Most of the people I worked with before were mainly concentrating on earning with films. What was the difference with Nani that made Awe! happen? You said that you wanted to run away from Nani also because as soon as your projects got bigger, they tended to get shelved. I went through some instances where I was shocked that a film could be shelved for such a reason! There were 40 and I even have a list of all of them. I can probably get into the Guinness Book of Records for most number of projects shelved. The thing was there were many projects of mine that were shelved before Awe! happened. I needed a story that I could produce myself so I needed to tell a story on a very small budget. *Smiles* It was born out of frustration and a lack of money. How did the idea of this film come to you? There will be at least six to eight moments when the character will say ‘awe’ in the film, and so will the audience! You’ll also see a love story that has never been seen before in Telugu cinema. There will be ‘n’ number of surprises in the film. What do you think will surprise the audience most? That is the whole idea to do something that has never been done before! He backs himself by stating that Awe! will not just be out-of-the-box but it will be out-of-the-table-on-which-the-box-is-placed! Cue laughter! And continue on to the rest of this no-holds-barred interview.Īwe! looks nothing like anything we’ve seen before. Going by his critically acclaimed short films, one would expect Prasanth to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience tomorrow. It looks like the perfect setting for a man like Prasanth who is about to blow us away with the first of its kind multi-genre adventure – Awe! He is confident, nervous, excited and so much more as would be any other debut director but what sets him apart is his definite belief in originality.

Walking into ‘The Village’ as Prasanth Varma’s office is affectionately called is like stepping into an oasis amidst towering cement blocks.

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