 In an interview , Vijay C Chakravarthy , the cinematographer for the film , said that Dil Raju offered him the position in November 2005 . For the film , Vijay said that he made use of Arriflex 435 camera and Hawk lenses . In another interview , Bhaskar said working with Abburi Ravi , his co @-@ writer , was unique . They used to converse in a closed room with a voice recorder , allowing the dialogues in the script to be natural . He also heaped praise on Marthand K. Venkatesh , the film 's editor . After filming , the length of the film reel came to 16 @,@ 200 feet ( 4 @,@ 900 m ) which amounted to a runtime of 3 hours and 15 minutes . The presence of Marthand brought this down to 15 @,@ 100 feet ( 4 @,@ 600 m ) . This meant a reduction in the runtime by 25 minutes . 
