Light-hearted fare
M.L. NARASIMHAM
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Based on Tamil hit `Sundarapurushan', the Sunil and Arthi Agarwal starrer is a comic love story.
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We reworked on the script to make it more comical and interesting than the original. Producer V. Apparao
RIB TICKLER Sunil and Arthi Agarwal act out a scene.
About half an hour's drive from Rajahmundry on the way to Korukonda lies a small village - Dosakayalapalli, still retaining its rustic aura amidst the hustle and bustle of modernity.
The otherwise quite hamlet came alive with the buzzing sound of the generator van and the speeding vehicles carrying the unit members of Mega Super Good Films (P) Ltd., a sister concern of the popular Super Good Films.
Already the title Andaala Ramudu seems to have become popular here so is Sunil, the film's lead actor. The ace comedian turns hero with Arthi Agarwal as the heroine. Long time co-director (from Suryavamsam to Sankranthi) with Super Good Films, Lakshmi Narayana alias Deepti makes his debut as the director.
Cinematographer Sameer Reddy's assistant shouts `lights on.' Once the director calls for the shot, the ace lens man's camera rolls to film the crucial pre-climax scene on the lead pair, Kota Srinivasa Rao, veteran Tamil actress Vadivukkarasi (once known to Telugu audiences as Sivaranjani), Venumadhav, Jeevi and Lakshmipathy. The middle class house seems to have undergone a renovation without altering its lineage.
Rural setting
"It is essentially a rural based comical love story based on Super Good's Tamil hit Sundarapurushan. We reworked on the script to make it more comical (dialogue by Ramesh-Gopi) and interesting than the original. Most of the shoot was held around Rajahmundry - Rangampeta, Samarlakota Lakshmi Narayanaswamy Temple, Kadiyam, Lollalakula and Korukonda where we shot the climax. These locations gave the right atmosphere and mood to the script," says executive producer Vakada Apparao. The film is produced by N.V.Prasad and Paras Jain with R.B.Chowdary as the presenter.
Interspersed with light-hearted banter and laced with spontaneous humour, Sunil is in his elements when he is delivering his dialogue. But evidently, there is a serious side to his acting too. Livingstone (who wrote the story) and Khushboo played the lead roles in the Tamil version. It is not one's external beauty but the inner beauty that matters is the main theme.
Hurt by the rejection of a girl he had loved, the hero takes a strong decision to make her understand the strength of the inner beauty. "It is a crazy combination too," continues Apparao.
"Sunil is doing a wonderful job. To the title, Andaala Ramudu we gave a tag line Ani veedi feeling," laughs Rao. "Earlier we shot a song on him and about 40 dancers with a music band accompanying them. Tuned by S. A. Rajkumar it is also the entry scene of the hero into the heroine's village. In the first schedule we have completed 65 per cent of the shoot. A few scenes at the hero's house set in Hyderabad and four more songs in Mysore, Ooty and Kerala are to be filmed."
The winter sun is about to set and the day's work done at a brisk pace since minimal artificial lights are used by most cinematographers these days to retain that natural settings. The pre-climax arguments of Sunil and Arthi are still continuing with the heroine's father (Kota Srinivasa Rao) and hero's grandmother (Vadivukkarasi) joining the fray.
With Venumadhav (who replays Vadivelu's role from the Tamil version), Lakshmipathy, Jeevi the humour lights up to new high. And add Brahmanandam, Kondavalasa and Chalapati Rao (in a cameo) you have an uproarious laugh riot on the anvil. "We have plans to hit the screens in March," concludes Rao.
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