"Our Film Broke Even Before Release": Creator Sampath Nandi at "Odel-2" Success Meet
Milky Beauty Tamannaah Bhatia has taken a new route, portraying a Naga Sadhu for the first time in "Odel-2." This film is a sequel to the super-natural thriller "Odel Railway Station," presented under Sampath Nandi's super vision, directed by Ashok Teja, and produced by D Madhu under Madhu Creations and Sampath Nandi Teamwork Productions. Released worldwide on the 17th of this month, the film has been receiving a positive response and is running successfully. Hebah Patel and Vasishta N Simha play key roles in this movie, which has been providing audiences with a divine experience in theaters. Every viewer leaving the cinema has been expressing great appreciation with a sense of divine feeling. To celebrate this, the film unit organized a Divine Success Meet on Sunday at Prasad Labs. The event saw participation from the film's cast and crew.
Producer Madhu said, "Thank you to all the actors who acted in 'Odel-2.' Sampath Nandi Garu and I wanted to make a good film together. As planned, we made a movie with good devotion. Through this film, we saw Kashi. We launched the teaser at the Maha Kumbh Mela. Many miracles happened in my life through this film. I was very surprised to see some reviews about this movie. While the audience is saying the film is good, some reviewers wrote negatively. That's not a good practice. This review world and this film world feel new to me. The audience's feeling is more important to us than the reviewers'. Everyone who watched the film is saying it's very good. That's why I request everyone to come to the theater and enjoy the divine feel."
Director Ashok said, "Collections increase only if the movie is good. Mouth talk spreads only if the film is good. That's what's happening with our 'Odel-2.' Reviews are one person's opinion. But we made the film for everyone. Definitely watch it. Everyone will like it."
Actor Vasishta N Simha said, "The 'Odel-2' family here is a very good family. It's a family where everyone wishes good for each other. This journey wouldn't have been possible without Sampath Nandi Garu. No matter how much we talk here, our film is speaking in the theater. To know the power of God as shown in our film, we also need to know about the evil power. This negativity like reviews is also like that. If possible, spread goodness, but don't spread negativity. During the climax when the audience sees Lord Shiva, they are bowing down to God. They wouldn't do that if they didn't like the movie. This is truly a great film. That's why the collections of this film are increasing day by day. Good collections are coming from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu along with the Telugu states. Collections are increasing because of the audience's love and support. I hope the collections for this film will increase further."
"Odel-2" Creator Sampath Nandi said, "The journey of this film started a year and a half ago. Something has been happening from then until today. Every moment was not planned by us. It happened on its own. This film idea wouldn't exist without that Paramashiva. As soon as I told the film idea, producer Madhu Garu agreed to do it without hesitation. Ajaneesh Garu's music gave goosebumps. I have been working with DOP Soundar Rajan for ten years. I haven't done any film without him. Art director Rajeev Nayar created wonderful sets. I know editor Avinash from the time of 'Vana Paata' cut. Thanks to all of them. Thanks to every technician who worked on this film, each by name. When it comes to actors, we thought of Tamannaah as soon as we thought of 'Odel-2.' People are saying her 20-year career is on one side and her character in this film is on the other. Thanks to Tamannaah and her team for giving such a wonderful performance. After that, Vasishta Garu considers me family. I don't know how many films he has done so far, but after this film, he will get amazing roles. The Telugu film industry will definitely embrace him. The reason why the Samadhi Siksha scenes turned out so well is Gagan. I am a fan of Prabhavathi Garu. I don't do films without her. She does justice to the character without needing to be told. All the other artists have done justice to their roles. Thanks to distributor Shankar Garu. Balasubrahmanyam Garu always used to say, 'We should say that we have grown. No one else will say it about us.' I have never boasted about myself until now. But I want to talk about this film. Until four or five years ago, I didn't have much devotion. I used to believe that we get results only if we work hard. If such a person like me wrote the story of this film, it means Lord Shiva made me write it. This is not a story possible for me. I researched and learned everything for this film and wrote it. I felt very happy when Nandi and Shiva called me and told me what they felt when they saw the film. I feel amazing when people from my village call me and say 'Proud of Odela.' This film will always remain in my heart. No matter what genre of film we do, there will be a hundred similarities. I won't say that there is a film without similarities. But everyone is specially talking about the Samadhi Siksha, the cycle, Tirupati, and the 20 minutes in the climax. It would be good if everyone spreads these things. Please spread only the good things in the movie. This film's budget is not the budget you think it is. This film broke even before its release. We consider every rupee that comes to us in the form of the audience as Prasad given by that Paramatma. This film is already on the path of success. The main reason for that is the CG as well. Wonderful CG was done with a very low budget. The reason for this is Prasad Labs. Thanks to all of them. I hope those who haven't seen the movie will definitely go to the theater and watch it, and feel blessed after seeing Lord Shiva. Thank you so much."
Art director Rajeev Nayar, fight master Venkat, editor Avinash, artist Gagan, distributors Shankar and Suresh, actors Pooja, Vishita, Sridhar Reddy, Baby fame Prabhavathi, Siri, Naveen, Priya, and others participated in this success meet.
