foremost want a genre film. I fail to understand the term “Mass, Action,Love Story with Entertainment.”
I think, I can only handle one and maybe two of the above at a time. I often keep wondering where is the real cinema I grew up watching,I can’t find a ‘Pathala Bhairavi’, a ‘Gundamma Katha’ or a ‘Danaveerasura Karna’ an ‘Alluri Sitaramaraju’, a ‘Shiva’, a ‘Swati Muthyam’ today. The only thing that excites me in Telugu cinema today is to see the success of a variety of genres with films like ‘Arundhati’, ‘Yae Maya Chesavae’ and ‘Leader’ all being genre specific films and did commercially well at the BO. To me it’s fairly straight and simple – is the film engaging or is it not, do I have fun reading it, will I have fun doing it and finally will I have fun watching it. If I truly like it, I know they are a lot out there who’ll like it as well.
And another interesting challenge these days, which was never the case in Telugucinema, is the casting. Problem one, we have a very limited number of girls to work with who speak Telugu, second I am 6ft 3inches which means the girl atleast has to be 5’6 and above to make a good screen pair (Please don’t give me examples of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, they make a fab pair but I’m not Mr. Big B). And from the natural choices of that are available there is Kajal, Genelia,Tamanna, Ileana, Richa, Samantha and others who fit my screen age but, their dates aren’t available till late this year or almost Jan next year simply because of the number of films they’re working in. Very happy for them but it’s not good for me.So hence planning a film schedule around these dates is almost next to impossible.
Another mammoth task is the budget that comes into play with me as the lead, there’s a clear limit to my budgets – my first was ‘Leader’ not ‘Magadheera’. And each story has a limitation for the genre it’s belongs; for example an action film can pull larger audiences than a simple comedy, a family drama can bring in more audiences than a thriller. And being a producer myself, more so coming from a production family, I’d like all; Producers, Buyers, Distributors and Exhibitors to reap benefits from myfilms.
Being born in Chennai and brought up in Hyderabad, I grew up speaking Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. So I am blessed in a way to venture out into cinema in different languages. And try to eventually grow to a sizeable market, to create all the stories I can, and with lesser financial constraints. Am working on it, let’s see how it goes. Since time is temporary but a film is forever, I want people to remember me in a film that I’m proud to have been a part of.
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Sir i have seen some images of you jim what a muscles by seeing your muscles i understood that in your next movie there is more action waiting for the movie
Hai rana garu i want dance in poori sir cinema please
Hai rana garu its great to be your first film such a big success i forgot to say in above comments and i want to know why you had not participated in tollywood trophy i want you and Venkatesh garu in a single film waiting for the film
Sir i am excited when i came to know that the birthday of you and victory Venkatesh sir is differ by one day sir i request you to do the song of “nigam bombbulu” in your next film with poori sir,sir i will be waiting for your reply Venky and rana rocksss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Sir i want to talk to you and Venkatesh sir but i am residing in tenali guntur district please give any solution to this problem
Hi Rana
Congrats on ur success and promotion to Bollywood. I loved your film, and made almost all of my friends watch it. The scene where you apologized the old farmer was too good. It is really a heart touching scene. I too felt that the love story in ‘Leader’ was not complete. During the audio release function of ‘Leader’ was the first time i happened to see you in TV. Few words you spoke on the dias made me wait for the movie release. Extreme confidence, down to earch nature, metallic voice are your assets. Politics are everywhere, be it scientific field, technical field, business field etc. I am doing my doctoral research. Movies close to reality always become a big hit, particularly in combination with the people who put complete dedication towards the movie. You are one among them, as far as i can see from the ‘Leader’ movie.COngrats and Wish you many more successes….
Rana garu i am the biggest fan of Venky and also you but i dont understand why dont you keep some reviews of Venkatesh garu Venky rocksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Hi Rana,
Just watched your interview/show on Jaya Pradam and wanted to wish you well.
We are sure you will be a great actor..
Action is probably where the money is and more importantly keeps movies goers happy or should I say makes film maker forget real life for bit!!
I am sure you’ll click in your new movie.
All the best for Dum Maro Dum!!
hi ..its me d b reddy..i ceen u r movie leader..its quiet gud..u r telling time is more precious dan film? Its nt fair .coz dnt compare time vith film making….plz
Hello,
I’m an avid movie watcher as well and apart from the fact that we have repetitive films we have heroines who apart from being fair skinned have no talent to offer or aren’t even remotely related to our andhra pradesh which being a woman,hurts me a bit!But I admire your honesty in pointing out the same and wanted to congratulate you in every endeavor of yours n point out that it’s necessary to have good films coming out rather than the number of releases..per se!And I also happened to browse through your photo gallery where all of my friends and I noticed that you and the heroine of snehageetham would make a great on screen pair!She has talent and is a telugu ammayi though her styling and makeup in her maiden movie could’ve been much better!Hopefully you guys’ll make the first telugu pairing in a long time!
