Star director Sukumar is not just one of the top filmmakers in Tollywood. He is a huge director with a brand that is well known across the country. His recently outing ‘Pushpa – The Rise’ collected heavily from all the states and surprised everyone. His last film ‘Rangasthalam’ was also a huge hit which turned a lot of heads towards him. Such a big director has recently revealed that his inspiration is Mani Ratnam.
During his youth days, he watched ‘Geethanjali’ and stated that he felt the cool breeze despite watching it in a non-AC theatre. He said that he felt like leaving his girlfriend behind while stepping out of the theatre. It was then that Sukumar decided to become a director as he was amazed by how a filmmaker could amaze loads of people with a three hour long cinema.
His decision to become a director was further strengthened when his favorite director Yendamuri Verendranath turned into a director. But he revealed a bad memory he had when he tried to meet Mani Ratnam. He said that he couldn’t meet the ‘Roja’ director despite a lot of efforts but he had a chance to talk with him after Sukumar’s ‘Arya’ became successful. Sukumar reportedly saw Mani Ratnam in a hotel in Mumbai. The veteran was involved in a deep conversation with actress Sobhana then.
Sukumar waited for their conversation to finish but it took a lot of time. So, Sukumar tried to greet him at that time but Mani Ratnam got angry and signaled him to go away. Sukumar got hurt by that but managed to understand later how a director feels when he is disturbed by someone while having a serious discussion. He said that it was not wrong on Mani Ratnam’s part and added that it is his wish to meet Mani Ratnam once and is hopeful that it would happen someday in the immediate future.
Coming to Sukumar’s next film, the second part of ‘Pushpa’ is expected to release by the end of this year. The shooting is going to start next month as per sources and there are high expectations on ‘Pushpa – The Rule’.
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