Director Sudheer Varma of 'Swamy Ra Ra' fame is upbeat ahead of the release of Ravi Teja's 'Ravanasura' on April 7. "I am actually over-confident about the film because nobody has seen such a story so far," the 'Keshava' maker asserts.
Amid rumours that 'Ravanasura' is a remake of the Bengali film 'Vinci Da' (2019), the director asks people to watch that movie and then arrive at a conclusion. When asked about the possibility of a sequel to 'Ravanasura', Varma replies that the ending of the film offers a potential. "There is scope for extension," he adds.
'Ravanasura' is both thrilling and shocking. We are not revealing any bit of info about the plot in order to ensure that the thrill and shock factor don't get watered down. Once the film hits the cinemas, anyways, you are going to know what is in store. (He suggests that 'Ravanasura' will work better when watched the second time). This is an out-and-out Ravi Teja film in the sense that his performance is going to go down as among the Top 3 in his career.
My film has nothing to do with the Ramayana. Ravana is a villain. Who is Sita is not a big deal as far as my film is concerned. The hero's character is somehow associated with the story of Ravana. That's why the title.
When Srikanth Vissa narrated the story to me, by then, Ravi Teja knew the story. What excited me the most is the story and the fact that a big hero is its leading man.
It is true that I have been associated with stylistic filmmaking. How a story has to be treated depends on the director's call 70% of the time. Many classy films could have been massy. Speaking for myself, I don't have a hard-and-fast rule that every directorial of mine should have a stylish exterior.
RGV's 'Antham' had a grey protagonist. Despite that, the audience liked everything that the hero did in that film. Same goes with RGV's 'Sathya'. Grey protagonists have always existed. Lately, we are seeing more and more of them.
Ravi Teja delivered two super hits ('Dhamaka' and 'Waltair Veerayya'). I have to ensure a hit this time, too. My goal is to score a super-hit for myself.
There is no heroine as such in 'Ravanasura'. The different female characters walk in and out of Ravi Teja's story arc. They can't be called female leads at all.
No matter how much you publicize and what you say about your film, what determines its fate is the 'word of mouth'.
While shooting the movie, I keep the edited output in mind. That makes the Editor's work easy. He receives instructions from me before he commences his work at the editing table.
It was planned to release 'Ravanasura' in Hindi and Tamil as well. But the copy was not ready in time. We will release the film in other languages a couple of weeks later.
