Ramula
“I jumped at the opportunity when Ashi Dua Sara [producer of the series, on behalf of Netflix] met us in Hyderabad to discuss the project. We stepped out of our comfort zones to explore complex characters,” says Tharun. Moving away from urban rom-coms, he takes us into rural Telangana to narrate the story of a young woman caught in the crossfire of romance and politics.
Ramula stars Lakshmi Manchu as a politician, Naveen Kumar and newcomer Saanve Megghana. Having watched the film, I ask if Ramula is a true story. Tharun discloses that he happens to hear such real-life stories on a daily basis and was struck by how lightly it is taken [by people].