Y Sunita Chowdhary
Bala Nageswar Rao, first time director, is coming out with Ma Ganga Nadi. On the occasion of the release of the trailer, he tells Klapboardpost.com, that all the knowledge of cinema is self learnt and he nurtured a desire to direct when he visited the sets of the films in which his colleagues and friends worked as associate and co directors. “I made a sincere effort to direct in 2008 but it didn’t happen. Seeing the terrible situations, the girls are getting involved in, I have been inspired to write a script. We have been reading and watching news on abuse of women for a long time but this time I picked a plot and weaved a story around it.”
While he was watching television one day, he glanced upon Ali’s show with children. The expressions, Ali’s interaction with the children were so real and he couldn’t help finalising him. Nageswar Rao says he was so disturbed reading the newspapers that he stopped subscribing. But why did he make a film on it if he is so sensitive? “I wanted to show a solution. Technology these days is being misused. It is not about upbringing. Even with good upbringing things go beyond our control. It could be peer pressure or whatever. Ali had tears in his eyes while the narration was on. His family too heard the story and the film ends with a solution.
It doesn’t matter to people anymore if Ali is playing a comedian or hero or character artist. People understand the strength and nature of things. He questions, “A common man dies by suicide or runs away from the society but how does a lawyer face it? Does she argue on behalf of the victim or criminal? Can’t reveal any of that now.” Ali’s daughter Juveria had made her debut with this film and it is interesting to note that Ali too made his debut with Seetakoka Chiluka around the same age. It was Ali’s wife’s idea that Juveria should act. Praveen is the cinematographer and music is by Sunil Kashyap. Finally, Ma Ganga Nadi alludes to the purity of the Ganges. didn’t happen. Seeing the terrible situations, the girls are getting involved in, I have been inspired to write a script. We have been reading and watching news on abuse of women for a long time but this time I picked a plot and weaved a story around it.”
While he was watching television one day, he glanced upon Ali’s show with children. The expressions, Ali’s interaction with the children were so real and he couldn’t help finalising him. Nageswar Rao says he was so disturbed reading the newspapers that he stopped subscribing. But why did he make a film on it if he is so sensitive? “I wanted to show a solution. Technology these days is being misused. It is not about upbringing. Even with good upbringing things go beyond our control. It could be peer pressure or whatever. Ali had tears in his eyes while the narration was on. His family too heard the story and the film ends with a solution.
It doesn’t matter to people anymore if Ali is playing a comedian or hero or character artist. People understand the strength and nature of things. He questions, “A common man dies by suicide or runs away from the society but how does a lawyer face it? Does she argue on behalf of the victim or criminal? Can’t reveal any of that now.” Ali’s daughter Juveria had made her debut with this film and it is interesting to note that Ali too made his debut with Seetakoka Chiluka around the same age. It was Ali’s wife’s idea that Juveria should act. Praveen is the cinematographer and music is by Sunil Kashyap. Finally, Ma Ganga Nadi alludes to the purity of the Ganges.