All the best to you and someday hope to see you in movies that go beyond the usual entertainment realm.
Hello Rana,
I watched ‘Leader’ today and loved it. Loved it so much that I felt compelled to Google you, which is when I found your blog entry.
Firstly, I would like to congratulate you for a wonderful performance in ‘Leader’. I am really happy for telugu film industry and telugu movie fans. Like you said, the rarity of a good telugu film has become a common phenomenon these days. Continue to be a part of good films and continue to entertain people like us who have almost stopped watching telugu films. Good Luck:)
hello ‘leader’ rana, iam a big fan of u. i want to see you like a hollywood action hero. please do different action movies.
Hi Rana,
I’m currently in UK on an assignment for 9 months. I’m originally from bangalore. i never had opportunity to watch telugu movies except for very few. i recently was clicking on movie website and watched ur movie ‘leader’. i must say the movie is amazing. the movie is so close to a common man’s problem. we all need change and there is no way youth rather people can express their views. we are tired of giving our opinions and definetely the country needs people like you. media is a very strong forum to communicate and there is a immense effect. i only wish that you can take this forward. the country lacks honesty…CWG is a current classic example. i love ur statement in the movie “2 cars is not enough…u need 20 cars… 20 acres are not enough…. u need 200 acres. how true and relevant to the current times. the public is been looted openly and we are watching. This is my first ever blog that i’m writing to an actor. I wish u all the best. ‘you be the change to see the change’ is my this years resolution for independence day. Happy independence day! Jai Hind.
hey rana,
i am a film making student a few months back and now a freelance film maker looking for some intresting work. i quite like ur statement, where was that cinema i grew up with. i too agree with u and i hardly saw a gud film in the recent time. sorry but i never liked ur film leader. the problem is not with ur acting, but with shekar’s storytelling. i always wonder why shekar choose to narrate a story in that way. it seems to be very realistic yet very far from reality. i can only see shekar in arjun’s character, not arjun. the craft of the film and the world shekar sets up cinematically is what i have a problem with. when it comes to ur character, u r white , then transforms to grey, and yet again transforms to white. that is where i liked the character graph. this is where it differs from everyother film that comes. there are many facts i appreciate with this film but yet i never liked the film. i never liked the world that shekar set up in the film.
hello Mr.Rana,
why there are no good science fictions in telugu? i heard abt a few films but they can be hardly called science fictions! many hollywood movies are being dubbed and released and they have good number of audience! so why not there be a science fiction in telugu with quality matching the hollywood films? i dont think budget is a problem,nor the technology.i know that the market for telugu movies is much smaller when compared with hollywood, even bollywood and tamil industry, but it can be expanded and only be expanded. can be done by improving the quality, having variety in stories. needs experiments of course! but i feel that every movie is an experiment.
our movies are already facing the competition with hollywood flicks. competition not to win but to survive, to exist. i’m not saying that there no good movies in telugu but how many? i’ve read some statistics, dont remember exactly, they say that the flops clearly outnumber the hits and as a whole the industry is in losses.
i also feel that the business / proffessional approach is seriously lacking in our industry and it is more gambling than business! people belive in numbers, dates, muhurtam, etc more than they do in the content. to spend rs.50 and 2and half hrs for a movie i think, i enquire about the talk, i see promos, i consider other movies running, i also think abt the theatre…. i really don’t understand how the buyers, distibutors, exhibiters decide to spend lakhs, crores of rupees on some really stupid movies. don’t they care for their money?
in ur blog u said, ‘If I truly like it, I know they are a lot out there who’ll like it as well’. right! but i wud like to warn u for a possible bias… whenever u read a story (to act, produce without acting in it or just like that) u’ll see urself in the lead and will tend to judge it on the basis of that character and may miss an objective view. i think u r quite aware of these things but still wanted to tell u. just consider, every producer, every director, every actor expects their movie to be a hit or atleast gets back the money spent on it and still we have more flops than hits.
everyone in and out the industry blames others for their failures. directors and producers say they don’t get good stories, writers say we have good stories but no one ready to do, everyone in the industry say audience like to see these types of movies only, audience say no good movies to watch. producers of ‘small films’ cry on big films, complain abt buyers, small theaters think their losses are because of multiplexes……uff it goes on… forgot to mention piracy. i agree piracy is a big problem but i think is only next to the movies themselves.
wanna say one more thing, i follow u on twitter, i read ur tweet that u’ve followers from some foreign coutries and u consider ur movies to reach them directly…. not underestimating ur fan following but it is possible that many of them may not even know u and trying to release ur movies there may not be cost effective, coz i too had followers from different countries and i’m not even known outside my colony!
i’m thinking to unfollow u on twitter coz m getting distracted and i have to read for my exams!!!
finally….., i wrote all these bcoz i really expect good, sensible movies from u. the science fictions, animations… coz i think u r also interested in animations, u wrote something abt toystory in twitter! so…. what do u say Mr.Rana, can we expect so?
waiting for the details of film 3….
bye,
wish u all the success in ur life.
