Ekka director Rohit Padaki: The biggest responsibility is to deliver a good film, but…

Ekka is Yuva Rajkumar’s sophomore film, in which Rohit has narrated a story that he believes will appeal to the sensibilities of Kannada movie audiences.

Rohit Padaki's next is Ekka

Kannada filmmaker Rohit Padaki had the backing of not one, but three popular production houses when he pitched the subject of his film Ekka, an interim project that he wanted to do while Uttarakaanda was on hold. KRG Studios, was on board early on and then roped in PRK Productions and Jayanna Films as well. Rohit had struck jackpot, but then came the next challenge – of convincing all three banners that this was the right script to collaborate on.

There were a lot of discussions, said the filmmaker on the Gold Class with RJ Mayuraa podcast, adding that a lot of it was constructive criticism. “Eventually, realization struck that the biggest responsibility is to deliver a good film. The problem is no one knows what a good film is. What I know is to present my story to the best of my capabilities, for which, a bunch of people have come together. If this film works out according to my sensibilities and audiences also appreciate it, then, I’d say, it is a good cinema,” says Rohit.

The filmmaker adds that even money-spinners like the KGF franchise and Kantara have a set of naysayers. “Steve Jobs once said, ‘If you want to please people, please sell ice cream; even then, people will not be pleased.’ So, you can’t please everyone. As I sit down for this conversation, I cannot guarantee that Ekka will be sure-shot hit. But I’ve had a victory as far as the process of making Ekka goes. I am celebrating the joy of the work we’ve put in over the last 7-8 months,” says Rohit.

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The filmmaker adds that as far as he’s concerned, Ekka’s box office is not what he’s interested in, it’s what it does for him thereafter that matters. As a filmmaker, the question of whether or not he has a new film in the pipeline is what counts. “After Rathnan Prapancha, my victory was that I had another film (Uttarakaanda) in hand. That is not a luxury that a lot of filmmakers enjoy,” he says.

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