Director Rupak Ronaldson has been in the news since 2 June, thanks to his latest outing Pareshan. The Thiruveer-starrer is running to packed houses in the Telugu-speaking states.
In a tête-à-tête with South First, the young filmmaker reveals his take on religion and rural life, why he used his personal experiences to tell the story and what went into the making of Pareshan.
When Rupak wanted to join a film school, his father forced him to visit a pastor and listen to “what is good and what is bad. Parents teach us religion.”
Rupak Ronaldson admitted that he did face difficulty while pitching for Parehsan. As there were hardly any Telangana films at that time, he shot a few scenes as a test shoot in a village.
Interestingly, Rupak did not narrate the story to the actors. But they all expressed their willingness to be part of the project by giving an audition.