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The cast of `Sambhavami Yuge Yuge' talk about their debut movie
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THREE MUSKETEERS Anji, Raj and Kautilya team up for the camera
The film Sambhavami Yuge Yuge is being talked about for being grounded by its true-life origins and the superb performances of a largely non-professional cast recruited from a training institute. With an author backed script, great music and brilliant performances by Sujana, Anji, Raj and Kautilya, Sambhavami... compels you to take more than a peep. In conversation with Metro Plus, the cast recollect their experiences.
Anji says the film revolves around the theme of friendship and how, despite many problems, the character overcomes it and keeps his promise. Anji is basically a dance teacher and joined the Ramanand institute after his diploma in engineering. He says the songs helped the film to a great extent and the moral of the film is like pearls of wisdom.
"You can never uproot evil. It's always coming back, but one should keep trying and never lose hope. Everything you go through is just a passing phase." He credits the film to director Ravi Verma who drew great performances from all of them despite being novices.
Raj asserts that in real life too the three have been good friends and one day they would all like to come back again to work in a film. He adds, "It's been a dream come true because there hasn't been a single day when we had not wished that three of us would work together in the same film." Raj lost his parents early in life and was always discouraged from taking acting classes. "It's my brother who encouraged me. My parent's blessings have worked for me too. One should never deviate from your chosen goal and some day opportunity will knock on your door," he says.
Kautilya recollects the hard work he put in. "I played the dumb guy and rehearsed my character for an entire month by not talking to anyone. I dressed like a Muslim, wore a taaveez etc. We worked not like artistes, but like technicians. We helped move the crane, shift saaman and put in 100 per cent like it was our very own film." He thanks the director for giving an opportunity to local guys and making heroes out of them. My most memorable incident was when the clouds burst open one night during shooting hours and the entire team broke into a dance. It was a beautiful moment. Finally the sweet looking, 17 year old Sujana chanced upon acting. "I enjoyed playing Shalini thoroughly, but the pregnancy scenes were beyond my age. I couldn't relate to them. Next time, I wish filmmakers would offer me something that suits my age."
Y. SUNITA CHOWDHARY
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