If the heroine wants to become a doctor what has love got to do with it? A lot, going by ‘Sandhya.’ M.L. Narasimham
Inspiring story ‘Sandhya’ emphasises on education.
Watching the picturisation of song sequences is always an enigma. There are no set rules or guidelines for dance compositions in cinema. It lacks the discipline of classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi or Kathakali but has its own rhythm and structure borrowing from native dance forms and from the Western. Finally, what matters is making the dance entertaining. Choreographer Nagaraju is doing exactly that on location at a women’s hostel in Chand
a Nagar shooting for Thrimurthy Celluloid’s maiden venture, Sandhya, directed by Gana Murali.
As one enters the location one is greeted with the instruction 1, 2, 3. Using a hand-held mike the dance master repeats it several times as he monitors the performance of the film’s heroine Sandhya (Gayathri) and the group dancers. Once he is convinced that they are in perfect alignment with the tune, he orders for a take.
“We shot some portions of this song at Ramanaidu Studios yesterday and will be completing the remaining portions here. The heroine is an intermediate student and stays in a hostel. Her life revolves around studies. Her friends feel that this bookworm needs some relaxation and invite her to have some fun. The smart and intelligent girl she is, she agrees and starts the game in a song. She asks a few questions on education that her friends have to answer in the song format. She calls it prasnavali like the popular anthakshari. Sunita and chorus have rendered the song composed by Ganesh Chakravarthy,” says the executive producer Subrahmanyam.
Ganesh Chakravarthy, the executive producer informs, has worked as an assistant to music director M.M. Keeravani. “When you listen to the songs you don’t feel it is his debut work. We shot two songs in Vizag choreographed by Swarna. One more song is to be filmed, which will introduce the hero Baladitya. This song, choreographed by Vidya, was shot at a specially created set at Sarathi Studios,” says Subrahmanyam. He started his career in films as a ‘ghost writer’ and then shifted to production.
The shoot for the next charanam begins after a break. The dancers rehearse along with Gayathri. Though Notebook, her debut film, didn’t do well, this child star-turned-heroine won instant recognition as a pe
rformer. She is naturally elated to get a plum role so soon in her career. “It is a good story, good role, and a good unit to work with,” she says. Gana Murali, who earlier assisted director G. Nageswara Reddy, is debuting with Sandhya. “I know him since the days he was working with Reddy. One day Murali came up with a new story line that emphasises on education. The heroine wants to become a doctor and when she realises that she has no means since he hails from a poor family, she takes a novel path. She finds a young man who can help achieve her goal, falls in love with him, marries him on the promise that he can help her become a doctor. The young man is none other than our hero Baladitya, an auto driver. He is sincere and dedicated. How he helps her become a doctor is an inspiring story,” smiles Subrahmanyam. Kovai Sarala and Babu Mohan play the part of hero’s parents and Chandramohan and Sangeetha are the heroine’s parents. A few regular comedians too figure in the cast. “The audio release is on May 21 and the film will release in June,” chips in producer Bhairayya.
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