Director Prasanth Varma speaks about ‘Zombie Reddy’ and attempting a satire on Rayalaseema Telugu film tropes
The HinduImagine zombies visiting Rayalaseema, a region represented by ‘faction’ stories in Telugu cinema for a long time. In Zombie Reddy, scheduled to release in theatres on February 5, director Prasanth Varma attempts a satire on the common tropes of faction films. But this method worked best for this film because we were able to incorporate incidents inspired by COVID-19.” Prasanth’s debut film Awe won the National Awards for makeup and special effects, and was critically acclaimed for bending the norms of storytelling in an otherwise formulaic Telugu cinema. Before Zombie Reddy, Prasanth had another idea for a zombie film and had pitched it to Samantha a couple of years ago. Not a small film In the meantime, he fleshed out the idea of Zombie Reddy and his cousin Raj Sekhar Varma came on board as the producer.
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