India, June 24 -- As a youngster, all that filmmaker D Satya Prakash dreamt of was about playing cricket and becoming a professional cricketer. But a bout of ill health in a crucial year, just as he was approaching the cut off age to play at state-level meant that this was not to be. And though he didn't grow up on a healthy diet of films, Satya turned to cinema after he was introduced to the world of books and read everything that he could lay his hands on.

Watch Satya Prakash's debut film, the State Award-winning Rama Rama Re, with OTTplay Premium

The idea of telling stories fascinated him, but he had no idea of how to channel that and even when he eventually figured that cinema was the path for him, getting into the industry remained...