Prasanth Varma’s new film: Telugu thalli, Kondareddy Buruju, zombie

New-age director Prasanth Varma has made his third outing official by unveiling a motion poster.  The intriguing poster indicates that the film is a gory thriller based on “true events”.

A Telugu ‘thalli’ statue at a traffic signal in the vicinity of Kurnool’s Kondareddy Buruju suggests that the backdrop is very much familiar.  However, a zombie delivering a loud roar after supposedly killing people (the many dead bodies on the road is a giveaway) makes one wonder what might be the film’s genre.  All that the ‘AWE’ and ‘Kalki’ director says is this: New film, new genre.

“Corona was just the beginning,” the poster’s caption reads.  Does that mean the film is about a bigger problem than even Covid-19?  In that case, how can it be based on true events?  Let’s wait and watch! For now, as the signboards at the traffic signal in the poster say, “Stay home, stay safe!”.