Telugu movie '1940 lo oka gramam' might have bagged the national award for the best film in regional languages category but it is still waiting to hit the screens in Andhra Pradesh. This movie which was made in Rs 60 lakh, is one of the lowest budget films in the recent past has never released in theatres due to lack of interest from local distributors.
'1940 lo oka gramam' is all about a young Brahmin girl who is married to an old man but is impressed with a young boat rider from a different caste. Though the director of the movie tried his best, distributors in the industry refused to buy the film."I screened this movie for about 30 distributors. All of them refused to buy the movie because it didn't have 'commercial' elements according to them. Now that it won the national award, I am planning to release this movie in the theatres if distributors come forward" said Narasimha Nandi, who debuted as a director with this film.
Narasimha worked asassociate director with film maker B Gopal before making this movie.Interestingly, this movie which was produced by NandireddyNarasimha Reddy, bagged three Nandi awards in the last year.
P SarathKumar, member of censor board blames AP Film chamber and the
government for these movies not hitting the screens.
"Theatres in the state are in the hands of a few like DaggubatiSuresh babu. In cities like Kolkata, there are theatres exclusively dedicated for offbeat films. The government should either start theatres exclusively for such low budget movies or make it mandatory for theatres to screen these movies in their morning show" Sarath kumar opines.The star cast in the film claim that they too were initially reluctant to act in such films but agreed considering it was inspired by Gurajada Appa Rao's movement for the women empowerment in the 1930's.
"I was doubtful of accepting this movie when I heard the script. But now I am absolutely spell bound to have been a part of this project. It was inspired by Gurajada Appa Rao and 'Chalam' who is considered one of the most influential personalities in modern Telugu literature"says actor Baladitya who played the lead in the movie.
'1940 lo oka gramam' is all about a young Brahmin girl who is married to an old man but is impressed with a young boat rider from a different caste. Though the director of the movie tried his best, distributors in the industry refused to buy the film."I screened this movie for about 30 distributors. All of them refused to buy the movie because it didn't have 'commercial' elements according to them. Now that it won the national award, I am planning to release this movie in the theatres if distributors come forward" said Narasimha Nandi, who debuted as a director with this film.
Narasimha worked asassociate director with film maker B Gopal before making this movie.Interestingly, this movie which was produced by NandireddyNarasimha Reddy, bagged three Nandi awards in the last year.
P SarathKumar, member of censor board blames AP Film chamber and the
government for these movies not hitting the screens.
"Theatres in the state are in the hands of a few like DaggubatiSuresh babu. In cities like Kolkata, there are theatres exclusively dedicated for offbeat films. The government should either start theatres exclusively for such low budget movies or make it mandatory for theatres to screen these movies in their morning show" Sarath kumar opines.The star cast in the film claim that they too were initially reluctant to act in such films but agreed considering it was inspired by Gurajada Appa Rao's movement for the women empowerment in the 1930's.
"I was doubtful of accepting this movie when I heard the script. But now I am absolutely spell bound to have been a part of this project. It was inspired by Gurajada Appa Rao and 'Chalam' who is considered one of the most influential personalities in modern Telugu literature"says actor Baladitya who played the lead in the movie.
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