Kondapolam director Krish Jagarlamudi: Vaisshnav Tej is may be very keen about cinema

Director Krish Jagarlamudi stunned everybody by helming Kondapolam with Panja Vaisshnav Tej and Rakul Preet Singh within the lead roles, whereas his big-budget interval drama Hari Hara Veeramallu with Pawan Kalyan is underneath manufacturing. Kondapolam is an adaptation of the Telugu novel of the identical title.
Krish Jagarlamudi not too long ago interacted with the media. Excerpts from the dialog:
What type of cinematic liberties have you ever taken to carry the Kondapolam novel to the celluloid?
Sannapureddy Venkatrami Reddy, who wrote the novel Kondapolaml, wrote a superb screenplay. It helped me quite a bit. The novel model doesn’t have the character Obulamma. We created Obulamma and a stupendous love story from her perspective for the film. The protagonist of the novel is an IFS officer. But, within the flick, we showcased the hero’s character as an individual with an inferiority complicated who struggles to attain his desires. To design the protagonist, I took inspiration from inspiring tales of individuals from rural backgrounds who’ve cracked the UPSC examination.
How did you get the thought of creating the Kondapolam novel into a movie?
During the lockdown, Telugu administrators had a get-together. There, throughout an off-the-cuff dialog, administrators Indraganti Mohana Krishna and Sukumar prompt me to learn the novel Kondapolam. After studying the novel, I used to be excited to adapt it.
Just a few years again, I deliberate to direct a film with Venkatesh Daggubati based mostly on the novel Athadu Adavini Jayinchadu. But, it didn’t materialize. I’m completely satisfied that my try and direct a movie based mostly on a novel grew to become a actuality with Kondapolam.

How was it working with Vaisshnav Tej and Rakul Preet?
Vaisshnav may be very keen about cinema. He is observant and has a zeal to just accept and be taught. He has a protracted strategy to go. Rakul did a unbelievable job within the film. She toned her physique to swimsuit her character Obulamma. I’m blessed to have them on board.
Tell us concerning the movie’s tagline – An epic story of turning into?
It’s all about self-discovery. Every day we live from battle to battle, and we could have so many fears to face. But it’s you that has to provide the ethical increase to your self. In my view, turning into is believing in your self and never giving up.
How did you persuade Pawan Kalyan to let you helm Kondapolam amid the taking pictures of Hari Hara Veeramallu?
We had accomplished two schedules of Hari Hara Veeramallu by the point I began the shoot of Kondapolam. During the lockdowns, I didn’t wish to hold the group idle with out offering any work. So, I revealed my plans of creating Kondapolam with the identical group inside the restricted schedule of 45 days earlier than returning to the filming of HHVM once more. Pawan Kalyan understood the state of affairs and obliged my plans. Later, AM Ratnam (producer of HHVM) additionally gave his permission to work on Kondapolam.
So far, we now have accomplished 50 per cent of the filming of Hari Hara Veeramallu. We plan to renew the taking pictures of the film in November.

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, most filmmakers have been choosing the OTT route, however you might be releasing Kondapolam in theatres.
The movie has grand visuals, which might solely be skilled correctly in a theatre. We knew that it could take a minimum of six months to finish the VFX work, and we additionally thought to have an October launch in theatres. Everything went in accordance with plan. So, now we’re right here.

Tell us about your upcoming tasks.
Rajeev Reddy and I are producing an online sequence for Hotstar underneath our First Frame Entertainments banner. The story relies on the novel Thommidi Gantalu written by Malladi Venkata Krishnamurthy.