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Prime Video Sets July 4 Global Premiere for Uppu Kappurambu

Ani I.V. Sasi’s coming-of-age satire uses humor to spotlight burial infrastructure challenges in a 1990s South Indian village

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Overview

  • The movie will stream in Telugu with dubbed tracks in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada across more than 240 global markets.
  • Keerthy Suresh and Suhas lead an ensemble cast that also includes Babu Mohan, Shatru and Talluri Rameshwari.
  • Produced by Radhika Lavu’s Ellanar Films and written by Vasanth Maringanti, the film is set against a quirky rural backdrop of the 1990s.
  • Nikhil Madhok, Prime Video’s head of originals, calls it a “thought-provoking, yet delightfully quirky satire” capturing an authentic village milieu.
  • Director Ani I.V. Sasi says the satire blends comedy with social commentary to show how ordinary people navigate extraordinary challenges with limited means.