For any movie, Pre-production is as important as production, particularly for films that are based on real incidents and are made in original locations. Naga Chaitanya’s 23rd film is to be helmed by Chandoo Mondeti and produced by Bunny Vas under the guidance of ace producer Allu Aravind who also presents it.
As the film has a fisherman backdrop and Naga Chaitanya plays the helmsman of a boat in this periodic love story. So, they adopted a new approach for pre-production. To begin the pre-production, team #NC23 explored coastal Andhra Pradesh and visited K Machilesham village in Srikakulam.
Producer Bunny Vas shared that the director Chandoo Mondeti was keen that we should not work on this story sitting in Hyderabad, We are taking this pre-production forward with a lot of care by studying the people and atmosphere.
Director Chandoo Mondeti opined that pre-production begins now after coming to this village and observing every minute detail so that they have a complete idea about what they are making.
Hero Naga Chaitanya too chipped in and said that they are in village to meet the characters, study their body language… know the texture of the village and understand their lifestyle.
As a unique approach to present a real life story, team #NC23 took to the sea to understand the work life of the fishermen. The entire journey is presented as a documentary called The First Cut Documentation. For he first time, a hero visited locations and interacted with people, before starting the shoot. Naga Chaitanya is showing his special interest in the project by taking part in the pre-production works.