There was hectic film activity in Karimnagar town on Tuesday with the arrival of film director Ramgopal Varma and film star Suman to participate different programmes of promotion of films in the town.
Mr. Varma held an interactive session on the theme of -- New film industry in Karimnagar – organised by a Telugu daily, with the film lovers at the Chalmeda Ananda Rao Institute of Medical Sciences (CAIMS) on the outskirts of the town.
His fans and film lovers arrived in large numbers to have a glimpse of the director and to listen to him.
During the session, he showed the film clips of his new film, Ice Cream-2 , and explained about how they had shot the film with latest cameras, including cellular phone. In the wake of advent of latest technologies, he said that “the idea of making film itself is an industry.”
Earlier, the film crew of Thyagala Veena , directed by M. Ravi Kumar, who had earlier produced Chakali Ilamma , filmed a song sequence on Suman and other crew at Telangana Chowk in the town.
Talking to newsmen, film director M. Ravi Kumar, film star Suman, TRS district president Eda Shankar Reddy and others said that the film, Thyagala Veena , highlights the Telangana statehood movement, including self-immolation by Srikantha Chary. Accordingly, they are filming the shots at the original locations in the region.
Suman urged the government to install the statues of Telangana martyrs in the region so that the future generations know about the importance of statehood movement.
