Computer knowledge isn’t enough : Rudra

Challa Anirudra Reddy is in his twenties but he’s done quite a lot to fill up his resume. He has done marketing in movies before he gave it up to become an editor. Rudra as he is called in the industry tells TCP that he worked with Shimit Amin for Ab Tak Chappan and RGV’s Company and a couple of movies as an assistant editor and then moved to Boney Kapoor’s camp for No Entry.

Apparently his first feature film as an editor was for UAE, an Arabic movie. Ask him how managed that? He says, “Language is not a must for editors, how you present the film is more than enough plus we do have language translators.” Another interesting thing Rudra reveals is that Veta which was made into many languages is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ Count of Monte Cristo. He adds, “A sheik in Dubai wanted to make it in Arabic, Parsi and in Urdu and I’ve worked as an editor for the trilingual film. The hero was the same but the artistes differed for the three languages.”

What more, he assisted in the editing department for Marigold and had done live editing in Uttaranchal for Ashwin Kumar’s The Forest. But what made his work enriching was the Digital Intermedaite Process in films like Fanaa, Golmaal, Omkaara, Pyaar Ke Side Effects. At the moment Rudra is involved in Venkat’s Thoda Hat Ke which is Konchem Kottaga in telugu and Rs. 999/- Maatrame which is being made with the Aithe concept.

“The Grade I film editor says patience is one of the virtues of an editor. A newcomer who is fascinated with the film world shouldn’t come here with misconceptions. Most people think that being computer literate helps you finish your editing in a jiffy but that’s not true. A hand’s on experience is an asset.”

Heard Navdeep is gonna work in another film with Krishna Vamsi