New Zealand is set to witness the first Telugu language film to be shot and produced in the country. ‘7-Steps’ or 'Edu Adugulu' will be made under the banner of Red Films and Tanya Arts Entertainment.
Tanya Mehra, based in Auckland is an International Marketing Personnel in Real Estate by profession, an entrepreneur and will be playing a major role in the film and is also its executive producer of the film. The film will be directed by Santosh Tukkapuram.
The poster release ceremony of the film was held at India Gate Restaurant in Auckland on Tuesday, June 20 at 10 a.m. The poster was unveiled by renowned businessman and New Zealand People Party’s leader Roshan Nauhria.
At the small gathering for the ceremony, actress and producer Tanya Mehra expressed her passion for acting as she narrated her journey penetrating into the entertainment industry.
“I do not know Telugu but when Santosh, the director of the film read the script to me, I couldn’t help but say yes to the project,” Ms Mehra told The Indian Weekender.
Tanya debuted at a very young age in a TV series on Doordarshan as a child artist. She has ever since associated herself with the entertainment industry doing short films and other small roles in feature films.
Tanya, a classical dancer, an actor and also a model has also played a small role in the upcoming Indian science fiction film Robot 2.0 that stars Rajinikanth in the lead and Akshay Kumar as the protagonist.
The cast of 7-Steps will include some popular names from the entertainment industry in Hyderabad. The production team will shoot some scenes of the film in Hyderabad and the majority of the film will be shot in New Zealand. The locations include Auckland, parts of North Island, Queenstown and Invercargill.
The film comes with an approximate budget of $500,000 and will be dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam and will have English subtitles in the Telugu version.
“This is the first Telugu film being shot in New Zealand. We have more 10,000 Telguites living in Auckland alone and with this film, we will create a new benchmark and hope to see more of such vernacular language films are made in New Zealand,” Santosh, director of the film said.
The film will release in India, New Zealand, Australia, The United States and the UK is yet to be confirmed.
The crew of 20 members will travel from Hyderabad to New Zealand later this year and shoot the film in the 45-days schedule.
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