For a few days, the song ‘Saranga Dariya’ from the upcoming film ‘Love Story’ is in news. ‘Relare’ program singer Komala accused that Sekhar Kammula and Suddala Ashok Teja didn’t tell her that her song is being used by them, before releasing the promo.

Getting into the story, Saranga Dariya is an old folk song introduced to the people by Komala through the singing program Relare. However, she is not the one who penned lyrics or gave music for the song. She got it from her grandmother and introduced it to the people through the program.

After Komala speaking on this, social media users showed concern on her and started sharing the news. Finally, director Sekhar Kammula, who is helming Love Story has responded. He thanked the whole movie team along with Komala and said that they asked Komala to sing the song earlier.

“We called Komala and asked her to sing the song. But she said she cannot come as she is suffering from cold. Also, she asked for credits and money for which we said okay,” Kammula said. As Komala didn’t attend the venue to sing the song because of her health issues, Kammula said she will be given credits and money for introducing the song to them.

Sekhar Kammula is one of the most sensible directors of Telugu cinema. Most of his films ended up as money spinners and all his films are known for their clean entertainment and a class touch. Sekhar Kammula is busy with Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi starrer Love Story. The film got delayed and is now in the final stages of shoot. Love Story is expected to release next year and Sekhar Kammula opened about his next film.

He said that he is ready with the script of his next film which is a romantic comedy. Sekhar Kammula is in talks with an established young actor for the film. He said that Asian Films who are producing Love Story will bankroll his next film too. Sekhar Kammula who is tightlipped about his upcoming movies opened up for the first time. He said that he utilized the break and got the script done for his next. Sekhar Kammula also said that he is in plans to complete the project at a fast pace.

Sensible director Sekhar Kammula did some remarkable films in his career. The female leads in his films have strong and dominant roles assigned and they are the major USP of Sekhar Kammula’s films. But, Sekhar Kammula is said to have broken the stereotypes with his next film that features Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles. Chaitu plays the role of a Telangana village-based youngster who moves to Hyderabad for his career. He plays a young who leads a simple and peaceful life.

Naga Chaitanya’s characterization and the way Sekhar Kammula penned his role are the major highlights of the film. We are informed that Chaitu’s role dominates Sai Pallavi’s role in the film. Chaitu will be seen speaking Telangana diction in this breezy romantic drama. Sai Pallavi is already fluent in the Telangana accent after Fidaa. Chaitu took special classes to get the accent right. Tentatively titled Love Story, the film releases during summer 2020. The entire shoot of the film will be completed by February.

Sensible director Shekhar Kammula voiced out his opinion on sensitive issue of Uranium mining in Nallamala forests. He opposed the project and raised the concerns.

Shekhar Kammula tweeted, “Uranium mining in Nallamala forests would seriously affect the ecosystems in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. We will lose 3 lakh acres of forest land and wildlife habitat. It will destroy second largest tiger reserve in India. The Chenchus, the most primitive tribe who live in Nallamala forest will be extinct. It would deplete springs, rivulets, contaminate Krishna river with truly frightening implications. The Radon emission is proven to be cancer causing. It is catastrophic to go on with mining. The government should react and see to that we save Krishna river, Chenchus and Nallamala forests”

Fidaa director’s appeal was welcomed and appreciated by environmentalists and tribal welfare groups.

Sensible filmmaker Sekhar Kammula made a sensational comeback after a brief hiatus with blockbuster hit Fidaa. One year after Fidaa release, Sekhar Kammula is now prepping up for his next project which is currently in scripting stages.

According to the latest reports in media, Tamil star hero Vikram’s son Dhruv is likely to star in Kammula’s film which is said to be another slice of life drama. If this buzz turns out to be true, it will be Dhruv’s debut film in Telugu.

Dhruv is now making his Tamil debut under the direction of Bala and the film is a remake of Tollywood cult romantic drama Arjun Reddy.

Sekhar Kammula filed a police case after a fraudster cheated several people claiming he is assistant of Sekhar Kammula.

The fraudster advertised in a website saying, Sekhar Kammula is looking for fresh faces for his upcoming movie. As Sekhar Kammula is known for launching new faces in his movies, many people believed this ad and contacted the numbers given in the ad. Then he demanded a nominal fee between Rs 1,500 to Rs 1,800 and deposit in the given bank details. As the fee was very nominal, nobody got any doubt. This website ran for 25 days and several people deposited money into account and nobody complained as the amount was not very big.

But somebody got doubt and complained police and police approached Sekhar Kammula and he was shocked to hear this. He along with victims complained police and cyber crime department is investigating the case.

Young and upcoming actress Sri Reddy has been making sensational and unusual allegations on top directors and filmmakers of Telugu cinema from some time. She revealed that she fell as a prey to casting couch and several directors cheated her citing her offering films. She recently targeted sensible director Sekhar Kammula which left Tollywood in shock. Sekhar took his official page to trash them saying that he never even saw Sri Reddy. Sekhar Kammula warned her that he would initiate legal proceedings if she doesn’t take her words back. Here is his post:

“Yesterday a social media post maligning me came to my notice. It is vulgar, demeaning and full of lies. It has caused deep grief to my family, to me and many more who value me. I could never imagine in my wildest dreams that a woman whom I don’t know, have not seen or never spoken to in person or on the phone can suddenly make these baseless allegations.

Whatever might be their intentions and whoever might be involved in this diabolic act , I would like to say that it is WRONG, IMMORAL and CRIMINAL . People who know me and my work would be aware of the kind of importance I give to equality of women and their empowerment. I live by my CHARACTER and die by it. I will not spare anyone who tries to point fingers at it.

APOLOGIZE and take back every word that was posted against me or be ready to face legal action, which will include criminal/civil proceedings”.

Sensible filmmaker Sekhar Kammula is habituated to take considerable gap for each film. Since his debut film, the Happy Days director prefers to give ample time for script writing and then finalizes the cast and crew.

After directing Anamika in 2014, he took three years gap and make a striking comeback with Varun Tej’s Fidaa which released last year. Once again, he is going to take a brief sabbatical before announcing his next project.

He is currently working on the script for his next project the cast of which are not yet finalized. He feels script is more important than having dates of heroes and producers. So, he is focussed on locking yet another sensible and content driven story for his next project. He is sticking to typical working style and taking a brief gap again.