The Asian Age

Conversati­onal A romance

Film has Avasarala’s appeal a realistic

- SASHIDHAR

ADIVI

ASIAN AGE THE

Srinivas film Phalana

Actor-turned-director upcoming starring Naga and incidents Avasarala’s that Ammayi (Papa), characters by real-life write the script Abbayi Phalana I

Nair is inspired to lot, half years so Shaurya, Malvika one and a films a says he took independen­t to watch gives a realistic in his life. He used and that attempt such appeal. “I very lively has a realistic to be that I should realism conversati­ons felt about want the genuinely appeal. I describing the director films,” says up earlier teamed in the film. Jo and Naga Shaurya and Avasarala Gusagusala­de romantic Oohalu films are for While both simplistic PAPA as a Acchuthana­nda. describes people. director is closer to dramas, the story that comedy a common dialogues, and on cliché behaviour, than banking human Rather

I tried to explored punchlines, or challengin­g? drama vibe. he says. conversati­onal own a film has its

Is writing Gusagusala­de, that every

He replies writing Oohalu world. But “When I was a new I was creating I felt I was I felt as if writing Papa, one take when I was I usually real people. a story exploring time to write style,” and half year’s own film has its because each says the director. directoria­l made his three Avasarala

While made only

2013, he’s reason for such debut in another, Ask him the films so far. film to between one to come a long gap time takes his own narrative. “I he says he comprehens­ive we were up with a in 2019. When faced we started Papa the USA, the UK and We had shooting in we due to Covid-19. difficulti­es So several restrictio­ns. due to travel to complete difficulti­es it took time visa time, and had a tough director. they reasons the story; how the shoot,” boy-meets-girl love the plot. “It Papa is a is what forms relationsh­ip chapter demands take their every gap chapters, and the Covid-19 has seven I feel inevitably getting in look, so variations film is an well for the that the film worked out he says, stating what I wanted,” love story. emotional

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Papa
A still from Papa
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Srinivas Avasarala

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