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| Suresh krissna at recording of Satya with Kamal and Illayaraja |
Sri: Why do you take such long gaps between your films?
Suresh Krissna: I usually prefer to take a break after each film. I work in various languages - Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and now in Kannada too - and thus, in each language, it looks like I take a really long gap while I am actually not.
Sri: You did with top stars like Rajini, Kamal, Mohanlal, and Chiranjeevi in South India, but it seems like you didn't concentrate so much in Bollywood. Given a chance, who do you like to work with in Hindi?
Suresh Krissna: I did three Hindi films and each one took more than a year to complete. Thus, I am not really comfortable working in Hindi, but if I get a chance, I'll definetly like to do a film with Amit-ji - it will be a dream come true for me! Whenever I am directing a top star, I think about Amitabh-ji in my mind. Rajini and Kamal always tease me on this!
Sri: Coming to your current film Mesthri, how did you feel while directing the Guinness record-holder director-actor Dasari Narayana Rao gaaru? As the producer and story-writer of the film too, what's his level of interference or involvement in the film's shoot?
Suresh Krissna: He never interfered at all, and in fact, he left all that to me. He gave me complete freedom at hand as he very well knew how I worked. He once said in a meeting too that I did Baba and Aahaa! simultaneously, though both films had a lot different variations and entirely different subjects!...
Sri: How did you make Dasari gaaru lose weight?
Suresh Krissna: I have nothing do with it! He had a gall bladder problem and went through an operation and followed a strict diet, which made him lose around 20 kg...
Sri: Dasari gaaru and you say that the film's plot is not based in politics, but when I listened to the songs, they were full of political statements...!
Suresh Krissna: That there's a touch of poltics in the film is true. It's only a part of the subject and is not the whole subject by itself! The film is a journey of a man who sees politics in his life as we do but not a complete life full of politics.
Sri: Your sister Shanti Krissnan was a popular herione in Tamil and Malayalam in the early '80s. Where is she now?
Suresh Krissna: She is settled in the USA after she married Mr. Bajore, a big businessman. She was a very popular Bharatanatyam dancer too at that time, having given about 500 dance performances worldwide.
Sri: What do you feel as the important element of a film?
Suresh Krissna: What else but the script! It is the heart and soul of any film, I believe.
Sri: What are your plans next?
Suresh Krissna: My Tamil film with Bharat and Priyamani in the lead releases in April, and the Kannada film would release in May. I have not yet decided what language I'd work after that and what film. I will take a short break and work again, I believe.
Interview:
Sri Atluri
Edited by:
NaChaKi
