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chat Kanmani’s bi-lingual film `Call Centre’ depicts the lives of call centre employees
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A Venture with freshers Kanmani’s latest work is for casual viewing
Tamil Nadu based film-maker Kanmani is all set to release his film Call Centre in the first week of February. The director has earlier made Na Oopiri for which he’d got critical acclaim and then a commercia
l film Chinnodu. This time, Kanmani has chosen all newcomers. Talking to MetroPlus, the director says, ``I had told the producer that I wouldn’t pick any established actor for the film. We have around eight lead characters out of which Vamsi Krishna had already made his debut in Happy Days. He’s relatively new.”
The film-maker has dealt not only with the personal stories of the characters, but also their lifestyles and their mechanism for coping with the virtual environment. The eight hours of non-stop customer service on the phones, pub culture, weekend parties, shift systems and also how the middle-class youngsters who are suddenly flush with disposable income, abandon their PG degrees and spend like never before… all these aspects have been portrayed in this fiction drama. The director adds that they have analysed the impact it has on their life, how they balance tradition and culture with the demands of their job.
It is not just the artistes, even technicians are young and talented. Sai Kartik is an up and coming music director. He’s just 23 and is assisting Mani Sarma. His debut projects are yet to hit the market. Anji, the cinematographer who worked for Angrez is in his twenties. The bilingual film has been shot mostly in Rajahmundry and Hyderabad and the shooting wound up in 45 days. The film-makers have done their research by interacting with the BPO employees and observing their lifestyles. The makers stress they aren’t preaching anything right or wrong through the film. It’s meant only for casual viewing and many youngsters will identify themselves with it.
Ask Vamsi Krishna about his experience, and he says, “I’m not entirely new to this software culture. I’m a B. Tech and have worked in Cognizant for a year-and-a-half. Maybe the timings are new but I am aware of how these BPOs work. In this film, I play the role of an employee who comes from poverty . There is a love story here too but no heavy dialogues and sentiment. Frankly, I’m not expecting this film to be a great hit but I assure you that who ever watches it will have genuine fun. I chose the film as there was a variation in the character and asingle mood doesn’t prevail from the first scene to the last which makes work challenging.”….
Y. SUNITA CHOWDHARY
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