Ampasayya is the first novel written by Nawin, who also won the Central Sahitya Akademi award. After the book release in the Seventies, the author came to be known as ‘Ampasayya Nawin’.
Now another writer Prabhakar Jaini, decided to make a movie of Ampasayya . Prabhakar, a retired commercial tax officer and a novelist, had written nearly 12 novels. Amma Neeku Vandanam, his book on surrogacy fetched him an award. Another significant works of Prabhakar is a film on saving Ramappa temple from ruins.
Ask him why he took so many years to make a film on a novel written decades back, he says, “I took the rights from Nawin, I am making this for a National award.” What if you don’t get it? “No problem I will try for an international award,” responds the writer with confidence. Prabhakar had met Nawin during the making of some serial and the idea gained momentum.
Jaini reveals the plot, “The story is basically a memoir of a student of Osmania University. It is about a girl Ratti who’s raped and her lover refuses to marry her. He cannot take a decision, remains helpless and shows his inefficiency in tackling the situation. To spite him she turns into a prostitute and eventually dies.”
Akella Raghevavendra did an important role in the film and Pavani from Lajja and Eluka Mazaka , Shyam kumar from Vizag played the lead roles. The film was made with a budget of one crore and was shot in 35 days. The Archeological Survey of India and Osmania University hiked their rental charges but Jaini says he made a qualitative project. They used a Red Epic camera for the period story. He adds, “There was no make-up and lighting and to show the emotional struggle. My wife is the producer and I am the director. The film is releasing in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu,” informs Prabhakar.
