It is an undeniable fact that filmmakers draw inspiration from real life incidents and people to create situations and characters in their films. Here is an interesting case of a director who modeled the character of his film’s heroine on his Facebook friend.
Young director Anil Ravipudi is on cloud nine as he has scored the third consecutive hit of his career, ‘Raja The Great’ in as many attempts. In a recent interaction with media, he divulged that a girl named ‘Bellam Sridevi’ had a few years ago sent him a friend request on Facebook. ‘I was so amused by her name and attitude that I named Raashi Khanna’s character in ‘Supreme’ as Bellam Sridevi and even put a song on that name,’ he revealed.
‘Supreme’ was Ravipudi’s second film after ‘Pataas’. Sai Dharam Tej and Raashi Khanna played the lead roles. Raashi played the character of a police officer in the film, and her character was named, ‘Bellam Sridevi’.