Siddhu Jonnalagadda on ‘Tillu Square’: It will be familiar but more fun and wacky than 'DJ Tillu’

Two years ago, before the release of the Telugu crime comedy DJ Tillu, actor-screenwriter Siddhu Jonnalagadda told this reporter that he wanted to be a star of a 100-crore film in the next three years. Only later did I realise that we jumped into a well without knowing its depth.” Director Vimal Krishna of DJ Tillu, meanwhile, was busy with another film since the sequel was not planned. We wanted the audience to have the familiarity of the first film and yet give them something new and more wacky.” Constant state of chaos Writing, rewriting and giving his inputs for editing, he says, “was a constant state of chaos in my head.” There were days he would observe a scene being filmed and think it had no place in the final edit. Even before we made a formal announcement, some of those names got leaked and we could not help it.” Siddhu is aware that sequels are subject to comparisons and criticism and says, “We stuck to our gut instinct and tried to make a fun film and hope that the audience likes it.