High voltage entertainer
M.L. NARASIMHAMM.L.NARASIMHAM
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Suryakiran is set to woo the audience with his `Brahmastram'.
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ONE-MAN ARMY Jagapathi Babu gets a rugged image in the film.
Suryakiran is busy shooting for Brahmastram . This is his third directorial venture his and actress wife Kalyani politely informs us in chaste Telugu that the best time to meet him is during the lunch break. "He will be free then," she says. Though the day's shoot involves an action sequence with hero Jagapathi Babu , the director is as involved as the action director Vijay. Also spotted on location were Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ashish Vidyardhi and Rajkumar who is playing the role of the villain. A role he had perfected in Dhana 51.
The set at the sprawling floor inside the Padmalaya Studios resembles a restaurant complete with a dance floor. Aesthetically done up, the set is the work of art director Murthy. "He worked with me for my debut film, Satyam," says an enthusiastic Suryakiran during lunch . The previous day he finished filming a song on Nayana Harshita (of Kala fame). "Choreographer Vidya too participated in the song sequence. Nayana Harshita plays the second lead. She is a bar dancer with shades of evil to her character." That reminds us of the Helens and Bindus of the sixties and seventies.
Tough guy
Jagapathi Babu sports a new look — rugged and macho. In tune with the action movies that he is working on, Jagapathi is looking at an image makeover.
"It is a different concept and so is the hero's get up. As of today, Gayam is known to be his best action film. But Brahmastram will replace that," says the confident director. Incidentally, Suryakiran has writtenthe story and screenplay of the movie, while lyricist Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar has penned the dialogues.
Summing up the story, Suryakiran says, "Kota Srinivasa Rao is an M.L.A. He throws a party and the dance sequence is part of that event. Kota is Ashish Vidyardhi's arch rival. If we can compare Ashish's role with that of Chanakya then Jagapathi Babu is like Chandragupta. Ashish tries many astrams from his armour to finish off his foe but without success. Finally he decides to use his Brahmastram- that is the hero, whom he brings up and nurtures for the role. It does not matter whether the other fellow is good or bad, Ashish cannot tolerate his rivals. They have to be eliminated. What follows is a high voltage entertainer."
Comedy, music
Heroine Neha Oberoi is nowhere to be seen. "She plays a college student and the daughter of a blind man (Kalabhavan Mani)." He adds that the situation comedy is taken care by Brahmanandam, Venumadhav, M.S. Narayana and Raghubabu. The film introduces a musical trio under a common name- Vaibhav. "The trio — Anand, the singer, Vedant, the guitarist and Balu, the sound engineer haveearlier worked with A.R. Rahman. You will hear different music this time."
The brief recess is over and the shoot is about to commence. The stars assemble, just a while ago they were `fighting fiercely'. Now they are joking and laughing. Once the director says `action' and Sarath's camera starts rolling, they again turn serious and the `fight' resumes. We turn to the producer Nookarapu Suryaprakasa Rao. Suryaprakash had earlier made two films, Holi and Adhirindayya Chandram. "The first one was a love story and the second a comedy. Now an action based family entertainer with a touch of sentiments, comedy, romance and music," smiles the producer. "Except for a couple of duets to be shot in London, the entire shoot will take place in Hyderabad. This summer we promise the audience an exciting and entertaining fare for their money's worth," he concludes.
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