Those precious drops
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Filmstars too cried for more water
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Photo: AP
CHARGED Whether stars or non-stars, water is vital for existence
The industry pitches in for the Cauvery cause. The stars descended to the street and shouted charged slogans. Big and small actors, producers, floor staff all of them braved the heat, sending messages that they were concerned after all.
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Ramesh's creative juices surging. Having finishing his acting assignments his mind was swirling with ideas. After Rama Shama Bhama had the audiences rolling in the aisles and the producer laughing all the way to the bank, he urge to get behind the camera was overwhelming. Now Ramesh has moved on to Satyavan Savitri'. "I play a married bachelor in the film," says Ramesh with a twinkle in his eye. "It's based on a French play called Fleur De Cactus. It was made into an English film called Cactus Flower starring Walter Matthau. I wanted to just act in the film but the producer insisted I direct too." Ramesh's enthusiasm is infectious. He has a flair for tickling the funny bone and you can expect a laugh riot. The technical team is the same with Das cranking the camera and Guru Kiran scoring the music. Daisy Bopanna and Jennifer Kotwal play his heroines. Ratnaja is distraught and confused. His Aparoopa was shelved because he could not find a new hero to suit his protagonist. So when his guru Hamsalekha offered him Bageena he jumped at it, even though the story was written by the music director. It was to be shot in arid conditions and so late summer was fixed. He wanted known names this time and signed Shivraj Kumar and Ramya. The director sensed something amiss when Shivanna stopped taking calls and replying to text messages. When confronted Shivanna hummed and hawed. "I want you to postpone the shoot for a couple of months," said the star to a stunned Ratnaja, knowing fully well that the weather played an important part in the film. Even the veteran, Hamsalekha's efforts have not borne fruit. "We have very few options now," rues Ratnaja. "I'm not impressed by the names being suggested as alternatives. The film also stars Ramya and S.P. Balasubramaniam who've accommodated me just because they liked the subject." The director has decided to wait for some time and then move on to Honganasu for his friend Ajay Gowda. "For this film I'll need a lot of green. I'll look for newcomers this time," says the director.
It's raining riches for the producer of Mungaaru Male. "It seems to improve every day," says director Yograj, whose phone is switched off most of the time these days. In fact the film is doing better than any film in any language released in recent times. As usual nobody's knows the reason for this craze. It's probably just the amalgam of the right ingredients. You can give a thousand reasons for failure but success remains an enigma.
S. SHIVA KUMAR
sshivu@yahoo.com
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