Feel good, warm and fuzzy are the terms movie buffs have been using to describe the promos of director B V Nandini Reddy’s new Telugu film Anni Manchi Sakunamule (AMS), which releases in theatres on May 18. When we meet for this conversation at Vyjayanthi Movies office in Hyderabad, Nandini reflects, “Initially, when I thought about what I wanted AMS to feel like, I remembered the warmth of my grandmother’s palm on my cheek. I wanted the audience to feel a certain warmth while watching the film.” The relationship drama produced by Swapna and Priyanka Dutt has an ensemble cast led by Malvika Nair and Santosh Soban.
Relationship dramas have been Nandini’s forte. Think Oh! Baby, Kalyana Vaibhogame and Ala Modalaindi. During the making of Kalyana Vaibhogame (2016), Nandini had said she often finds herself being the bridge between the younger and the older generations. Seven years later, little has changed. “I am still the confidante for my nieces and nephews. One of them might come to me and say ‘please tell my mom; she just doesn’t get it’. The older generation also seeks my help. When they want to look for matches for someone, they would want me to subtly speak to that younger person and find out if he/she is seeing someone. I have a way of sliding into different age groups and getting information.”
