In an exclusive conversation with India Today Digital's Sanjay Ponnappa, National Award-winning director Manoj Kumar,  open up about the sheer grit behind their grassroots success of his film Premada oorali starring veteran actor Rangayana Raghu, Shree Ram, Ramika Shivu, and Thapaswini Poonacha

From running completely out of funds mid-shoot — forcing a desperate call home to keep a mother's thaali ready to pawn — to ditching commercial violence for honest, rooted village emotions, this is the raw, inspiring story of how pure faith and vulnerability conquered the box office.

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