The Last Shot
I took the last shot of ‘Rakht Charitra’ yesterday. From the inception of the idea of wanting to make ‘Rakht Charitra’ till the point of me taking the last shot was an incredible journey for both my mind the way it started perceiving and understanding the research material and then also how it studied the minds of the various involved parties. So a constant analysis and thereby a due course of me being psyched up by what kind of conclusive truths I have reached in various mental states of mine resulted in a situation that by the time I reached the last shot it made me truly believe that what I shot in Cinema is real and what happened in real was Cinema.
The characters who inspired me got mixed up with the characters I created and the same goes to the incidents. Yes it’s true that my attempt was to stay close to the truth to the best of my limits and knowledge but like I said earlier, it’s truth as I know it and believe it but it’s not necessarily the absolute truth.
But what’s even more strange is that even the people involved in the actual incidents were confused when they saw some scenes as to what is true and what is not. The reason for that is because they have seen the incident in person but never from a certain other person’s point of view.
So even though they knew the truth of what is being depicted in the film, now after seeing the film they came to know with much more clarity why certain things happened and how they happened which they probably never understood in their entirety at the time those incidents actually happened.
Coming back to the last shot, never in my career I felt such an exhilaration and a strange sense of a mixture of both a release and a relief through any film I have done so far in my career. It’s not so much for the film but for the fact that I travelled all this time with each of all the various characters of ‘Rakht Charitra’ and their emotions and now I feel that with the last shot I have reached them to their destinations or atleast to their destinations as conceived and perceived by me.
More than the audience I am actually dying to see, know and feel the reactions of the real people from whom its characters are inspired from. I feel this attempt of mine will be hugely worth while if they even think, feel, realize, and learn a little something from ‘Rakta Charitra’ about themselves and more importantly about their adversaries.
P.S.: I am posting some more ‘Rakht Charitra’ still pictures here.
Tagged as Rakht Charitra, The Last Shot + Categorized as Entertainment, Film
September 14th, 2011 at 6:39 AM
I really like ur movies.. ur screenplay is very good and detail at which u make the movies impresses me a lot..
I found a mistake in one of your movie, I dont know how you missed this peace..
In Raktha charitra first part when bukka reddy kills inspector ashwini after his brother losses the election, when bukka shoots her u have shown the bullet piercing through the head but when she falls down u dont see a hole on her head cause by the bullet..
Just a small observation hope u will make ur movies even better..
December 8th, 2010 at 8:54 PM
HI ramu you always say sensor is stooping you from showing the truth but this time it is you who had feared from showing the truth .You might had shown better by showing the realation between two leaders who are friends and they come to bussiness agreement to kill prathap that could be an good one but at last you are feared.
November 21st, 2010 at 7:45 PM
A Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddartha Engg. College Alumni here. Honored to study Civil Engg. like Verma and I boast this to everyone :-)
Yes, that college taught me how to live and face life. Am eagerly waiting for ‘Bezawada Rowdies’. Hope Ramu won’t show his back and do this film.
November 18th, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Varma was mysterious person, we can’t understand his character ….. he feels that Telugu film industry was suitable for his talent….. i feel why he is behaving like this …… i had answers for all those questions in my live experience……and also i got answers of that question also why every director becoming producer himself because of his talent proving and his script saving……….director and script writers are fresh thought….there is no encouragement from existing producers… if any new producer wants to make good films then there is no chance to release those films…..all of these also causes to leaving Telugu industry by RGV…… how you ask me then….. read for more details…….. http://www.venkatakishore-vk.blogspot.com
November 18th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
i have smiple tips to kill RGV ?
ask me how………………….
please sent a message to him like this
“Telugu hero’s are interested to hear scripts?”
and “they are strictly following Directors instructions? not involving direction Department?”
Telugu hero’s agree their position 4 in the Industry after
No.1 : Producer
No. 2: Writer
No. 3 :Directors after that No. 4: position was them on Industry…….
Varma automatically hangs him self with unbearable happiness….
VENKATAKISHORE(9866405512)
November 7th, 2010 at 4:13 PM
the people who r saying not good ,in my view they dont knw how to c the movie