Sukumar answers your questions on Rangasthalam.

Rangasthalam, directed by Sukumar, has not only shocked the audiences and critics, but also proved that there is a lot more than what meets the eye. It is the biggest hit, so far, in Sukumar and Ram Charan's respective careers, and the film earned rave reviews for its writing, cinematography, performances, music, production design, and directing.
14 years ago, when Sukumar made his directorial debut with Arya, he became one of the most sought after directors in Telugu cinema; however, since then, his films have polarised the audiences. Some of his recent films like 1-Nenokkadine and Nannaku Prematho evoked intense reactions from the fans of Mahesh Babu and NTR respectively. Perhaps, it is no exaggeration that the success of Rangasthalam has forced everyone to look at Sukumar from a different perspective altogether.
In an exclusive interview with Film Companion, filmmaker Sukumar opens up about the writing procces and making of Rangasthalam.
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[@nikhilkanakanti2176]

Sukumar sir, you didn’t cheat Mahesh, you gave him one of his career-best films and a proud film for Tollywood.

[@adhikanshlamsonge2007]

It was something different to Mahesh Babu

[@naveenkumarnh3974]

But, the audience Cheated the movie team with their Foolishness

[@vivekkk116]

Even it was a disaster at the time of it's release, 1Nenokkadine is one of the best Films ever made in Tollywood.

[@narendra1867]

Agree, it was one of the best telugu film made

[@user-jc7un3od9q]

సోది సినిమా

[@vivekkk116]

@@user-jc7un3od9q 😂😂

[@Iam_Joelprince]

@@vivekkk116 soodhi mohamodaa

[@emersonchaim5704]

Dunno if anyone gives a damn but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times you can watch pretty much all the latest series on instaflixxer. Have been binge watching with my brother these days xD

[@Rajeshpod698]

1nenokkadine is top notch psychological thriller ever made

[@Wheelz_for_Feelz]

Yes bro, Not like other routine Telugu movies like maharshi

[@dwrkgrn1272]

Good one. I mean good joke

[@raghavac9649]

Anthe le flop ayethe elane cover chesukovali 😂

[@sumanthparakala2005]

Revanth precisely! I ve watched trimmed version later! Without some useless song and episodes of 17 mins and it was amazing....but the talk and impression remained

[@santanchalla4652]

Totally.. it is weird our folks could not understand it.. I think it is more thrilling than any hollywood flick I had ever seen.

[@rahulrajss723]

He is the only Director in Which his Movie fight and Emotional scenes has Logic I don't know why in boyapati sreenu movie everyone cry and why people always bounce off in fights

[@lakshimiakshithavoloju2006]

Hahaha

[@msraja1230]

Bodapati and NBK 😂😂😂

[@udayjinna3505]

Sukumar sir is improving a lot as director. Rangastalam>>nannaku prematho >1:nenokadine.lets hope great for pushpa

[@doodoo8310]

@@sathyananda5688 ne moham ra

[@juanmaddu5534]

@@sathyananda5688 Biggest hit of 2021 🤣🤣🤣 stay on the sidelines and hate on people's success

[@behonest2443]

He always been a great director and story teller in india

[@beyou8038]

​@@juanmaddu5534 Shut up, senseless fellow, ONE is his best movie, Rangasthalam is a masala movie

[@saiharshithguduri7093]

Hollywood superstar Mahesh Babu Anna king 👑👑 ram Charan bongu😱🤣

[@vasanthraj8716]

I have been watching many Indian Films, but Sukumar is a hidden gem. He is a Spielberg of Indian Cinema.

[@jahnavitelidevara7526]

After pushpa he will becsuse another visionary director of indian cinema that's for sure

[@hemanthsai4584]

he's Nolan

[@donhitarth]

Please add subtitles or ask the questions in English. The rest of the world who follow the southern industry are missing a lot because of that.

