How did Aata happen?
MS Raju told me that he would make a film with me after stupendous success of Manasantha Nuvve. We met a few times to discuss about the project. We expected Manasantha Nuvve to be a runaway hit. But the Telugu movie lovers have given classic status to that film. During the production of Boss, MS Raju called me and narrated this story. I felt that this film has all the elements of Manasantha Nuvve except for emotion. Why was emotion missing? This a breezy entertainer like Dhoom 2. Aata is just supposed to entertain. If we insert emotion, it would have become a routine melodrama. That is the reason why we deliberately avoided having emotional scenes. The audiences are saying that this film is similar to Gudumba Shankar? I too have watched Gudumba Shankar. There are only a few stories and formulas for us to make a film. For example Basha, Master, Samarasimha Reddy and Narasimha Naidu have the similar formula. But the story lines are different. All these films are blockbusters. The formula
