“No One Said It Was A Worst Film!”

Allari Naresh is coming up with another intense investigative thriller after Naandhi and Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam, titled, Ugram. M9News had an exclusive heart-to-heart chitchat with Naresh where he shared exclusive details about the film and his future projects.

Speaking about how Ugram originated, Naresh said, “The idea of Ugram originated during the shoot of Naandhi itself. It is based on true incidents. If Naandhi was about Police brutality, Ugram is about police sincerity. It is an investigative thriller that tackles the missing children’s issue.”

After scoring a hit with Naandhi, director Vijay Kanakamedala is teaming up with Allari Naresh again for Ugram for his second film. Allari Naresh said, “I and Vijay have synched really well during their first film. He knows my plus and minus very well. He changed my entire body language for this film as I was playing a no-nonsense cop.”

Allari Naresh said Ugram went over budget because of the action scenes including a rain fight and the late-night shoots. He also said the producer recovered 80% of their production costs through the sale of non-theatrical rights, as my digital market has also increased in the north. He added that Ugram Hindi dubbing rights also were sold for the highest price.

His last film Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneeam didn’t do well at the box office. Speaking about its underperformance, Allari Naresh said, “Though it didn’t do well at the box office, the film was appreciated by critics and the audience who saw it. No one said that it is a bad or worst film. It was a well-intentioned film and it earned me a lot of goodwill.”

Allari Naresh said that now he wants to take a break from serious films and he is coming up with a comedy film with good content which is going to be his next film.

The producer of Ugram, Sahu Garapati, is also making NBK108 with Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi. So we asked Allari Naresh if there’s any chance of Balakrishna coming to promote Ugram. Allari Naresh said, “Balakrishna Garu is a busy man with shootings going on and he is also active in politics. We have to go and request him for his time and dates. The producers are working on it.”