Director Sashi Kiran Tikka, who has worked as a presenter and screenplay writer in Satyabhama, speaks of the film sharing its journey, and working with the team.
Director Sashi Kiran Tikka gained recognition as a talented director with films like Goodachari and Major. Now with the just-released Satyabhama, he worked as a presenter and screenplay writer. The film produced by Aurum Arts banner by Srinivasa Rao Takkalapelly and Bobby Tikka, stars the ‘Queen of Masses’ Kajal Aggarwal as the heroine.
Ahead of the film’s release, Sashi Kiran Tikka shared a few insights about the film.
Beginning with the film’s journey, he shared that the film started with the story narrated by his friends Ramesh and Prashanth, who are presently in the UK. “Director Suman and I liked that point and developed it. After finishing the major movie, we wanted to take it on the sets. When we told Kajal the story of Satyabhama, she immediately liked it.”
Now if you wondered the reason why he did not direct the film, he revealed, “I have projects to do as a director and I’m currently preparing my scripts. That is why I did not direct the movie Satyabhama. Moreover, we want to make more movies under our Aurum Arts banner. But I need experience as a producer. Along with directing, production, and editing are also to be done.”
Well, during the interaction, how could he not speak of the ‘Queen of the Masses’? He gleefully enthuses, “Kajal is very active. I have never seen her tired. During the shooting, her energy gave us all a lot of enthusiasm. Kajal’s action sequences in this movie are very special and will entertain the audience. Especially, the emotional aspect connects well with the audience. Even though there are many police stories, emotionally, Satyabhama is special. Today’s audiences are going to experience fresh storytelling.”
Director Suman Chikkala, Sricharan Pakala, and Sashi have been friends and have worked together as a team for Satyabhama. He expressed, “Suman’s work as a director is impressive. Our movie is an investigative thriller, but instead of just catching the case with clues like regular investigative thrillers, the emotion is well worked out in the story.”
He continued, “Apart from Kajal, Naveen Chandra, Prakash Raj, Nagineedu, Harshvardhan, and Ravi Varma played key roles in the movie Satyabhama. Apart from them, some new actors were also involved. The release of this movie will give them a good name. This movie is a team effort; the music director, editor, director, producers, and I have all worked together. Mythri Movie Makers are releasing our movie in Nizam. Dheeraj Mogilineni releasing it in AP. Saregama is releasing it overseas. Overall, including OTT, our film got a good response from the trade.” He also spilled that he is all said to announce his next project as a director. He is planning to do movies in multiple genres.