P.S.hey….. i can give u some ideas if u want
Just a quick question on Leader – Was it the script or was it your performance which dominated the film? I would say it was the script…just curious!
Rana, I am glad you admit that the 2nd half/romance track was not appealing
, of course you had your challenges! I have to say, that I appreciate your vision for Telugu Cinema – Genre specific..rather than a complete family entertainer with “heroine exposing” and couple of filthy dialogues. I am an avid movie watcher…I have seen the movie “The best of Youth” the other day – 7 hr Italian film and never in that duration, did i feel like taking a break, unless it was biological…that’s the power of Genre and cinema.. I recommend you that film…
if you get a chance try watching “Righteous Ties”(Korean) and guess you might like it. It’s a interesting mafia film, with lot of wit and humor…director has actually handled it very well. Not a great film, but a good subject for attracting wider audiences.
I believe that writing a story with one central character is more challenging. If it has to be a single lead character film, it has to be the same story with a few tweaks, guess it has to be more than one central character to make a movie more interesting, guess that’s what persuaded you to sign “Dum maro dum”.
One of the other annoying part is that every movie in Telugu should have a happy ending, do you really think you can handle that? For example YMC, what was the reason to keep heroine away from hero if they both had to meet in the climax anyways? Guess, it was not supported well, I didn’t have a chance to watch it in Tamil, but I guess the climax was different! It’s not the case of one film, but almost every film.
Well, thanks for your blogs and tweets, which help us express what we feel to the person himself, rather than a debate over a “irani chai” in a cafe. Cafe is a critics club in it’s own way
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Just a quick thought while I was about to click submit – I think a character like “George” (Johny Depp) in “BLOW” or a character like Dev in Dev – D should suit you well!
Well, talking about money, I am sure you can make 3 movies in the time you invest in counting how much you have
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heyyy Rana,
“Congrats” for ur 1st film , debut with shekhar kammula and for the huge success….you were looking fab and grttt..
hope u guys r having grt time working with Bips..
Keeep Doing good films.. All the Best for ur Future Projects…:-)
Dear Rana
Let me congratulate you for an excellent performance in Leader. I hope the film wins lot of national awards. I will very much like to see you in Tamil movies.
hiiii, rana Happy FriendshipDay……………
Hi Rana Garu
I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.
becz every one want to be @t top of u r mind.i am wishing the same To do good films
problem:Poor people studying in govt school but rich people studying in praviate school
Solution@ my view: Rich people and Poor people want to study in Govt Universities at Degree level.why can`t we implement same concept for govt school?Example-In each district one best Govt School with proper infrastructure facilities so that Govt schools will get some respect.in A.P 23 district`s with 23 best school.then rich people and poor people will compete with other along with teaching meathodology also improves,govt teachers will get some responsibility to do something.
just it`s a request to try out on these idea to make a movie.it would be leader-2 (struggling to change one department)
India can develop only by chaning one – one department
(Good ideas always have many Fathers)
Thank you
Gattu Sai kishore
hi Gattu
i will like the idea of primary education system.i would expect the rana sir may give reply to me.
hi Gattu
i like the idea of primary education system.i would expect the rana sir may give reply to me.
hi gattu
i like da idea of primary education system..i will expect reply from rana sir..all the best
Rana,
Did you think about all what you said when signing for your current Hindi project ??
Daggubati Rana:
Your father and your grand father has earned you so much money, which will be sufficient for you and even for the next couple of generations of yours.
So, I pleade you not to mislead the ignorant people into your rubbed charisma.
You have every thing in your life, please be truth full and do truth full films…. Please win my heart. I’m desperately waiting for somebody to help the society (I know this is vague & helpless but), this is dire need and your contribution to the society.
I know your movie Leader is sucsess, understand, it is a success because people are expecting a real leader not just a leader for box-office.
Once again, you have everything, every comfort, think about society and people’s needs. Ask your grand father for help because he has seen more depths and fought more in depth wars with society… I hope he can be of some help for you, if you wish to be a true leader.
~s
hi rana sir,
hope u’ll read this message.
how r u?I’m a die hard fan of u.
How is your film shooting going on?don’t u get stressed out travelling so much?
