Director Bhaskhar Maurya: “Muthayya” was born out of my fear

“I believe my films will find audiences even if it takes some time,” said Bhaskhar Maurya, who has directed and directed the Telugu movie. Muthayya. The film will be broadcasting ETV to win from May 1, telling the story of a 70-year-old man from the countryside of Telangana, whose dream is to see himself as an actor on the big screen. Call it accidental, but the film’s hard waiting is a journey that begins in 2022, resonating with the film’s story and slogans, “Dreams of big dreams will never be too late.”

Muthayyatitled by Sudhakar Reddy Balagam Fame was shot in and around Wanaparthy in Telangana. The film was produced by Hylife Entertainment and Fictionary Entertainment and was filmed for a while in 15 days and starred by several locals.

Shortly after the end of early 2022, Muthayya premiered at the British Asian Film Festival in London. It won the best feature film in the Indian language at the Kolkata International Film Festival. Bhaskhar won the Best Director Award at the Meta Film Festival in Dubai. The producer also won the Best Feature Film Jury Award at the Anim movie Utsav.

seed Muthayya When Bashar, who was chasing a dream of filmmaking in Hyderabad, returned to Wanaparthy. “I noticed people use their phones to make reels and shorts and upload them to YouTube and social media. They have not been trained in filmmaking, but that has not suppressed their enthusiasm.”

Bhaskhar learned about some locals who cultivated the dream of cinemas but never took responsibility at home. Bhaskhar may also have the final idea like one of them, burying his directorial dreams for him. He directed this fear to writing a story about realizing a dream, a bar without age. “Muthayya Fear of being a director because of fear that I might get older. I want to make an interesting movie, not an Arthouse cinema. ”

Bhaskhar wrote the script because he had no resources to pay anyone else. Once he finished his first draft, he told the story about his friends and used feedback to easily script the script. Bhaskhar came from a family of teachers and studied a diploma course at Roshan Taneja Acting in Hyderabad. He added: “I learned the basics and I can’t afford the cost of other big film schools.”

On his diploma in 2012-13, he tried to enter the Telugu cinema as a futile assistant director. Back at Wanaparthy, he was delighted by the emerging short film culture.

He learned from the knowledge he gained in film school that he began making short films. Bhaskhar also works with friends who work in independent films and learns screenwriter and script development for the next three years. “I didn’t pay enough attention to the writing process at the film school. When I took my own risk, I realized how important it was.”

In the movie scene, Sudhakar Reddy and Arun Raj | Image source: Special arrangement

When Bhaskhar uses Muthayyaeven those who like this story want to tweak it to make it more feasible. Bhaskhar does not want to dilute the essence of the story. “Even so, I found the right producers – Vamsi Karumanchi, Vrinda Prasad and Hemanth Kumar – which gave me 100% creative freedom.” Photographer Divakar Mani, music composer Karthik Rodriguez, editor Sai Murali and sound designer Vamsi Priya Rasineni appeared. Bhaskhar said gratefully: “There is no way to make such a real movie without the right people.”

The actors were selected through auditions. By the way, Sudhakar Reddy’s knowledge of Telugu theater and some of his character traits come in handy to send his character portrayal. “Arun Raj is his young friend Malli, a village in Mahbubnagar. His body language and dialogue delivery fits well with this role. We chose Mounica, Poorna and others.

Bhaskhar had several days of rehearsal with the cast and discussed technical aspects with the crew. “Divakar Mani is one of the best photographers and a gift for our film. We decided to shoot in Wanaparthy and nearby villages because it was familiar to me to the terrain.”

After the location, the team started shooting Muthayya In the early stages of the monsoon in 2021. “We have been flooding the weather conditions but have not poured in. We finished shooting in 15 days due to rehearsals and good coordination of the crew, and compared to the 25 days we planned,” Bhaskar said. Together with the sound engineer, he also ensured that the film reflects the authenticity of the area with its ambient sound.

After the movie is finished, the real test begins. Until then, digital platforms open to smaller movies began to change their acquisition model. The fate of the release of the film is undecided, and more work continues. “By then, several people in the film industry had heard of it Muthayya And have a respectful team. ”

Bhaskhar then directs the web series SivarapalleTelugu adaptation Panchayatfor Amazon Prime video. Next, he is writing a movie that will be produced on a large scale for dramatic release.