A tale of twists in love
M. L. NARASIMHAM
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, a love story.
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MUSHY ADAPTATION Sneha, Sumanth and Parvathy Melton in `Madhumaasam'.
With Valentine's Day just days away, Sumanth and Parvathy Melton's Madhumaasam produced by D. Ramanaidu and directed by Chandra Siddartha is set to catch the wave. The film is complete and is set for release on Feb. 9. Whenever Ramanaidu made a movie out of a novel he tasted big success. "They used to call me navalaa nirmaatha," smiles the veteran producer. "After a long gap we are back to making a film based on a novel. Balabhadra Patruni Ramani's novel Neeku Naaku Madhya is an earthy, traditional yet modern story. It is a love story but not out of the beaten track. I liked the way it is written with a fresh feel. Chandra Siddartha has done a wonderful job in converting the novel into a film," he says.
Madhumaasam revolves round three characters. Sumanth with a materialist outlook towards life does not believe in love, Sneha who has immense faith in love and is trying to understand what is true love. There is the third character played by Parvathy Melton, modern, happy-go-lucky-type who has no faith in the institution of marriage. "A free bird but a change does occur at one point and she gets married," smiles the veteran producer.
Director Chandra Siddartha who shot to fame with Aa Naluguru says: "It is a challenging task to film a novel. The love story has interesting turns at crucial points. Over a period of time due to certain situations, the protagonists change their attitudes and switch places, as it were. The title is a poetic expression of season of love."
Does he expect any awards? "I did not make Aa Naluguru keeping awards in mind. I don't think anyone for that matter makes films only to bag awards. Awards just happen. I felt it was a bit of a challenge making a film out of a novel. It is a character driven story with a sensible subject. The approach is more realistic and is easily accessible for the audience. It is more of a commercial film, a sensible commercial film," he says with a broad smile.
He had a word of praise for his cinematographer Sudhakar, an FTII graduate. "He has used the lighting pattern and colour judiciously. It is more of a decorative lighting in the sense it conveys the emotions of the characters, floral, radiant and glamorous. The other major characters are Chalapathi Rao and Kavitha as the hero's parents, Naresh as his uncle, Seema as his niece. Venkat, Giribabu, M.S. Narayana and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam too have key roles to play."
Ramanaidu expressed confidence about his product as the music (by Mani Sharma) is a success. Before signing off he announces his future projects. "Satish Kaushik will be directing the Hindi remake of Aha Naa Pellanta. The cast is being finalised. "
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