Humour and sentiment
M.L.NARASIMHAM
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Director Jaya brings in rustic flavour for her `Gundamma Gari Manavadu'.
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STAR SPANGLED Jaya's `Gundamma Gari Manavadu' boasts of an impressive lineup of actors.
From the studio floor, the location shifts to the dubbing theatre for R.R. Movie Makers, Gundamma Gari Manavadu directed by B. Jaya for producer Venkat. At the Magic Eye dubbing theatre in Srinagar colony near the earlier scene of action, Annapurna Studio's seven-acre plot, Jaya is supervising the dubbing work for a crucial scene, sitting at the console, next to the sound engineer. The scene is played on the monitor screen. It is a ruined hotel at a village junction. Vadivukkarasi, shocked at the sight, pours her anguish in verbal contour. Her grandson Ali in bridal wear rushes to the spot as Tanikella Bharani and villagers gather.
The dubbing artiste watches the scene carefully, listens to the dialogue from the pilot track, uttered during the shoot by the actor and says she is ready for the `take.' The voice seems familiar. We now take a close look at the `dubbing artiste' separated by a glass door from the console. We never heard before that popular television and movie actor Bangalore Padma `ghost voices' to other actors. "This is her first dubbing assignment for another actor," smiles Jaya.
"We wanted a fresh voice for Vadivukkarasi who plays the grandmother. Lots of emotions are involved in the character, humour, drama, sentiment and outbursts. Bangalore Padma, we felt is an ideal choice. Padma was apprehensive when we approached her, but relented after some persuasion." The red button glows and the dubbing commences. Padma is so carried away by Vadivukkarasi's performance in that high voltage emotional block she delivered the dialogue in a choked voice. "You know now why we chose her, her involvement is total." Jaya then connects the dubbing session to the scene she had earlier shot at Annapurna Studios.
"The story is set in a small village say Juvvlapalem in West Godavari district. Ali, a fun loving youngster, lives with his grandmother whiling away his time with friends. His uncle (Kota Srinivasa Rao) says Ali has to come up in life if he wants to marry his daughter (debutante Sindoori). Ali takes it as a challenge and runs this hotel pawning his granny's jewels," she gives a pause and then says, "The film's theme is a mixture of humour and sentiment. You laugh at the same time the heart goes for the characters. The film has four pillars - Ali, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Bharani and Vadivukkarasi. She is popular with Telugu audience through her dubbed films - Narasimha and Aathmabandhvu." She has earlier acted in a Dasari Narayana Rao film as a heroine under an assumed name - Sivaranjani. Nicole plays the other heroine. Her debut Kannada film, Vidyardhi is a hit. `Vandemataram' Srinivas composes the music. Bharani wrote and rendered a song and Chakri too sung for the film. Besidesthere is a remix of an old hit Chagavi rangu cheera from Bangaru Bullodu. "I used to go to my village during summer vacations in my childhood to spend with my grandparents. We have that tradition. I wonder how many are following that today. After watching my film, I hope children do spend their summer holidays with their grand parents," Jaya ends on an optimistic note. The movie is slated for release on April 28.
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