Filmmaker Charukesh Sekar is elated about the overwhelming response to the trailer of his upcoming OTT Original ‘Ammu’ starring Aishwarya Lekshmi, Naveen Chandra, and Simha. Written and directed by Charukesh, ‘Ammu’ narrates the thrilling tale of a woman entangled in domestic abuse and her journey toward breaking free.
While the impressive trailer of ‘Ammu’ has created an impact with its hard-hitting narrative, director Charukesh reveals his inspiration behind making the film. “I always wanted to do female-driven stories. I am a fan of such films, but the inspiration for this particular story came from an article during the pandemic, where it was reported that domestic violence cases increased after the lockdown. It got me thinking that this is the consequence of the pandemic that you would never think of and that’s when I started reading about domestic violence,” informs Charukesh.
“Even though domestic violence is often talked about, there are so many intricacies and layers to it. I spoke to a lot of survivors and I realized that this is the story that needs to be told. It has been told before but there is a certain perspective I would like to give to it because every woman’s journey is unique, her struggles, how they deal with them, and how they break out of shackles are unique to them, that Ammu story is very unique to her, I just felt like this needed to be told,” Charukesh adds.
The movie revolves around Ammu who thought marriage was a fairy tale – full of love and magic. It all changed when her cop-husband Ravi (Naveen Chandra) hit her for the very first time. What Ammu thought was a one-off incident turned into a never-ending cycle of abuse, trapping her and breaking her soul and spirit. Pushed to her limits, Ammu teams up with an unlikely ally (Simha) to break free. OTT members across 240+ countries and territories worldwide will be able to stream Ammu in Telugu along with Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi dubs.
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