Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju

Have you come to watch a comedy film?

l've lied to you.

Actually this film is a tragedy.

lf l say tragedy people won't come, so l lied it is a comedy.

But in reality there isn't much difference between comedy and tragedy.

One man's tragedy is another man's comedy,

another man's comedy is some other man's tragedy,

But Appalraju's story is a struggle between comedy and tragedy.

But in a struggle, it entertains people involved in it.

You've come here seeking entertainment.

Expecting this Appalraju's tragic story would be a comedy to you.

Yours Ramgopal Varma.

Films...films...

World is full of films...

You and me are characters...

God is the director...

Life is a film...

Horoscope is the magician..

God is the writer of this story...

But the title given to it is Fate...

That's why...

One who imagines and writes a story is known as director...

God has the technique to turn reality into imagination...

Twists in films is routine...

God is an expert is giving a twist every second...

One makes a film to weep and weeps all through his life...

God has the last laugh making life into a TV soap...

Ramba Talkies 70 MM - Amalapuram

Film is not yet over, right? Why did you wake me up?

l'm unable to hear the dialogues in the sound of your snores.

Oh God! ls this a film and it has dialogues too?

Wastrel - Very good boy!

After watching this film,

immediately l want to go to Hyderabad with my story,

and make a film!

Forget about seeing a camera, you haven't yet watched a film shoot too,

how can you make a film?

You've grown body but not brain.

Take for instance if we do cultivation,

do we know about cultivation?

Coolie would do his job.

Broker would sell the grain.

What do we do in between them? - Just supervising.

Yes, that's what they do.

We're seeing in TV channels,

they sit before TV's in shooting spot,

and give instructions only, what else are they doing?

l'm asking ignorantly,

without working as an assistant, are you Ramgopal Varma to direct a film?

Ramgopal Varma? Do you've to use his name as an example?

Why? Didn't he make a great film 'Shiva'?

l agree 'Shiva' is a great film,.

But did he make it with talent? - Then...

Making film 'Shiva' by luck...

Have you gone mad?

Denigrating epic film Sholay...

One who talks rubbish...

ls Varma a director?

Watching Hitchcock films...

He made ghost films, is Ramgopal Varma a film director?

Move!

Talent isn't hereditary... talent isn't private property of few...

Are Shankar and Mani Rathnam great?

Did Vinayak and Vamsi came down from sky?

Did Raghavendra made any great film other than milk, fruits, and navel?

l'll strive for social welfare...

l'll drastically change it...

Krishnavamsi made films...

Audience got disgusted unable to understand...

Puri Jagannadh without knowing that 'Pokiri' is a fluke hit...

He makes a film 'Deshamuduru', what to do?

Did he forget his earlier film 'Andhrawala'?

l've seen Rajamouli's film 'Magadheera'...

l'll make a film upstage it...

What sins have we committed?

B.Gopal blows up umpteen number of Sumos...

That's Appalraju is coming to tinsel town...

To give directors a run for their money...

Boyapati Seenu is like a cat, does he need to roar like a lion?

What a tragedy!

Srinu Vytla made 'Namo Venkatesha' but was left with a hole in pocket...

Saying l'll not spare you Bommali, Kodi made the film 'Arundhati' with Anushka...

Recycled stories of old films and cheated us with a head bandana...

Sentiments of EVV and SV's films give you headaches...

Gunasekhar put up large sets, they sank taking producers along with it...

Bloody, l've got a cut already! Why are you still shouting cut?

l'm practicing, father. - To hell with your practice.

0l was lucky to get a cut here, had it been little down?

Your mother would've become widow.

Doesn't your day begin unless you get chided by him?

lf you really want to make films,

so many marriages are why not videograph it?

l don't want to become a marriage director, mother.

l've decided to go to Hyderabad, father.

l'll not return until l make a film of my script Nayaki.

Yes, you'd be coming to Hyderabad,

and producers are waiting in the railway station to give you a chance to direct.

lt has been announced on TV9 channel.

Please don't play with my emotions.

Hubby, please mind your words while talking to our son.

Where will you stay in Hyderabad?

Do you remember the man staying behind our house?

Subrahmanyam. - Subbi?

