Sri: The film was shot for more than a year and a half. How did you keep track of shots and other details.
Senthil: That is another difficult task indeed. We maintained a camera report book and an assistant wrote details of each shot - the lens we used, the focus distance, height of the camera, and other details. It helped a great extent in maintaining the continuity of the scene. When we were shooting the stadium, most of the shots had to give space for CG and so we had to measure the camera distance from a few reference points on the set. The major problem was with the lens. Since the shooting was not continuously go on, a few lenses changed and so I had to check the lens before the shoot, see the results, and give details to the visual effects personnel accordingly, in order to maintain color continuity and scene continuity.

Sri: I heard that you are on cloud nine for a while?
Senthil: (Laughs) Tell me, who will not be! When ace cameraman like Ravi K. Chandran complements your work, you will also be in cloud nine. It is really nice of him to call and tell nice things about my work.

Sri: Tell me how was it working with Charan.
Senthil: He's one of the very focused and hard working artistes. His horse-riding skills inspired us to do some great shots. I don't think it would have been possible to shoot the chase sequence without his riding skills. Of course, he's also a very good dancer and does his own stunts. I enjoyed working with him.

Sri: Tell me about the support from producer for such a huge-budgeted film.
Senthil: Hats off to the producer Allu Aravind. This kind of a film needs a great producer who has confidence in his team. The entire production work was handled by the co-producer Bhogavalli Prasad, who provided whatever we asked for. We faced no problems ever from the production team!

Sri: How come you're not working for Rajamouli�s next film Maryada Ramanna?
Senthil: I would love to work with him, he is a fabulous director but  because I am working for the film Thakita Thakita. Downtown Films waited for more than six months for me to work for the film, and so I cannot work on other films without completing  this film. This commitment is something that I cannot push further.

Edited by: NaChaKi
Interview: Sri Atluri
Acknowledgements: Senthil Kumar for his help