Indian film Muthayya (Telugu) won the Best Debut film at the Meta Film Festival in Dubai. It is directed. by Bhaskar Maurya. Here’s a short interview with the producers Vrinda Prasad and CH Hemanth, who I met at the Meta Film Festival in Dubai.
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Muthayya is named after the central character in the film. In a remote village, a 70-year-old man dreams of becoming an actor. His much younger best friend Malli helps him in his unique journey of making his dream come true. What follows is a blizzard of events that make you smile, laugh and admire at the simplicity of a story well narrated and made.
The Telugu film has Sudhakar Reddy, Arun Kumar and Purna Chander. The cinematographer is Divakar Mani and its music composer is Karthik Rodriguez.
Here is the video of Vrinda and Hemanth in Dubai accepting the award.