Gautam Tinnuri is a man of some words and rarely comes in the headlines. Telugu movies Malli rava And Jersey She was very praised for telling stories that are emotionally echoed with the audience. As his latest film, EmpireUnder the leadership of Vijay Devarakonda, a warmly opened to welcome, the frugal filmmaker looks back on his journey.
The village has been in a thick media interaction throughout the day, when we meet for this brief interview at the office of Star Entertainment in Hyderabad. He said, “The release time is always heavy. At the moment, I am relieved that the journey of more than two years has been completed and the film has reached the audience. It will take me a few days to judge how happy I am with the film,” he says with a hot smile.
Empire When Vijay Devarakonda worked on Shiva Nirvana, he stopped stopping KushiDuring such a delay, the challenge for a writer-director is to be focused on the story. Asked if he had other views on the relevance of the story as the film faced a delay, he said that the break helped the story better: “I knew that this story would remain relevant. We used the brake effectively to improve the scenes that assessed the already written parts.
Story of two-part
Empire The latest is the latest in the list of films to choose the option of two-part story. Govatam says it was part of the initial plan to do justice to many characters and subplots. “The promotional plans were designed to reveal the hero’s character and various aspects of the subplot. The first poster revealed that he is a policeman, the next visual teaser belongs to a subplot, and the next one underlined his bond with his brother. We thought that it would end in giving an idea of the film to all the people.”
In an earlier interview with HinduGautam revealed Jersey Went through eight or nine drafts. in the matter of EmpireHe lost the count, the director says with a laugh. “The challenge here was to weave in many subplots and characters, so it passed through many recurrences. If a sub-plot does not work, it will affect the story and the main feeling. It was always a matter of concern.”
Vijay Devarakonda and Gautam Tinnuri | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Batting for originality
Old films have been compared from SS Rajamouli Chaatrapati To Karthik Subbaraj RetroBoth Retro And Empire At the same time were in production, and comprehensive similarities would be casual. Gowtam considers comparisons Chaatrapati And says with a smile, “I get a higher than that film. But honestly, both are very different films. I am the most honest in my efforts to write a original story and never seek a shortcut to mimic a scene from any other film. If I tell any similarities in my team, I write it again.
He is yet to look close at feedback Empire And till now you have to watch the film in theaters. He admits that he is reluctant to watch his films in theaters, even scared. “I remember to see Malli rava In a hall. The boy next to me got up and left. If someone removes the phone, I can’t take it, etc. I have not seen either Jersey Completely in a theater; I saw some scenes and went out. ,
Expectation for Empire Stem in collaboration with Godam with Vijay, and recently, the director revealed that he had picked the first time Malli rava The actor before Sumant came to the board. Gautam says that he does not weighed with expectations: “I do not write a script to suit an actor or to complete a particular market. Once the story is fully done, there may be some promotion for the popular appeal. But the story and its emotional connect is the major importance to me.”
Daring color palette
One of the visual palette is Kingdom Highlights and Gautam credited it to production designer Avinash Cola and cinematographers Girish Gangadharan and Joman T John. “When I write, I have a proper idea of shot divisions, visual texture and music. But a lot depends on cinematographers and I had great people on the board. Girish started working with us and due to a six -month break, he went to work. CoolieJoman stepped. We tried to be a little courageous with the color palette. For example, we had a green tingling in the sequence of the prison, which was contrary to the darkness. In a scene, you can see the shadow and highlight of the faces but not emotion; We tried to catch the mood. These creative calls worked. ,
Filming in real places also helped in contrast to relying on VFX. “I could see the energy of actors at places; a real location helps to increase performance and remove artificiality.”
Next, ‘magic’
between Empire, warehouse Also quietly completed a film titled MagicAn Anirudh Ravichender music was composed by relatively new and young actors. “This is not a Hollywood or broadway kind music where dialogues are expressed through songs. It will be a cool film about a music band in the school; it has 11 songs.” The film is likely to be released in a month or two.
First State 2Gautam hopes that he can take a break and work on another film. “Vijay Rahul Sankity and Ravi are busy with Kila Kola’s films, and I have been invested Empire for too long. This will help take a break and return with a new perspective. ,
Published – August 03, 2025 12:18 pm IST