I wish u a very good luck and all of my best wishes for ur next film……
EXPECTING UR REPLY…
REGARDS,
shreya.
hi rana sir, im so excited to c ur blog…. its gr8 that ur even replying…..
in a paper, i read that u were doing a tamil film.. whats the name of it? when will it release? i am so eager to see it… i am slowly learning tamil even to watch it….
hi RD
lemme introduce myself this is ranjit.I saw leader movie It was pretty good. I like the way you speak about anything you are pure n clear. I hardly find the people speak in such a way.
I expect more kind of movies from you i.e love,comedy, action and everything you know. We expect 2 movies per year or atleast one movie boss.
All the best for forthcoming movie “DUM MARO DUM” and we are eagerly waiting for bollywood debut movie. Can I hope a reply from you lemme wait and see. tc n byee
hi rana garu,
how r u?
leader super……… manchi hit kottaru all the best 4 next project dum maro dum
take care bye sir
Hi Rana We are the World wide venky fans from Bangalore Your first movie was a big hit in Bangalore every1 here liked it so much I want to come up with much big hits like Victor venkatesh sir…
And we Love you and Venky sir very much..Love you so much take care
Hi Rana,
i read ur blog its quite impreesive becasue atleast u wrote the facts so now we can feel there is atleast one person in film industry who tells facts…. and coming to ur first line that time is not forever only movies are fo ever an ever this is true only when we get good movies and i wish u all the best for ur lovely bright future…. keep doing good movies becasue fans like us r awaiting for gud movies which a complete family can watch and vth meaning ful and tht fulllllllllllll
u know what i am following u on twitter but i am not sure was it ur id which i am following or its jus a fake id…. was madly searching for u in FB hope some day ll really find u and meed u to be frank thats enough for me……. prathi ammayiii chepthune untundi but i really mean it………
Hi Rana,
as per my knowledge, genre-specific movies has itz own set of audience which gives initial collections to the movie. when d gud talk comes out the movie will bcome a gud hit and wil get gud collections as well. but they cannot make huge collections unless d reputed actors act in it. but now those big actors r acting in d films which attracts huge mass. but earlier those actors have done many genre-specific films during their initial days. as a result of all this, we are not getting genre-specific movies like pathala bhairavi, gundamma katha and so on in the recent times… still we r lucky to have K.Viswanath garu, Bapu garu, Singeetam Srinivas Rao garu n a few others who are making genre-specific movies even today. hope to have a genre-specific hero..
looking forward to watch many good movies of u like ur debut movie LEADER. itz not an easy thing to take up leader as a debut project. Hats-off to ur guts… keep going… gud luck…
Hii rana!! im a die-hard fan of urs and also ur babai venkatesh garu wen i saw ur blog i was very much impressed by it…its very awesome..hope ur career goes well…and 4m my side i wnt 2 see u in a movie like shiva as pucca mass guy.Hope u vl fulfill my dream…
heyy rana! im a huge fan of yours! well tat was a compelling read!i still think of u as arjun prasad only! that is the kind of impact movies have on people! so try to do meaningful movies! i know you will!(im just 15 so i might not know much) and i will be glad to meet you! and if u want tall actresses im here! im 5-9!
Hey RD
I can’t call myself as a greatest fan of yours, but yes i am head over heels for you. Leader was a revolutionary movie like that of a “Rang De Basanti”. Your screen presence was amazing. Awaiting Dum Maro Dum. Hope it creates the same waves as you first movie did. You certainly have the looks for Bollywood. But we would be glad if there was atleast one Telugu movie a year with you. We hardly find handsome actors on TV or Screens.
All the best
Magi
One thing that I dont quite agree with you is this “I am 6’3 which means the girl at least has to be 5’6 and above to make a good screen pair”
Agreed that pair has to be good but not quite sure if the definition of ‘good pair’ is in height. Don’t you think it is due to conditioning? Don’t you think it is time someone goes about changing this – on a smaller scale i think ‘Vinayakudu’ etc tried this (agreed that storyline of vinayakudu has a major part).
hello rana (SPH) lemme congrtulate u on the eve of leader celeb 100 days+ and u proved the guts of daggubatians by taking up the ARJUN PRASAD’S role, happy at ur new article.keep posting and tweeting, hope ull have a very little PERSONAL SPACE defined 4 urself, great, take care give us some more best films..best regards )
Hey Rana,
I am truly amazed with your thinking and your way of looking “cinema” in general. Your thoughts are crystal clear, please keep it as is.
thanks,
hello rana (SPH) lemme congrtulate u on the eve of leader celeb 100 days+ and u proved the guts of daggubatians by taking up the ARJUN PRASAD’S role, happy at ur new article.keep posting and tweeting, hope ull have a very little PERSONAL SPACE defined 4 urself, great, take care give us some more best films..best regards
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hey the the scene in leader was good!
how did u wanna protray it?
