Nag Ashwin who is best known for helming Mahanati, the movie based on South Indian legendary actress Savitri, took to Twitter to express his dissatisfaction with the proposed architectural design for Tripathi’s new railway station. The architectural designs of the yet to be built railway station in Tirupati were shared by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways. The designs were panned by many social media users. Nag Ashwin also urged the railway minister to appoint someone who is familiar with India’s rich architectural heritage.
Mahanati helmer Nag Ashwin responded back to the minister, “Dear sir, as u might have seen in the comments, nobody likes this. The design looks like some generic western copy, some bad IT park. Tirupati is sacred, spiritual. let’s get ppl to design it who understand the rich architecture of India and not this glass and steel copies.”
Another netizen also wrote: I think Interior makes the difference…. definitely it’s a temple Town…Hope Railways are aware of this and make consultancy to designs respectively. Another twitter user also wrote: As a Film Maker, your tweet for our temple town city, feeling proud movement, no body asking about tpt, other film maker’s, like Kishore Tirumala, and other Big Celebrities film Maker’s, it’s our spiritual town, we should stand for this, i agree with you Nagashwin Sir
On the work front, Naga Ashwin is currently working for Project K starring Prabhas and Deepika Padukone.
Dear sir…as u might have seen in the comments…nobody likes this…The design looks like some generic western copy, some bad IT park… tirupati is sacred, spiritual…lets get ppl to design it who understand the rich architecture of India..and not this glass n steel copies?
— Nag Ashwin (@nagashwin7) May 31, 2022