23 October 2006
Hyderabad

Vasantha Lakshmi wrote an open letter to Sekhar Kammula by expressing her feelings about movies of Sekhar Kammula. Sekhar Kammula reacted to that open letter and sent his reply. Here it is -

Dear Vasantha Lakshmi gaaru,
Mee letter chadivanu...chala letters vasthutayi kaani (dabba kosam kaadu) mee letter enduko.. prompted me to write a reply...first of all mee abhimananiki chala chala thanks andi...

Nenu naa sayasakthula so called.. naaku telisi..nenu anukuntunna manchi sensible cinema ee teesthanu...kaani frankly nenu, naa lanti vaallu eppudu minority lamu...ante thakkuva mandi unnamu ani kaadu..thakkuva mandiki nacchuthunnamu ani...so naaku appudappudu anipincche badhaakarmaina vishayam emitante...NENU mancha....leka cheda....endukante thara tharaluga ..mana manugada kaani ..mana samskrithi kaani is RUN and exists by POPULAR vote, popular culture and popular belief....so ade manchi ...ade kavalisindi ga chelamani ayipothundi.........so, naa cinema ...naa abhiprayalu..mancha ...cheda ...ante, nenu avasarama ani ...??????... .....enduku etiki eduru eeduthunnanu ani....chaala chala anipisthundi....

APPUDU vasthayi naaku meeru pampinchina lanti letters...oka chinna maata....oka peddavida edo pelli lo antundi...baabu manchi cinemalu teesthavanta kada dabbulu emanna vasthaya...ani...railway ticket counter lo akathanu antadu...SIR meeru line lo nunchokoodadu sir meeru manchi cinemalu teestharu.. ani..thana chotu esthadu.......oka police thana chalan maaaf chesthadu ..meeru maaku coffe eccharu kada sir ani.......edo telyani parking lot lo...okathanu naa car clean chesthadu...sir mee car ela unda koodadu ani...

Veetiki thodu....

maa naannani choostha.....i see my family, friends...and na chuttoo unna manushyulu...chinna pillalu...aadhukune friends....kanta neelu pettukune kodukulu...pillala marks sheet Xerox chese thandrulu.....galli cricket...cycle meeda pillalni badiki teesukelle thandrulu...kallajodu pettukuni telugu nerpe school teacher....tellarjamuna tuition laki velle pillalu...vaana....vaana lo padavalu.... ekkado vinipinche MS paata ...sastri gaari kavita...pandagalaku pattu cheeralu kattukune mana aadavvallu....payasam chese ammalu....RTC bus....rajullaga thirige mana auto vaalu....paradise biryani ...neelu raani rojulu....candle light lo chaduvukune pillalu...news paper lu....news paperlo siggu eggu vadilesi abhaddhalu cheppe mana nayakulu......

EVVANI anubhavistooooo...anudhavinche adrushtam naaku ecchinanduku aaa devudiki kruthagnyathaga... ..mancho chedo....dabbulo...kaado....upayogamo ...ledo...nenu naaaku nacchina cinemale teesthanu.........aaaa tharuvaatha sangathi dekhajayega...

SO ELA DECIDE AYIPODAMU

....Naaa cinema manchi.....kaani minority......so mellaga ...eppudo....ellago deeeni majority chese prayathnam chesthanu, sorry cheddamu....ALA kaaka naa cinemalu chedu ayithe assalu problem ee ledu 'cause I'm minority anyway............

Thank u ........VASANTHA LAKSHMI gaaru....