Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi, starring Naga Shaurya, Malvika Nair, produced by People Media Factory and Dasari Productions, will hit theatres on March 17. The actor-turned-director Srinivas Avasarala said it took one and a half years to write the script alone. 

 

'Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi' is a realistic film. I didn't want characters to mouth routine cliche dialogues or go with a proper script. I used to watch independent films a lot. The characters in those films are so realistic as if someone takes a camera and starts shooting while two characters speak to each other. It looks so realistic. So I genuinely felt that I should attempt such films. 

 

Coming to our story 'Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi', I was inspired by real-life characters and incidents in my life. It's a simplistic and a common story that is closer to people. It's not a distant story happened somewhere far off, no!. So when I thought what can be the title, this phrase struck me, Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi. 

 

Talking about his story choice, he said "Every film is different. If we think that we can easily make the next movie based on the previous movie which is a hit, we will go wrong. The story stinks. When we write a story, we can easily make out the style of the film. If you are successful in explaining the style to the crew and cast, you will probably taste success."

 

Talking about the film's genre, he said "It is a love story. It's a boy-meets-girl story and how they take their relationship is what forms the plot. Luckily the gap worked out well for the film. It has seven chapters, all should have good variations. Had I done one chapter after the other, the desired look would probably have been missed. So the Covid gap inevitably brought what I wanted. The film doesn't have any turning points. It only depicts an emotional love story."

 

Talking about his upcoming projects, he said "I have a story ready with me though it has not reached the narration stage yet. I haven’t finalised the actors. I and Nani plan to work on a film soon, both are keen to work with one another from a long time. I am also working on web show Kanyasulkam. with Anjali, Naresh, Murali Sharma and Varsha Bollamma. It’ll come to OTTs next month."