[@NonaPrince]

This is the only channel where we can find the interview in english and we are missing the opportunity to learn. Atleast provide subtitles if the guest is not comfortable in doing full interview in english

[@zeroonestories5762]

add caption option is there click that and enjoy subtitles

[@donhitarth]

Mental Toughness MT thoughts they are autogenerated subtitles hence most of the words that are auto generated are wrong. Not of any help unless they are talking in English only.

[@biswajeetsahoo1783]

hitarth desai right bro

[@SridharPatchigolla]

hitarth desai it is good if the conversation is in Telugu itself.. you can enable captions to read the sub titles or translation.. but I see your problem.. so the channel should add sub titles but the interview has to be in telugu language only

[@rohithchilumula7311]

Quality Questions Quality answers Quality interview

[@lcr-hh4uz]

I feel sukumar sir is Christopher nolan for telugu film industry

[@crazyeditz7502]

Yea

[@prudhvivankineni4880]

49:29 about buchi babu(uppena director) that is so nice of u....... Genuinity=sukumar

[@shanmukanalli7009]

Conservation was insightful...Got to know Sukumar's take on film making regarding impact of character design and on set improvisation. Looking forward to more such insightful conservations.... Hemanth, the questions were Interesting and relevant....nice approach One Suggestion: Try to add english subtitles if possible for wider reach

[@crhemanth]

Shanmuka Nalli thank you Shanmuka...glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@dineshreddy5004]

Sukumar is a gift to TFI but the industry didnt hyped him as other industries. Still he will reach to international level with pushpa.All the best

[@saimaneesh123]

Good interview.First time ever a director is giving complete analysis of his characters pin pointedly in detailed.!!

[@krishna201107]

Chala baga questions adigaru. Important questions for writers. Thanks for it

[@babareddy44]

#1Nenokkadine @51:00

[@phanikadali3604]

Thanks bro

[@rajputnihalsingh8402]

Movie got shelved

[@beyou8038]

​@@rajputnihalsingh8402 Because of Sukumar's arrogance

[@nareshgandhichauhan9772]

Quality questions 👌

[@crhemanth]

nareshgandhi chauhan thank you :-)

[@nithinm7391]

Nenokkadene was flop??? Such a brilliant climax it has.

[@prabhas3342]

Saw a Good anchor after a long time! Good one brother!

[@pvnhcu286]

హాయ్ హేమంత్ గారు ! ఇంటర్వ్యూ అంటే ఇంటర్వ్యూలా చాలా బాగ చేశారు. మంచి ప్రశ్నలు అడిగి రాబోయే రచయితలకు, దర్శకులకు మంచి పాఠంలా ఉపయోగపడే విధంగా ఇంటర్య్వూ చెయ్యడం మీకు మాత్రమే సాధ్యమని మరోసారి నిరూపించారు. మీ ఇంటర్వ్యూలు ఈ మధ్య మిస్ అవుతున్నాను. I expect more interviews from you bro. సుకుమార్ గారు కూడా అంత విజయం సాధించిన ఎక్కడా కూడా రేఖవాసంత గర్వం లేకుండా ఉన్నది ఉన్నట్టు ఒప్పుకున్నారు, చక్కగా వివరంగా చెప్పుకున్నారు. సుక్కుసార్ I am really loving you Sir.! Thank you for both.....!

[@crhemanth]

pvn hcu thanks andi :-)

[@hrishikeshkav1945]

Wow... How did i miss such beautiful interview. Respect bro❤. Made me to subscribe instantly.

[@sairamsiluveru]

Brother ur awesome journalist... and lucky person to interview like this big director sukumar Trivikram...

[@behonest2443]

I wanna see a movie which is written by sukumar , dialogues by trivikram and direction by ss rajamouli

[@CricketAnimations10]

I really loved one. Felt that was a brilliant movie. I do feel like I'm hijacking the rangasthalam topic with this but man, when one was out, my mind was blown. To think that sukumar thinks he has failed Mahesh, makes one question their own choices. When the creator himself feels he has not done justice, I'm like how? What else could he have done? That interval block had the best scene. Period.

[@sreekarreddy9623]

madhu sudhan Nenokkadine has many flaws

[@CricketAnimations10]

Sreekar Reddy every movie has its flaws. When I watched the movie and walked out, felt like I had seen something I had never seen in a Telugu movie.

