Asalu trailer: Ravi Babu, Purnaa unite for an investigative thriller

Director Ravi Babu had an unexpectedly terrific start to his filmmaking career with the success of the indie comedy Allari and followed it up with a series of intriguing, experimental films like Aaviri, Avunu, Avunu 2, Anasuya, Nachavule, Amaravathi, Manasara and Nuvvila, to name a few. After making his web debut with ZEE5’s adult comedy Crrush, he is back in another web original Asalu.

Asalu is a web original created exclusively for Eenadu group’s OTT platform ETV Win. While Ravi Babu is the writer and the producer of the digital film, it is directed by Uday and Suresh. Purnaa, Satya Krishnan. Surya and Ravi Babu essay key roles in the investigative thriller bankrolled under Flying Frogs. Ahead of its OTT premiere on April 13, the film’s trailer was unveiled today.

The trailer starts with the murder of a high-profile professor Chakravarthy and an investigative officer trying to nab the culprit. There are four suspects in the story - Rakesh, Seshagiri Rao, Hema and Kishan. The film tries to decipher the web of secrets beneath the case and Purnaa will be a crucial link for the officer to find answers. The case only gets trickier and murkier with time.

Presented by ETV Win, the show has a capable technical crew. While SS Rajesh has composed the music, Charan Madhavaneni has cranked the camera. Narayana Reddy and Satyanarayana Balla are the art director and the editor respectively. Riddhi Thammareddy is the executive producer. Suri and Doodi Srinivas take care of the costumes and makeup.

Ravi Babu and Purnaa have united for a series of films earlier including Aaviri, Avunu, Avunu 2, Adhugo while Asalu is their fifth collaboration. Purnaa, who recently tied the knot with a Dubai-based businessman Shanid Asif Ali, gave birth to a baby boy earlier this week. She also essayed a crucial role in the Nani, Keerthy Suresh starrer Dasara, playing the on-screen wife of Shine Tom Chacko.