‘HANU-MAN’ NOT A PAN INDIAN FILM IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL FILM
- Director Prashant Verma
Directed by creative director Prashant Varma, the original Indian superhero movie ‘Hanu-Man’ is in the works. Hanu-Man is Prashant Varma’s second film with co-star Teja Sajja after the blockbuster Zombie Reddy. Amrita Iyer is the heroine of the film and produced by Prime Show Entertainment, produced by K. Produced by Niranjan Reddy. The teaser of the film has been released by the makers. It is getting overwhelming response from all quarters.
Actor Teja Sajja, who was present at the event after releasing the teaser of ‘Hanu-Man’, said, “After chanting a small mantra of Hanuman, I start speaking. “Manojavam Marudatulyavegam.. Jitendriyam Buddhi Madam Varishtam… Vadathmajam Vanarayutha Mukhyam… Sri Ramadhootam Sirasa Namani…”. Do we have a bigger superhero than Hanuman..?.The meaning of this sloka is, “As swift as mind and wind. Lord of the senses. Remarkable for great wisdom, learning and intelligence. He is the son of Lord Vayu. Chief of the Monkeys. I bow my head to the messenger of Sri Rama”.
Spider-Man and Batman are superheroes for this generation of youth. Because we have seen them in movies. But they were attracted by our culture and our assumptions. Their superheroes are figments of imagination. But Hanuman is our original hero. Our culture, our history, Hanuman is our superhero. The story of the film is what a young man will do when he is empowered by the grace of such a great man.
A single word is not enough to thank the director for choosing me for this role. This is the second work we are working on together. Prashant- An artist with subtle creativity. I am learning new things from him every day on set. I am happy to work with him.
We have created this work with honesty and humility. Hanuman is humble. Honest. But he is strong. So is our film. We built it with humility and integrity. So it will be a strong work. And we hope this movie will be a beautiful visual feast for the eyes of the audience.
Our producer surprised us with his passion for cinema and his bold faith in this story. I wish with all my heart that a producer like him who is so passionate about the film industry gets huge success. I also hope that he will become a star producer soon.
Many actors including Amirtha Iyer, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Ketap Srinu, Vinay Roy have worked hard for this movie. I tried to perform well in this movie. Hope all goes well. I feel blessed to have this film opportunity. We will see you soon in the theatres” he said.
Director Prashant Verma said, “Jai Sriram! Hanuman has been my favorite god since childhood. I’m glad to have shot him on such a big budget. Thanks to my teammates for their full cooperation from the beginning. Producers are the first thing to believe when making a big film. Thanks to producer Niranjan Reddy and Smt. Chaitanya for putting their faith in our crew.
It cost us five to six times more than what we had budgeted for. Speaking to us about this, the producer said, ‘Always think big. We will make an international film,’ he said confidently. So Hanuman is not a Telugu film. Pan is not an Indian film either. It is an international film.
Hanuman is the greatest superhero. He is more powerful than Superman and Batman. We have plenty of Marvel and DC superheroes. Since my childhood, I also love to listen to mythological stories. I also like to read. My earlier films also have references to mythology. I have created the mythological character Hanuman for the first time. This is primary. Important.
We created many characters for cinema from mythological legends. The announcement about the film ‘Aadhira’ has already been released. We both planned to work together on a female-centric superhero film. All of these are inspired by mythological characters and set in a contemporary setting. So there will definitely be high expectations for this.
Usually people say I’m not good enough at making teasers and trailers rather than films. But for the first time I have made a film with international standards rather than teasers and trailers!
I believe that A trailer is better than a teaser and a movie is better than a trailer.
We have to thank the producer Niranjan Reddy who worked day and night to make this movie. He relies on film more than I do. I am very lucky to have a producer like him.
Teja Sajja and I have worked together before in ‘Zombie Reddy’. He made his debut as a child star and rose to fame. He became a star actor with Zombie Reddy. Everyone Why did you choose Teja Sajja as the lead in ‘Hanu-Man’? Many asked. I am developing a huge fondness for Teja. He has a certain constant feeling about him that we don’t know about him. Charming. I wish him success in the film industry as well. And I felt he would be perfect for the role. I didn’t think about the budget or his market value while making this movie.
I would also like to thank other actors Amrita Iyer, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Vinay Roy, Raj Deepak Shetty and Ketap Srinu. We tried 10 to 15 different bads. Vanilla Kishowroom has played a different role.
Like the mystical world of Gotham City for Batman, we have created the fictional world of Anjanatri for Hanuman. Each of the visuals is exquisite. We have worked with many VFX studios for this. The VFX especially for the teaser was created by Halo Hughes. Like the teaser, this movie will also have new technologies. We are slowly making this film with clear planning. During the making of this film, we could have made three films. Teja is fully confident in this film. Although the shooting of the film was completed a few months ago, he is still waiting for the release of this film. And he is doing all his efforts for this film. This movie ‘R. R. R’ and ‘Karthikeya’ have been created as excellent works. Language is no barrier to such a grand creation. We are trying to release this movie in other languages as well. For this we have shot some scenes in respective languages. It will feel like a live film of them. ‘Hanu-Man’ is an international film. We have created a great work. I would also like to express my gratitude to the production coordinator Venkat Kumar who has worked hard for this film.