Pleasantly surprised to find that you write and that you do it really well.. loved the last line of the blog.. so true kada.. time is temporary!!
what u said is almost right we hadn’t films like ‘Gundamma Katha’ or a ‘Danaveerasura Karna’ an ‘Alluri Sitaramaraju’, a ‘Shiva’, a ‘Swati Muthyam . Hope we see such films again and all the best for ur bright future .
i want to keep a name with your permission.if you send reply i will tell you the name.
hi,yo look like a straight forward guy.its a good idea to make the honest films but not creating only love stories and other.coming to your acting that is awesome.after a long time i am very happy to think that some are other persons are thinking about society.i wish you all the very best to your future films and to you.i am waiting for your reply.
hello rana
we would like to see you in a telugu movie as early as possible.
hello rana (SPH) very nice to read ur blog, u proved the guts of daggubatians by taking the role of ARJUN PRASAD, u really did it with no point of artificiality in every scene. nice to c u replying all having a lilPERSONAL SPACE!!!!
keep going, truly loved ur new post, focussing on versatile topics though its around single word CINEMA. keep going rana(SPH)
And one more request babu, please plan atleast 3 movies in a calendar year.
Dear Rana Babu, good evening. The blog is simply superb. I totally agree with your views.
But still i have few points in my mind to share with you. There are only few makers / actors who show interest in making different genre movies. At the same the particular genre movie will have only few section of audience. These different genre movies wont reach all the sections of audience. By keeping genres in mind we are limiting our reach.
What is “Mass, Action,Love Story with Entertainment.”? Its just simple. History prooved that only the entertainers which have mass, action, love etc became very very big hits.
Bobbili Raja, Coolie No.1, Kaliyuga Pandavulu, Preminchukundam Raa!, Lakshmi, Thulasi etc., these are mass entertainers only
As a fan, I like to see you in mass entertainers instead of genre movies. Every hard core fan expect his hero to be super power star on silver screen.
Only mass movies will have the advantage of creating opening week records. But the movies which aimed to only limited section of audience wont get good revenue, which is very much important in the business..
Think i made u feel bore….
Have a nice time! I will be in first line to wish you all the very best, what ever the movie you do, it may be different genre or mass entertainer or cute love story..
Dr. D. Ramanaidu garu is the Pride of Indian Cinema
D. Suresh Babu garu is the finest producers of Telugu Cinema
Victory Venkatesh garu is the finest actor of South India.
I wish you to cross all the three and take the Telugu Cinema into new standards & heights (again here along with commercial records)
Thanks for your valuable time
Good night
S. Nagaraja Reddy
Hii Rana,
I agree with whatever you have written in your blog post.You explained everything simply like a spartan.
I would like you to add that “Success and Fame are Ephemeral but the Hope is immortal”
very happy to read ur new post SPH, its very interesting contrasting on various thoughts and concepts though it is working on the single concept CINEMA. very glad to be connected with you, keep posting. ur daily errands reflects how little is ur PERSONAL SPACE in your personal life, anyways, keep going.love u rana daggubati, THE SPH!!!!
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hello SPH, i really feel elated on reading ur blog, it has a lot of versatality working on different views though it is around a single feel CINEMA, i really wonder how you post the articles, tweet us, shares the pics, and lat, replies to all our comments, OMG ur daily schedule has a very little personal space i feel, its very happy to c ur growth in industry and ur nxt step in bollywood, u know.. how crystal clear was your telugu in the film, we were all awestruck, really loved leader.. Andhra people will never forget p.v.narasinharao, veturi, y.s.r, and ARJUN PRASAD, it doesnt mean that all of them are not here xcept arjun, but the way how u got into public and how u treat ur fans with a lot of care and attention not hurting them. One naughty wish,, cant we see rana in andhra style lungi, a handkey around or something funny, we wanna c u with brahmanandam garu.. trust me it will work 100%,and more and more wishes. anyways pick a nice story and nothing wrong to demand for the best co-stars with directors as we see many films rnot working well due to cast/music/comedy/feel and many such aspects, we trust you that ull give us the best u can.. thnx for the blog again dear SPH…
Hi Rana,
I am very much impressed about ur blog. Its very honest and straight forward thats why i like u. After reading this i understand ur have such a dedication about ur work, its fabulous rana.Keep going!!!Do very unique and good films which suits ur personality.I am big fan of u.I am following u in twitter.All the best for feature projects…
Thanks,
Neelima
U r simply superb rana…
I would like to meet u rana….i know its not possible but i will try….even i went for tollywood t20 bcoz of u, but its a grt disappointment on that day
Every day i watch leader for a few mins nd goto bed…..and dreaming about u
plz reply to my mail id…….im grt fan of u…..just i need to talk to …..
I know u dont hav that much time to talk to ur fans…..i think ur not like all celebrities…..
