Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam: Appalaraju

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Have you come to watch a comedy film?

l've lied to you.

Actually this film is a tragedy.

lf l say tragedy people won't come,

so l lied it is a comedy.

But in reality there isn't much

difference between comedy and tragedy.

One man's tragedy is

another man's comedy,

another man's comedy is

some other man's tragedy,

But Appalraju's story is a struggle

between comedy and tragedy.

But in a struggle, it entertains

people involved in it.

You've come here seeking entertainment.

Expecting this Appalraju's tragic story

would be a comedy to you.

Yours Ramgopal Varma.

Films...films...

World is full of films...

You and me are characters...

God is the director...

Life is a film...

Horoscope is the magician..

God is the writer of this story...

But the title given to it is Fate...

That's why...

One who imagines and writes

a story is known as director...

God has the technique to turn

reality into imagination...

Twists in films is routine...

God is an expert is giving

a twist every second...

One makes a film to weep and

weeps all through his life...

God has the last laugh

making life into a TV soap...

Ramba Talkies 70 MM - Amalapuram

Film is not yet over, right?

Why did you wake me up?

l'm unable to hear the dialogues

in the sound of your snores.

Oh God! ls this a film and

it has dialogues too?

Wastrel - Very good boy!

After watching this film,

immediately l want to go to

Hyderabad with my story,

and make a film!

Forget about seeing a camera,

you haven't yet watched a film shoot too,

how can you make a film?

You've grown body but not brain.

Take for instance if we do cultivation,

do we know about cultivation?

Coolie would do his job.

Broker would sell the grain.

What do we do in between them?

- Just supervising.

Yes, that's what they do.

We're seeing in TV channels,

they sit before TV's in shooting spot,

and give instructions only,

what else are they doing?

l'm asking ignorantly,

without working as an assistant,

are you Ramgopal Varma to direct a film?

Ramgopal Varma? Do you've to

use his name as an example?

Why? Didn't he make a great film 'Shiva'?

l agree 'Shiva' is a great film,.

But did he make it with talent?

- Then...

Making film 'Shiva' by luck...

Have you gone mad?

Denigrating epic film Sholay...

One who talks rubbish...

ls Varma a director?

Watching Hitchcock films...

He made ghost films,

is Ramgopal Varma a film director?

Move!

Talent isn't hereditary...

talent isn't private property of few...

Are Shankar and Mani Rathnam great?

Did Vinayak and Vamsi

came down from sky?

Did Raghavendra made any great

film other than milk, fruits, and navel?

l'll strive for social welfare...

l'll drastically change it...

Krishnavamsi made films...

Audience got disgusted

unable to understand...

Puri Jagannadh without knowing

that 'Pokiri' is a fluke hit...

He makes a film 'Deshamuduru',

what to do?

Did he forget his earlier

film 'Andhrawala'?

l've seen Rajamouli's film 'Magadheera'...

l'll make a film upstage it...

What sins have we committed?

B.Gopal blows up

umpteen number of Sumos...

That's Appalraju is coming

to tinsel town...

To give directors a run

for their money...

Boyapati Seenu is like a cat,

does he need to roar like a lion?

What a tragedy!

Srinu Vytla made 'Namo Venkatesha'

but was left with a hole in pocket...

Saying l'll not spare you Bommali, Kodi

made the film 'Arundhati' with Anushka...

Recycled stories of old films and

cheated us with a head bandana...

Sentiments of EVV and SV's films

give you headaches...

Gunasekhar put up large sets, they

sank taking producers along with it...

Bloody, l've got a cut already!

Why are you still shouting cut?

l'm practicing, father.

- To hell with your practice.

0l was lucky to get a cut here,

had it been little down?

Your mother would've become widow.

Doesn't your day begin unless

you get chided by him?

lf you really want to make films,

so many marriages are

why not videograph it?

l don't want to become

a marriage director, mother.

l've decided to go

to Hyderabad, father.

l'll not return until l make

a film of my script Nayaki.

Yes, you'd be coming to Hyderabad,

and producers are waiting in the railway

station to give you a chance to direct.

lt has been announced

on TV9 channel.

Please don't play with my emotions.

Hubby, please mind your words

while talking to our son.

Where will you stay in Hyderabad?

Do you remember the man

staying behind our house?

Subrahmanyam.

- Subbi?

He went 6 years ago with

a dream of becoming hero.

Forget about becoming hero,

he wasn't seen even in the

DD program of raising pigs!

He's waiting for a hero's chance.

You believe him?

This streak isn't in our family,

how did you catch this madness?

Father, don't call it as madness,

you'll never understand it.

The day my name appears on screen as

Story, Screenplay, Direction by Appalraju,

l'll come back here that same day.

Fare please.

Excuse me, my friend Subbu...

- Are you also here to become a hero?

No, l'm here to become director.

He has gone out for shooting.

- Shooting?

Has he become hero?

- Top hero!

Where's the shooting?

Veera Hanuman Reddy

Shooting in progress

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

l'm hero's friend, who are you?

Oh God! Are you hero's friend?

l'm production boy here.

Come...come...

Get a chair!

Give it to him.

l'll inform hero, sir.

- Okay.

Will you stop your banter?

Are my sorrows banter to you?

Who would l share it other

than with you?

Greetings sir.

My name is Appalraju.

l'm a great fan of yours.

Why are you laughing?

Listening to your dialogue delivery

personally, l laughed in happiness.

Are you also doing a role

along with my friend, sir?

Your friend? My heroine is Anushka.

Anushka is heroine, l mean

are you acting with my friend?

Your friend? Who is he?

- Hero of this film, sir.

Hero? l'm the hero.

Are you the hero?

ls it two hero film, sir?

Who is my friend's heroine?

You said my friend, where is he?

That's him sir.

- He? ls he my friend?

lsn't he your friend, sir?

Who the hell are you man?

- l told you l'm hero's friend.

Friend? Since how long

are you my friend?

l'm not your friend sir,

l'm hero's friend.

He's the hero.

- ls he the hero?

lf he's the hero, what's Subbu then?

Who is this Subbu?

- Hero of this film, sir.

lf l beat you, your hero will vanish!

Who is Subbu?

Subbu is the hero of this film.

Hero got angry and he paid for it dearly.

lsn't there any value to

the friend of the hero?

How dare you beat me?

Come to Amalapuram,

l'll take you to task.

ls it film fight scene?

Didn't l tell you entry into films is difficult

smoking cigarette behind Ramba theatre?

You came here to become hero,

why are you playing monkey?

lts face value of artistes that counts!

lf l appear on screen

l must be a hero.

Till then l can't avoid doing

these masked roles.

l've to earn for food and

accommodation, right?

You told me earlier that Puri Jagannadh

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