Unveiling the mystery of love
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Sneha and Yuvaraj bring to life real issues in ‘Manchu Kurise Velalo.’ M. L. Narasimham
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Musical story The cast and crew of ‘Manchu Kurise Velalo.’
When Kodaikanal, that nestles amidst the spectacular greenery of Pali hills, is the location to cover in the searing heat conditions it naturally sounds cool. The mesmerising summer retreat, complemented with the musical love story, Lalithasri Combin
es Manchu Kurise Velalo…, produced by R.V. Ramanamurthy and directed by veteran lens man Ashok Kumar. The duo had earlier made the much acclaimed musical Abhinandana.
Passing by the tranquil lake where young and old enjoyboat rides while children enjoy pony ride on the banks and lush vegetation with soaring hills form the background one reaches the bungalow where the shoot for the musical love story is taking place. Cinematographer cum director Ashok Kumar is sitting with the trolley mounted camera placed on a tripod waiting for his associate director Radhakrishna to finish briefing the actors for this particular scene. The scene involves a mother and daughter. Yester year heroine Seetha wearing spotless white salwar suit and newcomer Poornitha in a designer bandini print outfit listen to their dialogues with rapt attention. From the conversation we gather that the mother questions her daughter Sneha why she looks so happy that day. When she failed to elicit an answer, she tells her with how much care and love she has brought her up. Sneha looks at her fondly and asks, ‘do you love me so much mom? I am sorry if I hurt you,’ she then excuses herself for a moment and goes to the portico as the camera follows her on the trolley. ‘Cut’ shouts the director.
“Now she brings her classmate and friend Surya (played by Yuvaraj) and introduces him to hermother,” says producer Ramanamurthy who has an eye for pleasing visuals, a ear for pleasant music and a heart to choose sublime love stories. His favourite musician Usha Khanna composed the music with Kalaga Krishnamohan. Ustad Ghulam Ali has also rendered a song and it was he who brought O.P. Nayyar to Telugu films with Abhinandana.
Ashok Kumar has his own style of framing scenes. Stunning visuals is his forte. “Both the hero and heroine are students of College of Fine Arts. They like each other and the girl now introduces him to his mother,” says Murthy as the scene is being canned.
The camera rolls as Sneha (Poornitha) introduces Surya (Yuvaraj) to his mother. From the beaming face of her daughter, the mother guesses what’s cooking between them. She tells the youngster to be comfortable and takes her daughter inside to the dining room. The camera unit shifts the equipment to the dining room. “Now the daughter asks her mother how he looks. Her mother tells her that when in love everything looks beautiful and it is only when the love culminates into marriage and when the lovers settle into domestic life with both of them working and with the rearing of kids the real issues surface leading to some kind of disenchantment. She tells her, ‘to love is not wrong. But it should not end as a mistake.’ By the time the scene is completed it is time to pack up for the day.
A simple story
“It is a simple story that tells love is not a mere attraction. One has to understand it to make it last long. There is no sadness or pathos in this sublime love story. It has a happy ending. Like in all our previous films, music plays a major role in conveying the love. Apart from melodies we have a fast song too to cater to the young audience. Two songs are to be filmed on special sets in Hyderabad -one on the lead pair and the other on Mumaith Khan,” says Ramanamurthy. The film is slated for release in the last week of June.
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