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More than love and romance
M.L. NARASIMHAM
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Gadde Sindoora makes her film debut with ‘Sangamam’ .
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Waiting to takeoff Sindoora will soon join the bandwagon of those who have made it big in the industry.
The auditorium at Gachi Bowli stadium is brimming with activity. Crisscrossing the cable wires, reflectors and other props from the camera unit, and carefully avoiding the ‘field’ area where the shoot is in progress for Manoranjan Enterta
inments (P) Ltd. Sangamam, we spotted director Rasool engaged in a conversation with his cinematographer Sandeep Reddy. On the sets the debutant lead pair Gadde Sindoora and Rohit Khurana listen to choreographer Vidya with attention while a group of dancers wait for the camera to roll. Sandeep, son of veteran cinematographer S. Gopala Reddy is chip of the old block. Himself a well known cameraman, Rasool feels handling both direction and camera “is difficult.” So he prefers to stick to one department. The shoot commences. As Vidya takes over, Rasool relaxes watching the scene on the monitor.
“I am not comfortable filming group songs. Since it is a semi-introduction song of the heroine, we need other characters too as per the script,” says Rasool. “I was looking for some one who can choreograph it without making it look like a group song. The song has to convey some of the story too. Vidya came up with an interesting concept. He has choreographed it exactly the way I had visualised it.”
“Generally there is a complaint that we do not have Telugu girls as heroines. And here is my answer to them,” smiles Rasool. “After a long search we finally chose former Ms. India Gadde Sindoora, a Telugu girl. Being a model it wasn’t difficult for her to face the camera. As for the hero, we needed a youngster without any image hassles and with an America born Indian look. Rohit Khurana, from Mumbai, plays the role of an Indian born and brought up in the U.S. In contrast the heroine is tradition-bound. They are family friends and meet in the U.S. when she visits the country.” “It is not exactly a cross over film, but it involves NRI families,” chips in Gavara Parthasarathi, the movie’s presenter. Pemmaraju Ramana and Kripakar Thatikondalu are the producers. “Rasool is an excellent cinematographer and proved a good director. He is the apt choice to handle such a delicate romantic tale that carries different emotions,” opines Parthasarathi.
As the shoot commences again and Keeravani’s tune is played on the tape, he says, “Rasool and I worked with Keeravani earlier. Now that we three have teamed together, I hope it brings another round of success.”
Heroine Sindoora is eagerly waiting for the film’s release.
As such thoughts cross our minds, Rasool says “it is not one of the regular boy-meets-girl kind of love stories. It is more to do with traditions, culture and feelings. It deals with the conflict between different emotions. A major portion of the shoot was done in the U.S.. We shot three songs in Washington, New Jersey and Mary Land.”Suhasini plays a doctor and Murali Mohan is cast as the heroine’s uncle, the director tells. “Brahmanandam provides the humour,” said Parthasarathi. The producers plan to release the film in the last week of December.
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