Sailesh Kolanu | PremaTheJournalist
Sailesh Kolanu is an Indian director and writer who works predominantly in Telugu films. He is the mastermind behind the HIT-verse series of films Hit: The First Case 2020 – Telugu, Hit: The Second Case 2022 – Telugu. He made his Bollywood debut directing the Hindi remake of Hit: The First Case starring National Award fame actor Raj Kummar Rao.
In this breezy conversation with Prema The Journalist, Sailesh shared insights and anecdotes about his upcoming movie Saindhav along with working experience with celebrities like Venkatesh, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, etc., He also threw light on his writing process, evolvement as a director and much more.
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Venky's 75th film
06:31 - Directing actor like Venky
11:58 - Saindhav Title
14:58 - Gist of Saindhav
17:16 - Wrong Usage Song
19:25 - Comparing with HiNanna
21:37 - About Nawazuddin Siddiqui
26:41 - Saindhav Promotions
30:58 - Writing process
33:41 - Social responsibility
39:45 - Santosh Narayan's music
42:07 - Overcoming heartbreak
44:20 - Women in Saindhav
47:14 - Narration technique
49:31 - Favourite scene from Saindhav
50:58 - Designing characters
51:58 - Venky's 75th film celebration
54:34 - Learnings through Saindhav
56:25 - Sankranthi competition
58:41 - Being Saindhav in real life
1:00:00 - Evolution as a director
1:00:40 - Favourite 2023 films
1:01:25 - Promising Debutant Directors
1:01:55 - One question to actors
1:03:22 - Saindhav universe
1:04:16 - Venky's role in Saindhav
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PREMA MALINI is a two time Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Nandi award, and one time National award winning TV Journalist, with deep expertise in creating socially relevant television documentaries, Celebrity Interviews and news programming.