Vikram Sirikonda is making his directorial debut with Touch Chesi Choodu, starring Ravi Teja.
Interestingly, he turned writer unexpectedly with the film Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam. “Director Dolly is a good friend of mine and asked me to write for that film,” says Vikram, who also worked as a screenwriter for the films Mirapakayi and Race Gurram, both of which were hits. “When I was working for Mirapakayi, Ravi Teja offered me the director’s role,” he shares, admitting that it took him quite long to accept the offer.
A still from Touch Chesi Choodu
“Though the basic plot of Touch Chesi Choodu is by writer Vakkantham Vamsi, I told the actor and producer that I wanted to develop the story on my own and give credit to Vamsi. They all agreed,” reveals the Chemical Engineering graduate.
“I even worked in DRDO for a month, but left the job because I am passionate about cinema,” he says.
Son of Madhava Rao, a popular theatre artiste from Warangal, Vikram shares that he wanted to join films from the beginning. “From childhood, I used to go to shootings because of my father, who knew a few people in the industry. I first joined as an associate director to V.V. Vinayak for films like Samba and Bunny,” he shares.
Talking about writers turning into directors, he says, “I wanted to become a director from the beginning, Usually writers don’t get credit for a film’s success as the credit mainly goes to the director and actor. If the film becomes a super success, the director and the lead actor’s remunerations go up, but not the writer’s. So I wanted to be a director.”
