First-time
director
Rajasimha
Tadinada
says
forthcoming
Telugu
release
Okka
Ammayi
Thappa
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
support
of
his
cinematographer
Chhota
K.
Naidu.
"There's
no
'Okka
Ammayi
Thappa'
without
Chhota
sir.
This
is
a
very
complicated
script
to
make
and
it
had
already
been
rejected
13
times
by
several
producers.
Had
it
not
been
for
his
vision
and
support,
we
could
have
failed
miserably," said
Rajasimha.
Starring
Sundeep
Kishan
and
Nithya
Menen,
nearly
60
per
cent
of
the
film
unfolds
on
a
flyover.
"Honestly,
we
didn't
have
the
budget
to
lavishly
spend
on
visual
effects.
We
needed
someone
who
could
shoot
the
film
under
a
tight
budget
and
still
deliver
quality
visuals.
Chhota
sir
delivered
us
exactly
that,"
he
said.
"If
you're
planning
a
birthday
party,
you
can
order
food
for
Rs
5,000.
However,
when
you
make
it
at
home,
you
end
up
spending
much
less
and
you
make
sure
it
tastes
well.
Chhota
sir
ensured
that
he
gave
me
the
kind
of
output
nobody
could've
given
me
on
this
budget,"
he
added.
Explaining
in
detail
about
Chhota
K.
Naidu's
contribution,
he
said:
"To
shoot
on
the
flyover,
we
needed
1,000
junior
artistes.
They
were
required
to
shoot
with
the
lead
pair.
Had
we
missed
a
call
sheet,
we
could
have
ended
up
spending
nearly
a
lakh
more
on
the
junior
artistes.
"Chhota
sir
ensure
he
shot
all
the
important
sequences
with
the
junior
artistes
first
and
then
added
scenes
he
shot
with
the
lead
pair."
The
story
was
inspired
from
an
incident
from
the
director's
own
life.
"A
few
years
ago,
I
got
stuck
on
a
flyover
for
two
hours.
It
inspired
me
to
write
a
story
and
in
the
film,
the
hero
and
the
heroine
meet
on
the
flyover
and
fall
in
love.
They
get
stuck
for
eight
hours
and
what
happens
during
that
interim,
forms
the
story,"
he
said
and
added
that
there
is
also
a
suspense
angle
to
the
story.
The
director
said
the
film
was
destined
to
be
made
with
Sundeep.
"Sundeep
fought
for
this
film.
He
believed
in
it
blindly
and
we
had
planned
to
work
on
this
film
twice
earlier.
The
project
got
started
and
got
shelved
due
to
financial
reasons.
He
told
me
that
whenever
I
make
the
film,
he'd
come
and
work,"
he
said.
Produced
by
Anji
Reddy,
the
film
is
slated
for
release
in
cinemas
on
Friday.