Kalki is made for mass centers: Prasanth Varma

Rajasekhar’s ‘Kalki’ that hit the screens on June 28 is running successfully. The film is directed by Prasanth Varma. He talks about the film, the response from the audience and more.

What kind of response has your film been getting?

If my first film was an entertainer for A centres, ‘Kalki’ is for B and C centres. I have made it as a novel commercial entertainer. Those audiences who are our target ones are loving the film a lot.

How was it working with Rajasekhar?

With him, the production works can be wrapped up successfully on time if planned well. It’s not right to say that he arrives on the sets late. More than him coming late, it is like I got enough time to plan my execution by the time he is on the sets. He is a director’s actor.

Whose idea was it to keep the ‘Em septhiri’ dialogue?

It was my idea. Once it was decided to make the film in a commercial format, I developed the idea. It would be good to be satirical about oneself.  Since this is a dialogue that is often associated with trolling Rajasekhar garu, I used it in the film.

What about the controversy of a writer going to the town saying that ‘Kalki’ is his story?

The concerned authorities studied the script of our film and his script and founded that there are no similarities whatsoever.

The climax of ‘Kalki’ came in for praise.  Did you write the climax first and wrote the film backward?

Yes. I believe that climax is what the story is about. I get the screenplay penned after deciding on the climax. The story is worked backward to keep the audience excited for two hours.

In the case of both ‘AWE’ and ‘Kalki’, the final twist is revealed in the climax.  Is it going to be your permanent style?

It’s not like that. My next film could be a love story. I don’t like to do same kind of films. I will try different genres. I will do a web series for Hotstar as well.