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Tailored for a hit

Say cheese Bhumika and Rajasekhar with a co-star in the film.

Dock House on the Mehdipatnam main road formed an ideal location to shoot an action sequence featuring hero Rajasekhar for Dishira Productions’ Naa Stylae Veru, produced by Maganti Gopinath and directed by G. Ram Prasad. Raja sekhar is an old hat at taking on the villains by the dozens and his emotions in such scenes have already won millions of hearts. And here too he gets into the skin of the character and bashes them up.

Bhumika, the female lead, is watching cautiously and is confident that her man would defeat the gang. Arun Kumar’s camera captures the realistically choreographed action scene and Bhumika’s expressions, while Ramprasad watches it on the monitor. The sequence went on for a couple of retakes before the director and the actor give satisfactory smiles.

According to the story, the building is occupied by the kidnappers. The protagonist enters the house to save the kidnapped person (to keep the suspense alive, the director refuses to reveal who has been kidnapped) from the villain’s henchmen. “Though there are fight scenes, it is a family drama and presents Dr. Rajasekhar in a new light. In contrast to his angry young man image, the character reveals yet another facet of the multi-talented actor, showcasing myriad emotions in this family drama. The title lives up to expectations,” says Ramprasad with a smile. It is his second film with Rajasekhar and his sixth as a director. Before we ask, he warns not to look for any political overtones in the film.

To film the next sequence, the unit moves outside the house. The director reveals the other key players in the family entertainer. Chalapathi Rao and Annapurna play the hero’s parents. Benerjee and Surekhavani are his brother and sister-in-law. Bhumika, portrayed as a bubbly and jovial person in the story, comes from a large family — Vijaya Kumar, Devaraj, Jeeva, Rajitha and others. An incident changes the course of her life. “The hero cannot tolerate injustice; how he reacts to such situations and how he solves the problem faced by his love interest form the crux of the theme. The tempo is maintained throughout and the screenplay unravels the suspense factors in the climax. The strong point is that the narrative takes a different form and shape and the hero comes up with a different style of performance. Sounds clichéd but it is really a different film in the commercial format.”

Comedians Brahmanandam, Venumadhav and Ali pep up the proceedings. Anup Rubens composed five songs of which two remain to be shot. “In a ten-day schedule in mid-March we will be completing the songs and the remaining portions,” says Ramprasad. The producer is planning to release the movie in April.

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