[@sreekarreddy9623]

madhu sudhan The story is very simple but the screenplay is unnecessarily complicated.

[@050138]

Sreekar Reddy what do you mean by 'unnecessarily' complicated? I didn't find it complicated at all.... Did you watch Nolan's Memento.... That movie has the simplest revenge story of a hero who kills the villain who kills his lover and makes the hero temorarily lose his money.... But this simple story was narrated in the most complicated manner by slicing the movie into parts and playing them forward and backward.... This complicated narration is what made the movie so enjoyable and such a memorable masterpiece.... 1 nenokkadine had a relatively straightforward storyline - the only twisted thing which made it interesting being heros hallucination.... Isn't that not a welcome change from the boring formulaic movies we end up making blockbusters like Srimanthudu? The interval block, the music which keeps haunting him which ultimately forms the clue to find his parents, the rubix cube, the twist of Nasser and the emotional climax.... Is nabhuto nabhavishyat in Telugu films.... Yes the only issue is that for a thriller it was pretty long and some of the chase were dragged, but unlike some of our Trivikram films which are claimed to be classics, there is not one forced comedy scene or unnecessary scene unrelated to the main story.... The films failure remains one of the biggest mysteries in TFI

[@sreekarreddy9623]

chaman,charlie Why does he stop having hallucinations in the second half of the movie? And why does Nassar wait so long for mahesh to solve the Rubik’s cube? He couldv’e solved it on his own? I’m guessing the movie flopped because it had it’s share of flaws( overall movie is really good) When you’re trying do something new, each and everything thing has to be right. And they didn’t market the movie the right way.

[@varunmouly1151]

Konchem intellectual questions adigav Ra Babu...mana TV anchors Laga ..tell about Pawan Kalyan tell about mahesh Babu tell about Babu gogineni..rapid fire round ani sollu chepale

[@sreekarreddy9623]

Yeah he's a good journalist

[@varunmouly1151]

Film critic sounds good

[@crhemanth]

🙏🙏🙏 Thanks andi

[@rajuarya3458]

👍👌👌👌

[@varunmouly1151]

crhemanth Garu..thanks Kadu...konchem social media interviews tho miru update Avadi...telugu lo rangan la avandi...Leda reviewer ki critic ki theda theliyani oka person film critic ani chepkuntu tirguthundu.(every body knows him).I love ur detailed reviews

[@naidusetti3831]

I'm pretty much sure just because of 1-Nenokkadine screenplay and direction, Sukumar sir got much more reach and the result is Nannaku Prematho and Rangasthalam

[@saiharshithguduri7093]

King of toollwood ma superstar Mahesh Babu Anna ra puka 💥🤙 ntr ram Charan lanja kadukulu

[@dogking2506]

Who r Aiming to be future directors must watch this interview.

[@rampothula8]

That last words Thank you hemanth chala baga natinchav....

[@forlove5528]

1 Nenokkadine is the superb movie, Sukumar's 1nenokkadine and Trivikram's Kaleja might be not much up to the mark as per collections or something else but these 2 movies are superb movies and most people have liked it too and these would be in their best movies list.

[@hrishikesh8541]

Krish's vedam

[@kick1295]

Superstar Mahesh babu 😘😘😍😍

[@trivikramsrinivas1997]

Christopher Nolan of Telugu Industry

[@fdxfgg1243]

🤣🤣🤣

[@myadarapuakhil9560]

Anchor always asks the question like it's a last one.

[@msbi2011]

Lovely talk, thoroughly enjoyed the interview.

[@JustVishall]

44:43 Kalyan babu 😊

[@telugucinemajunction]

Sukumar sir is The most honest person in the world

[@yedukondalukonanki5112]

Nice &cool interview bro &logic man sukumar 😍😍

[@vijayraghavreddy9301]

Prince Mahesh ❤️

[@vamsikrishna2129]

Vijay raghav Reddy what time he said about Mahesh Babu

[@rahulchowdary387]

45:43 good one

[@ravitejavinjam5788]

Hemanth should stop asking whether particular aspects/scenes in the film are intentional. Directors are not dumb to put scenes/characters without giving thought to them.

