Three actors and a challenge
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Director B. Jaya tries her hand at an action flick with ‘Saval’. M. L. Narasimham
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Two to tango Bharath and Suhani in a still from the film.
The arc lights draw a huge crowd outside the Lamba Theatre (renamed Vimal Theatre) as some key scenes for Saval are being shot. Crisscrossing through the crowd, we reached the shooting zone carefully avoiding the ‘field area.
’ Director B. Jaya is engrossed in briefing the scene to the lead actors Bharath and Suhani. An assistant director then reads out their dialogues. Around 150 junior artists waited for the shooting to commence.
The hero is seen holding a bunch of movie tickets. From his appearance it is evident that he sells tickets in the black market. Suhani, clad in trendy attire, shouts at him and asks for three tickets. Bharath refuses to sell tickets to her citing her behaviour. He says that even in his business he commands some respect. As she watches, he sells a ticket to a physically challenged person for the original price. The director shouts ‘cut’ and the camera comes to a stop. Perhaps she wanted better expressions from the actors; Jaya talks to them before the retake.
In the next block, Raghubabu, dressed in formal attire, enters the scene. Suhani mistakes him to be the manager of the theatre and complains about Bharath. Raghubabu asks her to give him Rs. 500 which she does. As he moves towards Bharath, the camera follows him. He gives the money to Bharath and tells him “moodu ticket laki 420 neeku 80 naaku” while a stunned Suhani realises that he is not the manager but an accomplice of the hero.
During the break, the unit hand offers ragi ganji in buttermilk instead of the conventional tea. “We serve nutritious diet during the shoots,” smiles Jaya . Speaking about the film, she says, “For the first time I
am handling an action flick. Producer Thota Venkateswara Reddy asked me to take up action film as a challenge. I accepted the challenge and with my writers Ghatikachalam and Srinivas, I finalised this story in just two months time. Bharath is an apt choice. Did you notice the difference in him? He was a teenager in his debut film 10th Class. This role demanded a macho look and Bharath worked out for three months and learnt kick boxing. He plays the part of an orphan Tirupathi, who gre
w up in the old basti area. He repeatedly utters the phrase – khel ayina deal ayina correctgaa undali. He is motivated to do his best and has been doing a wonderful job.”
As for the lead actress Suhani, Jaya says, “Suhani has acted in 40 films as a child actor and even won a Nandi award for Hindusthan. She has an equally good role. In fact, the story revolves around three characters – the
hero, heroine and Sayaji Shinde, an ACP and father of the heroine. The Saval is between these three characters is the crux of the film.”
After the lunch break Vizag Prasad, in a police commissioner’s uniform, joins the team. He is personally supervising the ride on black marketers. Surprisingly, this time it is not the hero he arrests but the heroine who is now in a new avatar. She sports denims, t-shirt, a jacket and a scarf around her neck. She waves a bunch of tickets in her hand. “Why she sells the tickets in black is the suspense. The earlier scene is the sixth scene in the film and this one is the 58th scene. What happens in between and later is something you will have to see in the film. The movie is technically good and will be appreciated by the audience,” says a confident Jaya as the unit packs up for the day. Saval is expected to releas
e in December.
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