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Pallaburusu director Uday Chauhan on Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya’s praise
Pallaburusu director Uday Chauhan on Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya’s praise
Debutant Telugu director Uday Chauhan says Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya loved his story for Pallaburusu, releasing on August 14. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Chauhan recalled narrating the pitch to Naga…
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Debutant Telugu director Uday Chauhan says Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya loved his story for Pallaburusu, releasing on August 14. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Chauhan recalled narrating the pitch to Naga Chaitanya, who called it "too good" and "very sweet and rooted." Nagarjuna invited Chauhan to his home to hear the story, which the director called a "dream come true." The film is produced by Supriya Yarlagadda of Annapurna Studios and Vivek Krishnani of EPIC Studios.
Set in Telangana, Pallaburusu follows a legal conflict between an elderly father and his son over a toothbrush. Chauhan said he drew inspiration from seeing a 70-year-old man sobbing in a graveyard. Sudhakar Reddy and Muralidhar Goud play the lead roles. The director said Supriya Yarlagadda was "in tears" after watching the climax.
The Indian Opinion
The predictable narrative around small, rooted Telugu films is that they struggle for attention against big-budget star vehicles. But Pallaburusu shows Annapurna Studios backing a quirky father-son legal drama about a toothbrush, built on a single, haunting image of an old man weeping in a graveyard. The real test is not whether Nagarjuna liked the story, but whether audiences give the same time to authentic village stories that they give to mass-market masala films.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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