On a negative role
M. L. NARASIMHAM
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The title is the right choice for `Poramboku'.
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RIGHT CHOICE Navdeep and Ekta whip up rustic fervour in `Porambaku'.
The permanent set resembling a railway station constructed at the sprawling Ramoji Film City is the scene of action for Tollywood Talkies, Poramboku directed by debutante Srinivas and produced by B. Krishna Reddy. The unit has just returned from Malaysia and Thailand after shooting a couple of duets on the lead pair, Navdeep and Ekta Khosla. Negative titles have become the order of the day a trend one witnessed a couple of decades ago. "Negative title attracts. But we are not here to cash in on a trend. The title is a right choice for the story. The protagonist is a riff raff and whiles away his time in the company of like-minded friends. In villages and small town people call such person a poramboku or useless fellow. Our hero is one such till he creates a goal for himself. What we would like to convey through the film is that nobody is useless provided one can identify and bring out the hidden talent in the person and show him a path to progress," informs producer B. Krishna Reddy. Krishna Reddy is elated as he tells that their unit wastreated royally by the Malaysian Government when they went to shoot a duet. One more duet was shot in Phuket in Thailand. Both songs were choreographed by Sridhar. "Manisharma's music is an asset. Inspired by the story and the concept for the song situations he came up with melody tunes." Cinematographer Jawahar Reddy pictures the scene this time from a different angle. "To give the entire movie a crystal clear picture, we are using the Hawk lens. May be this is the first time such lens is used for an entire Telugu film," says Reddy. Vantage Films are the makers of this new lens type, which originated from a Russian design. But further developed independently and the main characteristic of Hawk lenses is that they have their anamorphic element in the middle of the lens. This makes them more flare resistant. Anamorphic wide screen is a cinematography technique for capturing wide screen picture on standard 35 mm film with crystal clear result, we gather. Watching a movie shoot may be a routine work, but learning about various aspects of the craft is interesting.
"We want to give the best to the viewers so we are not sparing any effort," smiles Mr. Reddy. He made his entry into films with the runaway hit, the dubbed version of Sindoorapuvvu. Interestingly one of its actors' veteran Tamil comedian Senthil is cast in Poramboku. Vadivukkarasi is the heroine's greedy stepmother and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam plays the hero's father. A long list of popular comedians find place in the film. "For two hours it is non-stop entertainment and towards the last half an hour the story takes a turn. Without an iota of melodrama, the sensitivity touches your heart's chords," says Krishna Reddy. The shoot is nearing completion with a song remaining to be filmed. "We are coming to the theatres in January next," informs the confident producer.
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