121. Enough of mafia, horror and thrillers! Make some responsible movies that can bring in change in all of us.
Ans: Ok Sir
122. I did not understand your answer on why you are so fascistic in your decisions. Can you explain it for this KG student of filmmaking?
Ans: Wait till you grow up.
123. With every movie you have an incredible story to tell. Just that in a few of them the execution strays.
Ans: Well that’s the story of my life. Most of them I would say!
124. How did you have money to produce a big budget movie like Rangeela after your failing in Telugu.
Ans: It’s a big misconception people have that to make a film you need money. It is your story idea and your convincing power which will generate money and anything else required. The primary and only concern for stars or investors is about making fame and profit from the people who will come to see it and they make a decision of investing the capital on the strength of your idea and your potential at least by the standards of their vision and everything else will follow. I would like to sum it up as this that nothing is more cheaper in financial terms and more powerful than an idea.
125. Was your first film Shiva inspired from “Arjun”?
Ans: Yes. It was also taken from Ardh Satya, Kaal Chakra and Mackanna’s Gold. The climax fight on the terrace between Nagarjuna and Shiva was a total rip-off from Mackenna’s Gold cliff fight between Gregory Peck and Omar Shariff.
126. How does the main culprit in Sarkar Raj communicate with the rest of the gang?
Ans: Ask Sarkar.
127. Why are you answering so rudely?
Ans: I thought I was being funny.
128. Do you think the interval scene in Sarkar raj would have worked without the “A.C on karo” line?
Ans: My problem there was I had to give some logic to why the bomb got triggered off when it did. You see the car for a long time in the background and if I didn’t have that line it would have given rise to unnecessary doubts.
129. If one movie after one more fails will you still enjoy support?
Ans: I think you still have not got the point. You need to understand the word ‘fail’. Without knowing the cost price and sale price you can’t arrive at an understanding of that. Also in case a Director makes films which loose money for all concerned one after the other you still have to take into consideration the aspect that the industry needs at least 120 films per year to cater to the theatres. Considering that no Director can make more than 2 films a year that too a rarity. You still need 60 Directors to do the job. Then it boils down to your list of choices. Try and think of Directors whose films you would like to watch. I doubt you can think of more than 15. Even if you did not like my last 5 films it’s still possible if you come as a Producer that my name might still crop up somewhere in the top 10 to 12 names. So in other words if the industry were to make films only with Directors you like, 80% of theatres will close down. The bottom line is that there will always be work for a worker.
130. Where do you get inspiration to make comedies like Money and Anaganaga Oka Roju?
Ans: Life! I believe that life is actually a comedy which pretends to be a tragedy.