Ankith Koyya has been round for greater than 5 years, quietly making an attempt to infuse life into the characters he portrays. Nonetheless, the latest Telugu movies Aay and Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam made the viewers sit up and spot him. The actor, who can be a content material govt at Niharika Konidela’s manufacturing home, Pink Elephant Footage, observes, “Earlier, some folks recognizing me on a prepare questioned if they’ve seen me someplace. Of late, folks come up and speak to me or request a selfie. Within the movie trade, some are conscious of my earlier work whereas others are going again to see the number of characters I’ve completed, past comedies.”
On the Pink Elephant workplace in Hyderabad, Ankith is having fun with the calm earlier than the storm of starting to shoot for a brand new movie in October. Each Aay and Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam turned out to be endearing movies that discovered patronage among the many Telugu audiences. Ankith reckons that he knew intuitively that these movies have been heading in the right direction. “It was heartening to see the audiences crack up in laughter whereas watching these movies. When my mother and father loved Aay, it stuffed me with happiness that’s powerful to specific in phrases.”
Directed by Okay Anji Babu, Aay (now streaming on Netflix) was a comedy drama set within the Godavari belt and Ankith shared appreciable display area with Narne Nithiin and Rajkumar Kasireddy. On vibing together with his co-stars and cracking the comedian timing, Ankith recollects, “The script studying session helped us rather a lot. Rajkumar anna and I improvised a couple of scenes and would snicker even whereas rehearsing. As an illustration, we knew that the bridge scene could be appreciated by the viewers.”
Whereas filming Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam, by which he had a number of scenes with veteran actor Rao Ramesh, Ankith says he was decided to carry out properly. “If in any respect one thing may go mistaken, it might be due to me. So I wished to present my greatest. As soon as the digicam was on, fortunately I carried out naturally and was not intimidated.”
Hailing from Visakhapatnam, the love for cinema introduced Ankith to Hyderabad and he started auditioning, touchdown supporting components in outstanding movies — Majili, Shyam Singha Roy, Thimmarusu and Aswathama, and the net sequence 9 Hours —to call a couple of. Quickly, he learnt that getting chosen by auditions concerned elements past his management.
Ankith had a help system in his brother who was working in Hyderabad and his mother and father, authorities academics in Visakhapatnam. Nonetheless, eager to be financially safe, he started working within the writing division of movies. “My entry into the world of cinema was by writer-director Teja Marni’s cousin. We spent appreciable time writing a function movie that sadly didn’t take off.” Nonetheless, Ankith went on to behave in Marni’s Johaar, which had a direct digital launch.
He then labored with a couple of different groups, together with Aswathama, and gave his enter for screenwriting. “I used to be not credited for all of my writing work. Frankly, I used to be effective if the groups paid me. Some did, whereas others didn’t, and I might search for contemporary alternatives. Naga Shaurya was form sufficient to speak about my contribution in writing the scenes of Aswathama.” Ankith was additionally featured as a short character within the movie.
The convenience with writing harks again to Ankith’s days at GITAM College, Visakhapatnam when he was a part of faculty performs. “Due to summary writing in class and faculty performs, I developed a aptitude for writing and storytelling,” he displays, “I’m additionally listener.”
As a content material govt, he listens to story narrations, reads scripts and filters them for Niharika. He listens to a number of narrations a month however has to date, by no means felt overwhelmed. “Folks inform me that after we take heed to too many narrations or learn a number of scripts, it might probably cloud our judgement. I take a couple of deep breaths, sit in a relaxed mode and take heed to a narration as if I’m watching a movie. If my consideration wavers, I notice down the cases and let the director know. I provide strategies if I believe something will be tweaked. It’s as much as them to contemplate these strategies. It’s a studying course of for me.”
Ankith additionally took up a short course titled Supply of Efficiency Power at Adishakti Theatre Arts, Pondicherry, which helped him get a greater understanding of storytelling and efficiency.
Publish Aay and Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam, Ankith has been receiving presents and is eager to enterprise past comedies. A movie that can function him as solo lead is on the playing cards. He’s eager to take it one step at a time and says, “My mother and father are conscious of the vagaries of cinema and provides me a actuality verify. My father has taught me to dwell inside my means. A pal as soon as advised me that only a few folks persist of their efforts and most depart halfway. I need to be that man who works and waits for the best alternatives.”
Printed – September 18, 2024 04:33 pm IST