Priyadarshi and Harshith in the film
The Telugu film ‘Mail’ will be screened virtually as part of New York Indian Film Festival 2021
The Telugu film
Mail (Chapter 1 - Kambalapally Kathalu), which is streaming on Aha, has been selected to be a part of the New York Indian Film Festival 2021. Directed by Uday Gurrala and produced by Swapna Cinema, the film starring Priyadarshi and Harshith Malgireddy was acclaimed for its indie-spirited narration of a story set in rural Telangana.
Mail explored how a hamlet gets introduced to the internet and email in 2005.
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‘Sending A Happy #Mail To The World’ Published by GulteDesk May 08, 2021
Comedian Priyadarshi’s second digital outing was ‘Mail.’ It was chapter one of ‘Kambalapally Kathalu’ web-series produced by Priyanka Dutt on Swapna Cinema banner. The web-series received a decent response and now it has got a call for the New York Indian Film Festival 2021.
Confirming the same, Swapna Cinema Twitter handle stated, “In these difficult times, sending a happy #Mail to the world. Catch our film at the New York Indian Film Festival starting June 4, 2021.”
‘MAIL’ was directed by Uday Gurrala and set against a rural backdrop. Back in the times of early 2000s when computers were making way to every household, Hybath played by Priyadarshi runs a computer gaming shop in his village.
Priyadarshi and Harshith Malgireddy in ‘Mail’, the first feature film in the Kambalapally Kathalu series
The Telugu film ‘Mail’ harks back to the time when the personal computer was new and revered
Cinematographer and first-time director Uday Gurrala remembers spending his school holidays at his grandmother’s village, Kambalapally in Mahabubabad mandal, Telangana. “To me, that was the best holiday destination. I would sit by the lake or watch Bathukamma celebrations and feel at home with everything the village had to offer,” he recalls. When he decided to direct feature films, he was determined to narrate stories from Kambalapally. The Telugu film