But if u reply to me i will be very happy….nd ur article is superb……
bye reply me
RG
Hi RD,
Im very much impressed with you since the day i saw you in LEADER audio function. You seems to be very humble and honest like Venky. I am a very big fan of Venky. He is the versatile actor in our telugu industry. I wish to see you in his footsteps.. Dont get carried away with the first few hits..
All the very best.
Suresh
have been following
Watched your Leader movie. It was good. But i guess u need to improve a lil of your acting skills in casual and emotional scenes. That will make you a complete actor. Hope that you rock in your next films. And be selective on your films like our Venky. Dont stick to a particular genre.
Also hoping that you will also come up wid multi starrers.
Oh, one more thing, have you considered any multi-starrer films? I think telugu cinema fans in India and across the globe would absolutely love to see stars interacting together in one film
Hey
I’m an Indian girl living in Canada and I think Leader was an amazing movie. After reading your blog, I have so much respect for you and your work, especially the part about choosing genre-specific films. I love watching telugu films, but there aren’t many genre-specific films or films that have a message and make you think.
I loved Ye Maya Chesave, and I loved Leader! I’m glad that you have integrity as an actor and don’t just do roles that are “mass, action, love” all mixed into one. I guess those are fun too, but only once in a while. Seems like your role in Leader was a really good choice for you; your real-life honesty seems familiar (possibly from your role as the CM).
I can’t believe it was your first film, you’re very talented (not to mention goodlooking!) and I wish you all the best. Don’t forget that you have fans abroad too, we appreciate your message-oriented films even if “mass” fans in India don’t!
Good Read
Pick Someone who looks good beside you. Simple!
I dont see your problem with casting much of a problem because personally I had no trouble watching Bhoomika and Mahesh Babu. If you start looking at other examples may be you too will not find it a problem
I have always liked your idea of bringing technology into Telugu Film Industry. Hope you have luck with that in the future too.
On a related note, Whr can I get a VCD/DVD copy of “Belly Full of Dreams”. I have searched in a few music stores 2 yrs back and gave up then.
“Time is temporary but a film is forever” quote is super
all the best rana
Hai rana how ru?
I am big die hard fan of venky sir !!
U r first movie leader is simply superb!!
u r action is excellent
i watched movie 15 times in theater
all d best for u r bollywood movie dum maro dum
Heyyyy,
Hope you will read my comment.well first and foremost,u know that i am a great fan of urs,but there is still something that i should let u know.your action is fantastic in your leader movie,but i just cant judge completely and cant say that you are the best actor,but first movie ki OUTPUT is awesome.i watched the movie almost 16times,i remember.i always have this doubt,when someone is making a movie,they can make it however they want,especially in our telugu movies..telugu hero can do and achieve watever he wants,i still dont understand why a director like shekar kammula has to use a girl to keep his CM post.that was utterly wrong(i know that you already raised your concern).Is that because of our corrupted system and the politicians and thats how the system works?he showed you perfectly what and how a leader should be,but that was definitely not a leaders quality.i guess naalage nuvvu kooda convince ayyi undavu.
coming to your next telugu movie,i just cant wait to see it,atleast coming on to the floors for now.but nomatter how much time u take,u please choose the best.you cannot do unique films forever,but please try do some message oriented movies like leader.trust me,u couldbe(ought 2 be) the role model for this generation and the next coming generations.You and i we live in modern times and every day we face new barrier to climb.i know its so hard playing by the rules…but sometimes….u know what,right??
last but not least,r u the same person(personally) we seeing here in your blog and twitter or u entirely a different person?and once again ma request,NAATHO DINNER KI VASTHAVA?lol.
I believe RANA is one with talent and content at the right pace and place.
you are awesome bro! keep rocking!
Best Wishes,anjireddy!
Rana your are great
Hi Rana,
It was a pleasure reading your blog or should I say your views on Telugu Cinema. I am really glad that Telugu Cinema in this juncture is in a transition phase thanks to actors like you, siddharth, Bunny, Manoj to name a few are trying to be actors on screen and not HEROES. This, I feel is the real good phase of Telugu Cinema.
Loved you in Leader, yes I too dont understand the concept of Mass,Action, Love Story with sentiment and a family entertainer, I am confused with it and believe that there will be a lot of other people who would agree.
And as far as I am concerned Cinema to me is just Cinema, there is’nt not Mass or Class. Everyone buys the ticket and then watch, so whats the big difference I cant understand. If there is substance in the story or the way a story is told and showed on the screen, I believe everyone would watch and appreciate it and then BO collections would also be beeming.
