So when Sriram and Pradeep of Vijay TV met me a couple of years ago, it was to make a sequel of the film for the big screen. I've retained the flavour, the values of the joint family system and the humour of its counterpart,” says Suresh Krissna.īut what could have made him embark on a serial when he's busy in cinema? “ThatĪaha, the film, has been telecast in various channels more than a 100 times, exemplifies the popularity it commands. KVSS began, he must have already begun shooting ‘Aahaa.' “Yeah, I was simultaneously working onĪaha is still a film close to my heart and I'm making the serial on the same lines, though it's a different story altogether.

This travel from one language film to the other has been a norm with Suresh Krissna ever since he began wielding the megaphone.

Katarai Veera Sura Sundarangi should release in a month from now,” he says about his 51st film. “Ambarish, another big name in Kannada, is the villain and Ramya - she's known as Divya Spandana here - the heroine. Ilaignan, his last film in Tamil, Krissna had camped in nearby Karnataka to shoot a 3D film with Upendra in the lead. I plan a judicious balance of the box and the big screen.” A pioneering move, you could say, because generally you don't find directors straddling TV and cinema. “And it's not as though I'm giving up cinema. Very big players are entering the arena,” he avers. It's all about satellite value and popular viewing. The filmmaker who has directed 50 films in all languages of the South, includingīaasha, the all-time favourite of Rajnikanth fans, andĪalavandhaan with Kamal Haasan, and several Hindi films, turning to television? “Why not? Today, TV has a huge market. Except for Banupriya and Delhi Ganesh, the actors who were part of the film, and now the soap, all the characters are new. That Suresh Krissna, who directed the feel-good feature with the same name a few years ago, is the helmsman of a television endeavour, and that a sequel to a big screen grosser should be satisfied with a small screen presence! “Firstly, ‘Aahaa' isn't a sequel,” smiles Suresh Krissna. The promos announcing the arrival of ‘Aahaa,' Vijay TV's new mega opening tomorrow, makes me curious for at least two reasons.

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