Aaha (Telugu, 1998)
During the making of Auto driver, Nagarjuna who saw the Tamil version of Aaha was so impressed that he decided to buy the rights of the film and produce it himself in Telugu.
This time it was Jagapathi Babu and Sanghvi, with lovely music by Vande matharam’s, Srinivas.
The film was made with same energy as the tamil version and we all enjoyed it thoroughly. One shot which was one of its kind was brilliantly executed. There was a single shot of 10mts i.e. one full reel – one shot. We had rehearsed from morning and shot it in the evening. Everybody brilliantly executed the scene, in front of and behind the camera!
The film did well. At many places it ran for more than 100 days. It was for this movie that many appreciated me for coming up with a contrasting film from Baasha. An action film in Baasha to a family film in Aaha.