D Satya Prakash is hiding in the studio running against time to finish his next film man of the Match. “The movie has nothing to do with cricket,” he begins. “It’s about the common man and the havoc technology has created in our lives.”
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Just about everything is available online, comments the director. “This has caused a lot of issues and conflicts. People have become obsessed with other people’s lives. For example, if someone sees me in a street brawl, a random person, records it and goes on my social media Posts on the platform and it goes viral, making my life hell. The one who made the video neither knows me nor the people who liked and shared it. This movie is about the complexities of social media in our lives. is related to.”
Satya, who won the Karnataka State Award Ram Ram Re and National Award for ondalla eradalla Says: “We have used the title man of the Match For the film, because every day everyone has to overcome obstacles. At the end of the day it is left to be a winner or a loser. He has to run from his day and be the man of the match in his life. ”
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The young director has collaborated with Puneet Rajkumar’s production house for this film, which he plans to release on a streaming platform. “The reason not to go with multilingual dubbing but with subtitles is because the film will reach all over the world. The text will help them to understand the story and thus they will also get to hear how Kannada sounds. “
Dharmana and Natraj Bhatt in the film (Ram Ram Re fame). “Apart from him, everyone is a new comrade. Even the technical crew is the same as in my last two films.”
The shooting of the film has been done at Kanteerva Studio amid the lockdown. “It will be a story where you will see things, lights and sets, as you look at things around you.”
Satya revealed that the last two years have been extremely stressful due to the pandemic and the lockdown. “We had to shoot with all the safety protocols. We could not use air-conditioning and worked in extreme heat and discomfort. Thanks to Puneet sir, as he liked the script and stood by us, we were able to complete the films despite the challenges.”
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