so hi, I’m Bala! and i’m the writer and director of Nenu Vinanu, first is what is Nenu Vinanu? the title is in telugu, it means “I have listened” the film is actually bengali/telugu bilingual. As of January 20 2025, the film is still in development and filming. I’m making this film for some upcoming film festivals. The story is about Babitha, a struggling writer finds inspiration for her first script amidst personal chaos, the wisdom of her idols, and an unexpected pep talk from her quirky wifi technician, crafting a story that bridges her dreams with the reality around her.
As of currently there are a lot of frustration going within me, that i’m trying to express through this script of mine. Being a 17 year old kid from west bengal, what my love is for Telugu cinema and Spaghetti Westerns that i have tried to express here in this script.
Currently i have did around 24 shots in shot division list. Still making the shotlist ready. This will actually be a short script around 15 to 20 minutes runtime upon completion. In Nenu Vinanu i have tried to talk about alot of things that a filmmaker face, being honest what i have myself faced in the last 2 years, and i have tried to pay a homage to directors like Clint Eastwood and Puri Jagannath through this script.
Being limited on my resources i’m trying to push myself to the extreme with this script. I wish and hope that the film comes out as i planned in my thoughts!
Actually the way i got the idea of this script is pretty interesting, before making this for a very long time i was making a 3 part stopmotion project. Titled as “The Forgotten Friend Trilogy” consisting of “The Rebuild : a work in progress” which was supposed to be the first part, then “The introduction : prologue of The Forgotten Friend” and the final and main part “The Forgotten Friend” itself.
I started making the first part of it, The Rebuild with what resources i had, but as the script grew and during shooting i went through many changes and initially the whole narrative changed until i came halfway and the budget grew much than i thought, and unfortunately i had to abandon the project after half work was done. Then i somehow edited that only and uploaded the half unfinished work on youtube because it was of no use.
here you can watch the half unfinished project-
Then for a very long time i was in thought about my next work.
I wrote a very interesting script after that titled “I won… correct?” it is a completed script that is somewhere in my drawer currently, but i needed a good budget to do this only, then when i made my mind i thought if i’m really putting a good amount in this work then why not make something better with a much budget.
Then i started writing again, and that night i wrote 2 scripts, out of them one was a story that i heard years ago on radio and i barely could remember the story so i developed one on basis of what i remembered. And it came out to be very absurd, then also left that (it was very senseless)
Then all these happenings with me started creating a frustration within me and i took a long breath and thought about after this point i won’t care about anything, i shouldn’t care about audience (and neither i have any right now) shouldn’t care about what people will think about it in festival, first i should listen to myself! only myself! Do i think this theme is suiting me? Do i think it is reflecting my thoughts? myself? Then i opened the software and named the title “Nenu Vinanu” which translates to “I have listened" because i wanted to listened to myself first. Then i created a character named Babitha, (also the name of my very first and lost love) and this character of Babitha is a reflection of me, my problems and what i faced myself being in this field for a much time. Won’t be saying anything about the film right now as it is in development currently, matter of fact i was too lonely right now so thought about typing out my inner thoughts here and right all i could thought about was this ongoing work of mine.
genuinely want to say thanks to all my vudas who are working in this project, Dipannita vuda, then ofcourse my girl Meera! my very first nonsensical analog short film was with her! “Meerapossessed.mp4” from that time till now! been a long time, then her mom as well (yes got her a role as well) then Dipannita vuda’s son (yep anyone that was near me became a part of this project) then alot of known and unknown vudas are a part of this project. And lastly special thanks to Bhavana Vuda! Bhavana Naswab vuda! (very recent vuda as of now, but very close) very very very much thankksssssss for all the transcreation vuda did in this script without her it wasn’t possible to complete this script!
yeah for now this much only, as i keep progressing with this work, i will keep updating.
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