Despite the Telangana government allowing the theatres to reopen with full occupancy, the producers are not releasing their movies yet. The film chamber and producers guild have submitted a few requests to the government regarding the hike in ticket prices and minimum compensation for the losses incurred to them due to the lockdown.
Also, the exhibitors and distributors requested the producers to wait till October before selling their films to online streaming services. While the talks regarding this are still going on, top producer Suresh Babu sold his upcoming release ‘Narappa’ to a well-known OTT platform. The deal was done even before the request of exhibitors and the official confirmation is expected to come out soon.
While there are mixed reactions regarding this, Suresh Babu defended his decision. While speaking to Times of India, he claimed, “There is no right and wrong in this business. Exhibitors have been facing losses for a period of time and they want films to release in theatres. The producers are facing burdens of their own. So decisions like these are made independently and it must be left to the stakeholders involved. These are uncertain times and the situation is constantly evolving. Hopefully, things will improve soon.”
‘Narappa’ is a remake of the Tamil super hit film ‘Asuran’. Dhanush got a national award for his performance in this rustic rural drama and the audience are eager to see how Venkatesh is going to portray it. Priyamani is playing the role of his wife in this film while the posters and glimpse which came out till date got an amazing response. Kalipuli S Thanu along with Suresh Babu has produced this film while it is acclaimed Tamil director Vetri Maaran’s story. Senior composer Mani Sharma is scoring music for this film and Sreekanth Addala who is known for his classic family entertainers like ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’, ‘Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ and ‘Brahmotsavam’ is handling such a raw subject for the first time in his career.
Other than this, Venkatesh also completed working on the remake of Malayalam super hit film ‘Drushyam 2’. He is currently working on ‘F3’ under Anil Ravipudi’s direction.