Poster of ‘Amrita Bhoomi’ film on natural farming released

Vijayawada, March 9: R.P. Sisodia, Special Chief Secretary to Governor, released a poster of ‘Amrita Bhoomi’ a full-length feature film in Telugu with natural farming and farmers suicides as the centre story, at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. Explaining the idea behind the movie, Dr. D. Parinaidu, Producer and writer of the original story, said that it is a message-oriented movie and it aims create awareness in the society on the ill-effects of farming with fertilisers and pesticides and how farming with high chemical content is having an impact on the mental growth of the children and that the movie also focuses on the issue of farmers suicides due to high cost of crop investments and crop losses.

He said Pamula Pushpa Sreevani, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Tribal Welfare, along with her husband Parikshit Raju, played an important role in the movie. Dr. Parinaidu said that the ‘Amrita Bhoomi’ movie was financially supported by the Organic Farming Division of the Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sadhikara Samithi and the cast included Dr. M. Hari Jawaharlal, the then District Collector, Vizianagaram, Dr. Y. Lakshmi Prasad, Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission, prominent Tollywood Producer Thammareddi Bharadwaj and others with a message from T. Vijayakumar, Advisor to Andhra Pradesh government on natural farming. 

He further said that eminent folk singer late Vangapandu Prasada Rao wrote the story and songs for the movie, directed by Korukonda Brahmanandam. He thanked Sisodia for agreeing to release the movie poster. Sisodia complimented Dr. Parinaidu, for his efforts in making a feature film with a message to the society.