Umesh Shirupalli has just finished with the post-production of his second film Cricket, Girls and Beer. He is extremely euphoric at the way the film shaped out and says that he has three more scripts ready and is in the process of finalizing the third film. For Cricket, Girls and Beer he has chosen a newcomer Naga Shourya who is very good looking and touts him to be the find of the year. "He will be one of the top three artistes in Telugu cinema soon," he expresses confidently. Aadarsh Balakrishna's career will open up, he hasn't been given much recognition in his previous films and Surya Tej who played Krishnudu's friend in Vinayakudu and is currently doing a significant role in a Rajendra Prasad, Suhasini starrer (Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam) has a romantic angle which leads to a thrilling situation in this project.
Umesh an MBA grad, went abroad and after twenty years realized his dream of making his kind of film. His first project was based on kids, 'Circus Circus' which was released by Suresh Productions last year and won rave reviews. Cricket, Girls and Beer is about three siblings, each one find their interest in the game, love and a happy life with friends and drink. This is actually based on his life. Umesh has two brothers and all of them like the characters in the movie are passionate about their interests. The next half of the story is pure fiction, it is about how the family and the siblings react when one character is entangled in a problem. The film begins amidst fun and frolic in a college campus and ends on a thrilling note. A two hour twenty minute drama, it has two songs sung each by Sonu Nigam and Shankar Mahadevan.
When there are so many Telugu singers around, why did he choose Sonu and Shankar? Umesh says there isn't much to read in it, it's just that they were accessible. All the music directors are his friends who are from BITS, Pilani. They work in US in their Companies and spend time in the evenings working on the music for this film. Is he taking newcomers for his next film as well? "Of course," says Umesh. He is not running behind stars for the simple reason that his boys are going to be stars soon. He has an interesting banner name too..Saggitarius Films. He signs off, "Both me, my wife share the same sun sign!"
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