Deva Katta: We don’t truly understand democracy
The Hindu
Director Deva Katta on why he looks at the functioning of a democracy through a civil servant protagonist in ‘Republic’, starring Sai Dharam Tej
The recent Telugu film Tuck Jagadish showed actor Nani as a Mandal Revenue Officer. In Republic, the Telugu film directed by Deva Katta and slated to release in theatres on October 1, actor Sai Dharam Tej plays a District Collector who stands his ground despite political pressures. The hero as an agent of change and the good versus evil battle is not new, but Deva Katta hopes Republic can challenge people’s understanding of democracy.
Republic pits Sai Dharam Tej against a powerful politician played by Ramya Krishna.
“Most of us don’t have a deep understanding of terms such as autocracy, democracy, socialism, communism or capitalism. We live in a democracy without truly understanding what it entails,” he says. He does not nurture romantic notions that cinema can spark a change in society, but believes that a well thought-out story can make people understand the root cause of problems.
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