For coming-age directors in low-budget films. especially regional stories with beautiful village landscapes surrounding real societal concepts are giving big green flags. In fact, commercial actresses like Nitya Menon & Ritu Varma are already in the race. Joining them is the National Award-winning Keerthy Suresh, coming soon in a proper Telugu comedy flick.
The Plot
Set in a Godavari local village, Chiiti Jayapuram, Apoorva, aka Keerthy Suresh, is the new elected president who has to tackle and solve all the problems. At the panchayat meeting, Chinna, a young Burial caretaker, announces that, village’s allocated burial space is about to fill up, leaving only four blocks of ground, which means only four people can have their rites in the graveyard.
Everybody has this notion ”To Die and Be Buried in the Homeground”; this stirs community issues and everybody becomes competitive to win that place at any cost. Amidst all this chaos, APporva has to come up with a clever solution that can restore the Japauram’s peace under laugh-filled situations.’
Cast and Characters
If you see the trailer, it’s a nostalgic journey for Telugu audiences to see veteran actors on screen again. Comedian Babu Mohan garu and Rameshwari garu’s presence is undeniably attractive. The story has full potential to click and Keerthy Sureh in cute and elegant half sarees, bringing a young Savitri vibes, is all we need. Let’s see all the cast here,
- Keerthy Suresh – Apoorva
- Suhas Pagolu – Chinna
- Babu Mohan
- Shatru
- Talluri Rameshwari
- Subhaleka Sudhakar
- Vishnu Oi
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi
- Prabhavathi Varma
Technicals and Music
Director Ani I.V. Sasi and writer Vasanth Mariganti have done an excellent job in executing such a real and most unnoticed crisis. Burial grounds and graveyards are treated sacred and each community or religion takes them to their pride. These stereotypical mindsets still exist and Uppu Kappurambu film is giving an unique perspective into these sensitive elements.
Cinematography by Divakar Mani and Rakesh Cherumadam’s VfX looks very fresh and has an interesting angle to the trailer, raising expectations for the film. Music by Sweekar Agasthi and Rajesh Murugesan promise a sweet tribute to hometowns. Both the actors Suhas and Keerthy Suresh are critically acclaimed actors. So definitely a must-watch film.
Fun and Beautiful Visuals
As Apporva alone is incapable of coming up with answers and in a hurry to stop the village fights. She takes smart Chinna’s help like a lottery for burial spots. Their funny adventures in the trailer are set against a beautiful backdrop of Twin godavari districts, luscious trees, fish canals, huts, and many patriarchal notions. You can watch this slapstick comedy in full volume with your family. They will surely connect to the Uppu Kappurambu theme and emotional ties surrounding burial spaces, relations, and rituals.
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When is the Release?
Uppu Kappurambu is a humour-satirical patriarchal film about the village concerns on burial lands. Its mainstream language is Telugu, along with dubs in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada. As for subtitles, it’s 12 scripts available. Onto the main question, the film is set to premiere on July 4 of this year, directly into Amazon Prime Video. So mark the dates and enjoy the rural quirky humour in full colour.
Written By: Meghana Pinninti