Coming to me, I am Vikram Kamalakara, an aspiring Cinema Director. Grandson of Late Sri. Kamalakara Kameswara Rao, Director of the movie that you just happen to mention in your blog Gundamma katha, Narthanasala, and Sri Krishna Tulabharam which was produced by your Grand Father Sri Rama Naidu Garu. Would love to meet up with you and share across my views with yours which are more similar.
Till then Cinema.. Cinema.. Cinema..
Take care.. Loads of Love and Luck.. Cheers Brother.
Hi RD,
This is Anil, I am one of the trustworth audiance for Telugu Cinema… Also for Hindi and English movies….
First of all Congrats for your Leader Success… and you were impressive.
Now, in this blog which discusses about your choice of your next movie…
Let me say as you are born and brought up from the Family who is one of the Pillars of Telugu Cinema… I believe you have enough exposure and can make the best judgement. Ofcourse, IF required you have plenty of experienced contacts around you to guide you… So I am confident that you will come up with a nice project…
Be assured ANY MOVIE which makes sense with the story, good screenplay and is supported with decent performance…
WE will watch it… and it will be a HIT…
Just that the movie must make some sense in it.
All the very Best…
Cheers,
Anil
heyy hai Rana…. hows you??? i’ve seen your movie Leader and pretty much impressed by your acting and dialogues…. my fav dialogue in the movie is “Oka ammay ki nyaayam cheyaleni CM unte entha pothe entha andi Chethakani vyavastha lo chethakani CM…..” really i was moved by this dialogue and i was in tears when i’m watchin the movie… really you’re the Best…. pls keep doing such movies fer us… love you….
:)
hey rana ,
im ur fan ya
grt to see ur new blog story
very honest and impressive
awaiting ur screen appearances in variable generes …
esply gangster type stuff ……..
cummon ya… people like you can experiment and give good cinema
nd yaa y waiting for some herine to act with u?????
make a hero oriented movie …im sure ul rock it and il watch it 110 times
i wish u good luck
please keep writing
@nihara: even v r fans maaa but he replies to only rj’s socialites reporteres etc…he already replied u one rmbr???
hey mags….
he replied individualy to every one …the day he posted this blog story…im nt lucky…cunt catch him this time ….
nyway dont complain on him ya ….nenu hurt avthaa
Hey buddy,read ur blog, pretty good stuff!Liked ur header!but where r the movies which can exist forever, movies made in 50s,60s,70s,80s were far better than the movies nw, i really appreciate ur efforts in making sure evrythngs rite before strtng a project, guys like u shud come forward in make genre based movies, the best exmaple is the tamil film industry,i cant see a single director like bala, gautham, shankar,mani rathnam in telugu industry, i dnt say that there arnt capable directors in telugu, they r capable but they are purely commercial, finally we can see someone like u strting off…hugely appreciable!!gud luck mate
hey rana ,
im ur fan ya
grt to see ur new blog story
very honest and impressive
awaiting ur screen appearances in variable generes …
esply gangster type stuff ……..
cummon ya… people like you can experiment and give good cinema
nd yaa y waiting for some herine to act with u?????
make a hero oriented movie …im sure ul rock it and il watch it 110 times
i wish u good luck
please keep writing
Hi! Awesome blog and I like the way you write! Most importantly, I love your acting. Lots of love from Singapore! Keep rockin’ !
Hey Rana
first of all…nice write up…i liked the way you put the words together and the way you put out the point you wanted to…!!
As a writer myself, i an find some freshness in your writing and also, the trueness behind everyline. I am writing this not because you are a star, but as a reader and writer, i foud your writing good.
no coming to the points you made, intersting ones yaar…specially the height one…i can imagine the problem you are facing with the limited actresses as i come frome a family where the average height is 6 feet, i an understand your prob
anyways RD…keep going yaar..your have a bright future…more than your acting i could see between the lines your understanding heart…thats pure and good..!!!
All the very best friend..!!
Best wishes
Yamini Meduri
doode…THat’s a hell of talk..nice to here ur trying some different scripts ….how bout considering script which is real u know in dialogs also(having gaali’s in telugu) that will be superb…
I’m trying to find stories that appeal to most audiences. Will get to the dialogues later.
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Hope many of those young stars take your path and try doing films they like as viewers but not the formula films. As Krishna Vamshi said, a movie will be commercially successful if it can make the audience sit for two and half hours length with interest, no matter what genre it is of, no matter there are fights, no matter there are songs, no matter there are comedy tracks, etc. etc. etc.
All the best.
Thank you and the statement KV sir made is very true.
Hi Rana,
I think you are suffering from second film syndrome. Don’t be so cautious. We know that you are a good and sensible actor. Just believe in your instincts.
Please remember that too much of analysis leads to paralysis.
Good luck to you…waiting to see your next movie.
Regards,
My second film is Dum Maaro Dum. And its never a suffering it’s just a journey of me finding the right story and the right story finding us.