[@sasi_kumar96]

Great interview.. Really loved your questions..

[@crhemanth]

sasi kumar thank you Sasi :-)

[@yuvarajaganesan3165]

Please add subtitles for all the telugu videos. Especially for the directors interview

[@mahe234561]

best post release interview for Rangasthalam!!

[@crhemanth]

mahe234561 thank you :-)

[@weawakevivek3321]

Pls add subtitles it's a great loss in learning by not doing that with such agreat director pls do it next tym😔

[@sreenupyla1850]

nice...and very valuable interview.

[@crhemanth]

sreenu pyla thank you :-)

[@adityasrinivas2009]

I like this interviewer Hemanth. I love his reviews in First post. He is such a great critic. And he asked such good questions. I hope I get to see him more.

[@crhemanth]

ADITYA SRINIVAS thanks for your kind words :-)

[@jitender777p]

Hollywood makes films for group of audience But here u have to make it for all types of audience

[@dhurjati1387]

Idi gurthinchali manam..

[@avinash_7x170]

bahubali india lo just 6% mandhi theaters lo chusaru. manaki india lo screens takkuva dantlo kuda language ani vedathistaru.

[@DannyDexx]

50:56 about mahesh

[@praneethchakkirala8855]

After demise of TNR I felt really bad as we lost a very good interviewer. Ayana oka interview mundu chase research and way of asking controversial questions ni inkevaru match cheyyaleru anukunna. But bro just 2 interviews chusa midi. After TNR and Ali i like you. Please do continue this . Hoping to watch more interviews from you... All the best bro..

[@ramcfd]

HK your best man to ask question !! Slow and diff questions

[@phanikumar6698]

tanqs fr gud quetions bro..sukumar thought process of making films,his personality chala reflect ayindhi.rare...tanqs to this channel guys.🙏🏻🤩🔥🎉

[@pavankumargunnam7406]

Super questions adigaavu bhayyya...keep it up

[@lokeshjayachandran9620]

Great storyteller..👏👏👏 Nanna ku prematho cinema is my personal favourite of his creations. Rest of his movies are equally good. Interviewer has good sense of questioning and insight about movies. Great job from him 👌👌👍

[@crhemanth]

Lokesh Jayachandran thank you Lokesh :-)

[@Skanda2202]

worth to watch,...nice interview

[@crhemanth]

Mr.Sherlock Holmes thank you :-)

[@AllamGaneshReddy]

Last dialogue super Sukumar garu ... :)

[@principlesoflife172]

What I understand is REASON is only Ultimate for CREATION

[@tejasrinivasganesh3193]

Love the work of the interviewer and interviewee

[@phanipravyakth2889]

see 1 was really great film...there is something i would like to share about this film ... iam big fan of pawankalyan at that time my age was around 14 maybe so you know a fandom kind of war between PK and MB fans...but when the teasers released before the trailer as a PK fan i dont know how many times watched that 2 teasers the bgm ..and the shot where MB picks up the baseball bat and the shot where he jumps over a car and shooting in the air those two shots man...wow the camera quality and the intense bgm i never forget ....and they released the film with yevadu .....so tbh i went nenokkadine i strongly want this film to be failed i prayed yevadu to be hit unfortunately the same happened on that day ...on its first day the entire theater is empty iam very happy that movie got failed but when started watching the film i was stunned and I really felt the intense moments and interval scene its really made me to claps but i controlled it as i dont want to be recognised as MB fan and after completion of movie i was amazed and and u guys do u know what i did the next day ?? i started spreading negative review for this film even though i loved it to the core just to save yevadu movie which is going to be released 2 days after nenokkadine release? i watched yevadu ok i forcely made myself to like this film ....😂😂😂...after few years when i got some maturity and became a cinephile i felt very chilidish 😂😂😂

[@srikanthsv79]

What an idiot

[@ImShukur]

after listening reviews from people like you that time i too went to watch yevadu 😂😂😂 which was my first telugu film to go to a theatre and after watching 1 in mobile after 2 years kf release im regreting😢

[@gurmukhsingh2651]

My favorite Film of SUKUMAR sir is 1 Nenokkadine

[@subbunittala2012]

One of the best film!

