Ashok Kumar – the art director, will be a director

Ashok Kumar may not be familiar with the movie buffs, but his splendid art work in Mahesh Babu’s ‘Okkadu’ is the highlight of the film. Yes! I’m talking about the Charminar look alike set in ‘Okkadu’. This art director who also won two Nandi awards – one for ‘Okkadu’ in 2003 and the other for ‘Pournami’ in 2006 is all set to turn director shortly. It was Ashok’s long time dream to become a director and it is going to be fulfilled by producer Lagadapati Sridhar. It is learnt that his debut film will be on the backdrop of dance, something similar to Lawrence’s ‘Style’. The cast and crew are still undecided, therefore it will be announced shortly. The film launch will take place on January 14, 2010.