Did you know the teaser of Sekhar Kammula's "Kuberaa" was edited by Sushruth Chilakapati, a young alumnus from Nagarjuna's college - The Akkineni Family’s Annapurna College of Film and Media?
However, Nagarjuna was not aware of this, and ended up asking - "Who cut this?".
He recalled, "When I first watched the teaser, I was blown away. I remember asking, ‘Who cut this? What a fantastic cut!’ It had such finesse, such storytelling rhythm - it was difficult to pull off something like that, especially a teaser that builds entirely on a song and still conveys a whole story. I later found out that the person behind it was a young man named Sushruth, an alumnus of Annapurna College of Film & Media. I was genuinely thrilled!"
After learning that the editor is an alumnus of his college, Nagarjuna asked his wife, Amala Akkineni about him.
"I was so proud. We had met before, but I hadn’t realised he’d go on to do something so impactful. For Sekhar to conceive of a teaser that too the first teaser, like this…and for someone from our very own college to bring it to life - that’s what this ecosystem is all about. It was a full-circle moment for me as both an actor and the founder of the college," Nagarjuna added.