Back at his romantic best
M.L. NARASIMHAM
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D. Sivaprasad's `Boss' has Nagarjuna back as a romantic hero.
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PICTURE PERFECT Nagarjuna and Nayanatara in a still from the film.
The atmosphere is all charged up at the Hitex in Madhapur. The elegant state-of-the-art buildings are a mute spectator to the fierce fight that is taking place on the roads between a handsome man and a group of thugs led by his rival. Visible from a distance, the huge reflectors, used to cut the light, gave away that a film shoot is on. And once you are inside, you can spot a whole lot of beautiful and popular faces working on a key scene for Kamakshi Movies's Boss scripted and directed by V.N. Aditya.
He along with producer D. Sivaprasad Reddy watch on the monitor as hero Nagarjuna takes on Sayaji Shinde and his henchmen in a thrilling fight composed by Vijay. Also in the scene are the film's two heroines - Nayanatara and Poonam Bajwa - along with Sunil and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam.
At loggerheads
"Nagarjuna owns a construction company and Shinde too is in a similar business. But this fight emanates out of personal rivalry between them and not due to business reasons. Like in my earlier film, Nenunnanu, Nag's role has mass appeal in this film as well," says Aditya. He makes it clear that the story does not revolve around corporate wars nor is about construction mafia. "The story has layers of sub-plots, drama, sentiment, emotions, fun and romance. It is a complete package of wholesome entertainment," explains Aditya.
He looks at his hero who is `furiously' fighting with his rival and adds, "In this film, he fights like a street-smart rowdy, but when he is in the office, he is the savvy managing director."
He falls in love with his secretary. "Nayanatara plays the role of his secretary. The story takes a turn when she had to resign, but still be in the office for a month and watch the new secretary, played by Poonam work in her place. She starts imagining all sorts of things," the director continues.
Shedding the image of a bhakta totally dedicated to his Lord, which he had carried with aplomb and critical acclaim, Nag effortlessly switches over to playing the romantic lead that takes him on to the street to settle scores with rivals. A role that actually is a cakewalk for him. "It is amazing the way Nag had moulded himself to play this mass character after playing Sri Ramadasu," applauds Aditya.
Cinematographer Sivakumar's camera comes to a halt for a while as Vijay has a word with his principle actors. "Recently, we shot a duet on Nag and Poonam at Lankavi. All the seven songs in the film have come out quite well. Kalyani Malik has composed five songs. I am breaking this news for the first time that Harry Anand has composed the other two songs. This Bollywood composer has won three MTV awards so far. We needed his kind of peppy music. The two songs are written by Chandrabose and we will be filming one on Nagarjuna and Nayanatara and another on Nag and his friends."
Incidentally, this year marks the completion of two decades in showbiz for both Nagarjuna and producer D. Sivaprasad Reddy, who are friends first and film partners next. Expected to hit the marquee in the last week of September, Boss has Chandramohan playing Nayanatara's foster father and Thanikella Bharani her father. Nasser, Brahmanandam and Ali are in the cast as well.
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