Thanks RD, Eagerly waiting for DMD to hit screens. Only thing I want to say is that Good movies sometimes just happen. To my mind it is very difficult to pick and choose 100% pakka hit (or lets say good) script. So, give some room for luck to decide. I sincerely wished that you should have taken up Vedam when it was first offered to you.
Anyways, would like to see your next Telugu movie at the earliest. Hoping that you wont just stick to meaningful movies, please try to do some masala flicks also
hiii
i wonder that,inspite of being in a hectic schedule,busy meetings,how can u people find time to share your views,write your own blogs??
anyways hope you have enjoyed your day
bye
The medium of blog/twitter really excites me. I feel this is the closest way I can understand diverse groups of film audiences.
Anil Kapoor in Tezaab – “Wakt rehta nahin hain, nikaalna padta hain”….
Hi Rana garu,
You did good job in Leader, watched many times. No words to some gr8 dialogs.
All the best!
Aruna
Thank you.
hey RD , h r u….read ur article it was gud….finally watchng a matured actor who thinks bfr he acts….
i am die hard fan of venky sir….
as i have seen venky sir who did few hindi films….but bcoz of jus 1 failure he returnd 2 telugu films…
is it same wth u r else will be continuing doing dose even dey r not sucessful commercially…dis is out of matter jus want 2 ask u …
hope commercial word should be replaced in telugu cinema wth a gud cinema….
from
telugu cinema fan
hopng that step will be taken by you…
To me a film is a film and has a story that can be told in certain places to certain audiences.
As for Venki, stories in telugu appealed to him and even without the failure he would have still continued telugu films.
“Time is temporary but a film is forever” is just awesum. It’s ok if you dont do movies very often but try to do meaningful cinema. All The Best.
Yes sir, Thank you.
how does u feel If ur 1 year old son speaks so honestly and gallantly..same feeling here…
Really happy to find a matured actor after a long time after kamal hassan..Hope the our audience get their matured levels high..
May force be with u..
Venkat.
Thank you and May the force be with you.
hey rana!
genre films… thas a tough term… life is too complicated and a man goes thru various emotions in life…
do u kno anyone who is the same at work, at home, with friends, with his girlfriend/wife, in the bathroom…!!?? no one will b like that… in so-called genre films, the protagonist is in one mood thruout d film… v dont find ppl like that in real life…
if u like being in the same emotion thruout d film, u shud then make a film on a situation… small time period… so that in that situation, one can only b in one mood thruout…
wid today’s tkt price n d varied taste of d audience its better to make a film that has a little bit of everything… each person will take woteva he wants frm it… am not saying it should be song, fight, song, fight, interval, song, fight, song, fight, climax… but all these things shud b written into a lovely fresh screenplay…
thas wot i feel…
goodluck,
anand
Hey Anand,
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Your statement “life is too complicated and a man goes thru various emotions in life” to me life has a loooooong time to it and the given screen time is about 2:30mins for a feature film. So lets not make all movies roller coster rides
sir it’s good that u r responding to ur blog responses…
but do u give reply even in twitter????
tried many times but didn’t…
Sorry will try to.
Goodluck.
hi rana
i had watched leader 3 times on the first day..
gr8 acting. and honest story..
can u do a full length love story movie like ‘ye maaya chesave’ or a family entertainer like ‘athadu’.
waiting 4 ur reply……….
hello sir …firstly congrats to ur leader success..a good attempt sir that too with ur first film…
keep going sir..plz do opt some good movies neither than like other stars..
wishing u all the very success..
heard that u r a very good person in personal..proud to have u in our film industry
Hi rana,
This is akhil.,
I am very much imprsd by ur post……nice meetin….i have tweeted u many times but dint get any rpl…..how u rpl atleast for this…..bye……tc
“I first and foremost want a genre film”
I believe the above line tells where the integrity of your Self lies!
Respect for you increased! Very happy to read that, coz I cannot write anything outside a genre!
Genre limitations are there to impose creativity rather than not to restrict!
Cheers
Thanks and Good luck.
Hi RD..:)
Read ur blog..!! awesome ..!! Should say I m impressed by your writing very Honest and very straightforwar:) The way you write shows how much of dedication you have towards ur field of work.
Pl do movies that can inspire ppl and personally Leader was a very good movie ..
pl continue doing movies that would be different and thought and meaningful.
I am die hard fan of yours and follow u on FB, Twitter etc ..Ill be delighted if u can just reply to my msg .,
Thanks
Anusha
Thank you Anusha.
heyyy Rana,
“Congrats” for ur 1st film , debut with shekhar kammula and for the huge success….you were looking fab and grttt..
hope u guys r having grt time working with Bips..
Keeep Doing good films.. All the Best for ur Future Projects…:-)