{"id":568892,"date":"2026-02-03T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/?p=568892"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:14:11","slug":"sri-chidambaram-garu-director-vinay-ratnam-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/sri-chidambaram-garu-director-vinay-ratnam-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Chidambaram Garu A sensitive emotional journey about loving yourself first: Director Vinay Ratnam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Chidambaram Garu A sensitive emotional journey about loving yourself first: Director Vinay Ratnam<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sri Chidambaram is produced by Chinta Vineesh Reddy and Chinta Gopala Krishna Reddy under the Sri Chakras Entertainment banner, presented by Mrs. Chinta Varalakshmi, with Chinta Rajasekhar Reddy as co-producer. Vamsi Thummala and Sandhya Vasishta play the lead pair. Through this film, Vinay Ratnam is being introduced as a director. The movie will be released on February 6. On this occasion, director Vinay Ratnam spoke with the media on Tuesday. Here are the highlights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did you want to tell the story of \u201cSri Chidambaram Garu\u201d?<\/span>
\nThis presentation focuses more on people who feel inferior complex and insecurities and are unable to lead their lives confidently. They compare themselves with others and feel bad about not having what others have. I felt this is the right time to tell such a story. So I wanted to present it with sensitive emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n

What theme are you dealing with through this story?<\/span>
\nStanding in front of a mirror, we should first believe that we are good enough. To love another person, you must first love yourself. That is the core message of this story.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your background? How did you get this movie opportunity?<\/span>
\nI made 25 short films. I am from Rajahmundry. I made a short film for film festivals presented by Niharika Konidela. This is my first theatrical film. Initially, we started this movie with crowdfunding. Later, producer Chinta Gopala Krishna Reddy liked the story and produced it.<\/span><\/p>\n

How were the artists selected for this movie?<\/span>
\nThe role of Chidambaram in this film has to be performed in single takes. From the beginning, I wanted Vamsi as the hero. It\u2019s not easy to perform this role with a slow\/blinking eye \u2014 it needs a lot of practice. For the rest of the artists, we conducted auditions in East Godavari and Rajahmundry for natural performances and selected local people. Everyone was chosen through workshops.<\/span><\/p>\n

How is the response to the premieres of this movie?<\/span>
\nEveryone who watched the film said it felt very fresh. They are comparing it with C\/o Kancharapalem and Pelli Choopulu. I learned from those movies, so I feel happy when my film is compared with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

How much entertainment does this movie have?<\/span>
\nThis is not a full entertainment movie. It is a pure emotional journey. However, it has clean comedy that doesn\u2019t offend anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you meet people like Sri Chidambaram in real life?<\/span>
\nYes, I have seen many friends who feel insecure. They inspired this story. Even now, I have a friend named Jayanth who lives in the US. He doesn\u2019t go out much and doesn\u2019t trouble anyone. Seeing him inspired me to tell this story.<\/span><\/p>\n

How is the music in this movie?<\/span>
\nMusic is like life to this film. There are five songs. Along with a song sung by Keeravani, all songs are good and help narrate the story. The background score is also very good.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visuals look like they were shot in Kerala?<\/span>
\nWe shot in 32 days in locations without proper transport facilities. The shooting was done in Andhra Pradesh. Many people think it was shot in Kerala. I don\u2019t know how to take that compliment. Andhra Pradesh has many beautiful locations; we just need to use them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there a chance that the hero\u2019s character might hurt some people\u2019s sentiments?<\/span>
\nThrough this movie, I learned how to handle everything. No one\u2019s sentiments will be hurt after watching this film. Instead, their emotions will feel satisfied.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the justification behind the title \u201cSri Chidambaram Garu\u201d?<\/span>
\nIn East Godavari, people sometimes tease those with a slow eye by calling them \u201cChidambaram.\u201d In this movie too, the hero is called Chidambaram so much that people forget his original name. Later, after understanding the story, people gain respect for the character and call him \u201cSri Chidambaram.\u201d After watching the final copy, we added more respect and named it \u201cSri Chidambaram Garu.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sri Chidambaram Garu A sensitive emotional journey about loving yourself first: Director Vinay Ratnam Sri Chidambaram is produced by Chinta Vineesh Reddy and Chinta Gopala Krishna Reddy under the Sri Chakras Entertainment banner, presented by Mrs. Chinta Varalakshmi, with Chinta Rajasekhar Reddy as co-producer. Vamsi Thummala and Sandhya Vasishta play the lead pair. Through this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":568894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11,17],"tags":[69855],"yst_prominent_words":[14779,8910,16807,9863,8972,9205],"class_list":["post-568892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-interviews","category-news","category-slideshow","tag-sri-chidambaram-garu"],"read":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":568895,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568892\/revisions\/568895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568892"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=568892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}