Raj Shetty's Debut Film Ondu Motteya Kathe Is A Golden Egg!

Raj Shetty is the man of moment. He has become a star with his debut film “Ondu Motteya Kathe” (the story of one egg) doing good business at box office. The lad from Mangaluru, who is bald in real life has made baldness cool with “Ondu Motteya Kathe”. He has not only acted as lead in the film, but has also has directed the film. Made on a tight budget, the film has actors from Mangaluru. Initially slated to be a short film, it was made into a feature film. Top celebrities like Puneeth Rajkumar, Ganesh, Rakshit Shetty and Prajwal have praised the film. In an exclusive interview with Vedhanth of Karnataka Today, Raj opens up:

 

- Vedhanth

Did you expect the film to be such a huge success?

I did not expect the film to be such a huge success. I was very confident of the film, so I went ahead to make the film. We had a made a film at a very small budget. We were sure of recovering the budget by releasing it on a few screens. But the film has now been released in so many and it’s running successfully everywhere. I never ever dreamt that we would do so well at the box office. People have made the film a success.

Was it not risky to debut with an off-beat film?

Initially I had planned to do a short film. However later I was asked to make it a feature film. I knew there was a lot of risk involved in making the film. But our team decided to keep the budget tight, so that either way, we will recover the money. We had proper planning. All the actors were new.

They were made to undergo acting workshops. The film was shot in 16 days flat. We did everything as per plan.

How did you get Pawan Kumar to back your project?

 We had completed shooting the film. But we did not have any proper plans to get it released in theatres. We needed a distributor who will give us a pan Karnataka release. We did not know whom to approach.