He went 6 years ago with a dream of becoming hero.

Forget about becoming hero,

he wasn't seen even in the DD program of raising pigs!

He's waiting for a hero's chance.

You believe him?

This streak isn't in our family, how did you catch this madness?

Father, don't call it as madness, you'll never understand it.

The day my name appears on screen as Story, Screenplay, Direction by Appalraju,

l'll come back here that same day.

Fare please.

Excuse me, my friend Subbu... - Are you also here to become a hero?

No, l'm here to become director.

He has gone out for shooting. - Shooting?

Has he become hero? - Top hero!

Where's the shooting?

Veera Hanuman Reddy Shooting in progress

Who are you? What are you doing here?

l'm hero's friend, who are you?

Oh God! Are you hero's friend? l'm production boy here.

Come...come...

Get a chair!

Give it to him.

l'll inform hero, sir. - Okay.

Will you stop your banter?

Are my sorrows banter to you?

Who would l share it other than with you?

Greetings sir. My name is Appalraju.

l'm a great fan of yours.

Why are you laughing?

Listening to your dialogue delivery personally, l laughed in happiness.

Are you also doing a role along with my friend, sir?

Your friend? My heroine is Anushka.

Anushka is heroine, l mean are you acting with my friend?

Your friend? Who is he? - Hero of this film, sir.

Hero? l'm the hero.

Are you the hero?

ls it two hero film, sir? Who is my friend's heroine?

You said my friend, where is he?

That's him sir. - He? ls he my friend?

lsn't he your friend, sir?

Who the hell are you man? - l told you l'm hero's friend.

Friend? Since how long are you my friend?

l'm not your friend sir, l'm hero's friend.

He's the hero. - ls he the hero?

lf he's the hero, what's Subbu then?

Who is this Subbu? - Hero of this film, sir.

lf l beat you, your hero will vanish!

Who is Subbu?

Subbu is the hero of this film.

Hero got angry and he paid for it dearly.

lsn't there any value to the friend of the hero?

How dare you beat me?

Come to Amalapuram, l'll take you to task.

ls it film fight scene?

Didn't l tell you entry into films is difficult smoking cigarette behind Ramba theatre?

You came here to become hero, why are you playing monkey?

lts face value of artistes that counts!

lf l appear on screen l must be a hero.

Till then l can't avoid doing these masked roles.

l've to earn for food and accommodation, right?

You told me earlier that Puri Jagannadh is making a film with you as hero.

He promised but his brother entered the scene.

You said Ramgopal Varma promised to give you a break.

After the flops of films 'James' and new 'Shiva',

he stopped films with new faces.

How come you're here?

l've decided to become a director.

Are you still mad about making films?

lt's not an ordinary matter to become a director.

lt's more than enough if director has a soft heart to understand films!

'Mayabazaar'! 'Devadas'! 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi'!

'James Bond' 'Adavi Ramudu' 'Shankarabharanam'

Even after watching such great films,

learning from it and if l can't make a film better than it,

it's useless to become a director.

'Mayabazaar' 'Devadas' 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi' 'James Bond'

'Adavi Ramudu' 'Shankarabharanam' 'Yaadon Ki Baraat' 'Titanic'

l'll make a try, l'll over ride it...

l'll make people forget it...

l'll direct films...l'll make films... l'll rock the box-office collections...

l'll teach acting to Kamal Haasan...

l'll change the style of Rajinikanth smoking cigarettes...

l'll make Chiranjeevi to dance to my innovative new steps...

l'll train Balakrishna to beat the thighs...

l'll make a silent film with dialogue king Mohan Babu...

l'll turn Tollywood into Hollywood not Bollywood...

Appalraju is a big boast...

l'll give mega hit film than 'Pokiri' to sexy lleana...

l'll give a blockbuster hit better than 'Arundhati' to Anushka...

l'll charge up charming Charmy...

l'll take pretty Priyamani from bottom to top...

l'll make 'Rangeela' differently with girl-next-door...

l'll show you what story, screenplay and direction is...

Seeing your confidence l feel you'd become a director before l'm a hero.

There's a big lock to stop your entry into this magical world of films.

There's a key to every lock.

Many thousands of keys like me couldn't enter it.