Publicity designer-turned-director Sai Krishna, son of renowned director Sai Prakash, started off on his debut KA with great enthusiasm only to realise that it was not an easy journey. The director, after much struggle, is now set to present his film to the Kannada audience this week.
“As the release date comes close, my excitement level has come down. In fact, I am exhausted. I was thrilled while shooting and even during post-production. Since, I am also the producer of the film, it is consuming a lot of my energy and time. However, we have not left any stone unturned in promoting KA,” he shares.
The first-time director is not expecting anything great from his first film, but he is confident that KA will give a break to all the 13 youngsters who have worked in the film. “When I wanted to be a director, I went around telling my story to big heroes, but things didn’t quite materialise. As everybody knows, I was supposed to start my journey with Kshamisu, for which I auditioned a lot of freshers. Unfortunately, the project didn’t take off and KA happened, for which I considered the same freshers. I also decided to not expect anything from the industry. I was also aware that I would not get satellite rights because I had only freshers. ,” he says.
“Today, I am inspired because of this young team. They are ready to go to any place for promotions and that has kept me going. This film has seven couples. I see a lot of passion among them and they understand art,” explains Sai, who doesn’t want to talk about the struggles he went through, but wants to thank two people who have supported him throughout. “A special thanks to Ganesh Narayan and editor Shree of Crazy Minds,” he further adds.
According to Sai, KA revolves around Valentine’s Day. “A day when love is celebrated. Irrespective of age, love gets a big hype on this day. I have put in eight to 10 stories and interlinked each episode. My tag line, Pyaar Risk Aur Mohabbat says it all,” explains Sai.
“There is freshness in the subject and the team, but we have not treated the film like a bunch of newcomers. There is some maturity to the movie. This film will not have the typical hero, heroine, comedy, fight and sentiments combination that is usually considered a staple for commercial films. I won’t say it is the greatest attempt, but I feel it is a sensible film,” he says.