{{Infobox film | name = Valasa | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Deva Katta | writer = | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = Sachi Pinagapani | starring = | narrator = | cinematography = Sachi Pinagapani<br />Deva Katta | editing = Sachi Pinagapani<br />Deva Katta | music = | studio = | distributor = | released = | runtime = | country = United States | language = Telugu | budget = | gross = }} '''''Valasa''''' ({{Translation|Migration}}) is an unreleased Telugu-language documentary film directed by Deva Katta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wirally.com/10-telugu-directors-who-made-short-films-before-directorial-debut/|title=11 Telugu Directors Who Made Short Films Before Directorial Debut|language=te|work=wirally|first=Kalyan|last=Bharath|date=3 July 2018|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref> The film is about the lives of Indian students who go abroad to the United States for college.
== Production == Deva Katta worked on this film while working in an automobile company as a mechanical engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teluguswag.com/police-kalpula-nundi-thappinchukunna-director-deva-katta/|title=police kalpula nundi thappinchukunna director deva katta!|work=Telugu Swag|first=Vijay|last=Kalyan|language=te|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="I1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/prasthanam-indianpanorama.html|title=A Guerrilla’s Prasthanam into Panorama|work=Idlebrain.com|date=30 November 2010|location=Hyderabad|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref> The film was produced by Deva Katta's friend Sachi Pinagapani, who also worked as a cameraman and editor alongside Katta. The film starred Katta's colleagues and roommates. The film began production in 1999 as an 18-episode low-budget television serial shot in Detroit on a Panasonic MiniDV camcorder during the weekends in winter.<ref name="I1"/><ref name="I2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/devakatta.html|title=Deva Katta interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director|website=Idlebrain.com|accessdate=31 July 2025}}</ref> The film was shot for around a year.<ref name="I1"/> Ravi Varma auditioned for one of the lead roles in 2000 but was not selected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/chitchat-ravivarma.html|title=Chitchat with Ravi Varma|date=2 November 2006|work=Idlebrain.com|location=Hyderabad|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref> Katta edited the film using Adobe Premiere.<ref name="I1"/> Since Katta was not satisfied with the final cut due to technical issues, he shortened the serial into a two hour film in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/nag-ashwin-tharun-bhascker-7-telugu-directors-who-studied-abroad-140276|title=Nag Ashwin to Tharun Bhascker, 7 Telugu directors who studied abroad|date=25 November 2020|work=The News Minute|first=Rajeswari|last=Parasa|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref>
== Future == Katta used ''Valasa'' as the basis of his feature film debut ''Vennela'' (2005), co-produced by Sachi Pinagapani, which additionally included a love story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/pressmeet-vennela.html|title=Vennela - press meet - Telugu Cinema - Raja, Parvati Melton|website=Idlebrain.com|accessdate=31 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="I2"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Indian documentary films Category:Unreleased Telugu-language films Category:American documentary films Category:Films directed by Deva Katta