[@minti3245]

Guys, please add english subs so that non-telegu speaking ppl can appreciate this interview

[@HemanthChandra]

Add subtitles or clearly mention in the title that interview is in Telugu

[@behonest2443]

You are my inspiration sir..

[@behonest2443]

Upcoming writers can learn a lot from sukumar

[@penchalr4874]

Great director

[@akhilchilamakur9758]

Nice questions bro journalism field nuvu oka Sukumar bro😅 ni observations of the flim 👌

[@humayunrocks7]

Very nice questions. ❤️

[@abhinavjasthi5910]

Jai Mahesh babu

[@abhiasreddy]

That's one of my favorite movies all time

[@kalavakolanuvenkatesh1337]

Naaku prematho, that movie I love

[@hemanthsai4584]

Pls do another interview with Sukku for PUSHPA 🔥

[@Devisri667]

dis is best interview...with sukku...

[@crhemanth]

Devisri NAG thank you :-)

[@charan775]

You are super journalist brother

[@crhemanth]

myself awa thanks :-)

[@sumanth0077]

For me 1 is my favorite so far, in u r movies

[@iamrahul_04]

sukumar is diamond 💥

[@smithapatchigolla4252]

Nice interview..👌 chaala baga chesaaru

[@crhemanth]

smitha patchigolla thank you Smitha garu :-)

[@vigneshnarayanan6460]

Pls add English subs & release videos. I regularly watch film companion south videos.

[@littlethings248]

I love your stories,..

[@srinivasM1994]

Super analysis sir...

[@kuppalavenkatakrishna1193]

45:40 to 46:03

[@VinodKumar-xb5ud]

Loved it

[@pruthvi51]

damn good questions...

[@bibhashchandranayak4511]

Please upload with English subtitles

[@gurutej1186]

Great interview bro...very helpfull to upcoming writers&directors

[@crhemanth]

guru tej thank you Guru-ji :-)

[@pavanakula3597]

Though 1nenokkadine was flop. It is the great movie. No one can do it

[@aquajetz1]

again and again add subtitles

[@kalpanab2689]

What will you get after profits is a bonus for the year if you are salaried

[@RAVITEJA-ge8zo]

anchor needs to improve a lot. He is full of dim and cloudy in his presentation and questioning.

[@rao9741]

But asked good questions though!

[@Saikrishnagatika]

Very interesting interview

[@crhemanth]

Saikrishnagatika thank you :-)

[@shyamts7125]

plz add subtitles or make it in english..

[@pixel_baba9]

No subtitles?

[@phanikadali3604]

23:53 Location

[@chandrasekharchilaka9974]

look like a fool and be an intelligent best example is Sukumar.

[@kalpanab2689]

If you are a sole proprietor you are the only one who has to take care of everything for your consequences.if you are in a group you will be a salaried person.

[@bibhashchandranayak4511]

Please add english subtitles

[@krishnasaikolla92]

interviewer questions adigetapudu sukumar side nunchi sound insert cheyadam. same like open heart with rk. good game object. ex: 7.13 nice insert ea.

[@VAIBHAVPATIL-rk2kv]

Please Add with English Subtitles

[@manikantak8087]

Hi Hemanth, You did a great job. Nice conversation, this is the best interview on Rangasthalam.

[@crhemanth]

manikanta k thank you...glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@SuryaPrakash-iz9bp]

Interviewer konchen vinayam thaggicchukovali.

[@050138]

Lol....

[@krishnavamsi4102]

last punch adiripoindi

[@pkanny]

Tollywood badly needs a Baradwaj Rangan. :(

[@harikrishnasai532]

Ah anchor expressions yentra bhayapedthunnadu😂😂😂😂