Actress Sonam Kapoor, who is playing the female lead in dad Anil Kapoor's home production "Aisha", says she and co-star Abhay Deol have similar acting styles, making it easier for her to give her best.
"It was great working with Abhay. I feel we have very similar acting styles that made working with him so easy. It's always nice to work with someone who has done the kind of work you would want to do," Sonam told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
Based on Jane Austen's novel "Emma", "Aisha" is being directed by Rajshree Ojha and produced by Anil Kapoor and his younger daughter Rhea Kapoor. It is expected to release in April next year.
Asked if she too would like to don the producer's hat like her father and sister, Sonam said: "I don't want to get into production or anything. I have left that for my sister and my father. I am a more creative person and thus acting is what is more suitable for me rather than the production side of a film."
Before embarking on an acting career, Sonam worked as an assistant with Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the making of "Black". Later she made her big screen debut in Bhansali's "Saawariya". Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's "White Nights", the film also introduced Ranbir Kapoor.
Her second film was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's "Delhi-6" with Abhishek Bachchan. The film received mixed reviews, but her performance was highly praised.
The 24-year-old is also working on "I Hate Luv Stories". Produced under Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and directed by debutant Punit Malhotra, the film also stars Imraan Khan.
Asked how she felt when people referred to her as the thinking actress , she said: "It's nice that people think this way. Every woman and artist would be happy if people think like that about her. So am I. I think it's because of the kind of work that I have done that this image has been created. It makes me happy."
Apart from acting, Sonam endorses brands like Mont Blanc pens and L'Oreal and said that endorsement increases the visibility of an artist.
"Brands give you visibility. They not only give you monetary benefits but helps audience connect to you in a better way because you are not your character while endorsing the brands. You are yourself," said the actress, who loves diamonds.
"I love jewellery like most girls. Diamonds are my favourites. Solitaires and even unconventional large pieces are what I usually like and wear," said the actress, who is also the brand ambassador of Anant diamond jewellery.
Twenty20 is the catchphrase now. In an attempt to give boost to International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa, a group of top directors in India and several critics selected 20 all time great Indian films. The festival is ended on Dec 3rd and the list was anounced a day before the closing day.Sadly, no Telugu film was featured in it despite a Telugu film critic (KNT Shastry) and an Hyderabad filmmaker (Nagesh Kukunoor) was among the jury. Although the list is debatable, it can not be denied the greatness of any of the films featured in the final list.
One of the greatest Indian filmmakers Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) topped the list sidelining Satyajit Ray’s famous films like Pather Panchali and Charulatha. Incidentally, Meghe Dhaka Tara was also copied in Telugu and Tamil by another great filmmaker K Balachander as Aval Oru Thodarkathai (1974) in Tamil and as Anthuleni Katha (1976) in Telugu.
The Telugu and the Hindi film industries now seem to head towards a new trend with the directors and producers focusing on making sequels to the super hit films. Even the heroes are showing more interest acting in such films. The success of the sequels like ‘Sarkar Raaj,’ ‘Phir Hera Pheri’and ‘Golmaal Returns’ has no doubt given a big boost to this growing trend. Very soon, sequels to ‘Race’ and ‘Blue’ are expected.
On the other hand, the trend is equally emerging in Tollywood. The recent release of ‘Arya- 2,’ a sequel to the super hit film ‘Arya,’ strengthens the point.
The latest news in line to the growing trend is that ace director Ram Gopal Varma is now planning to make a sequel to his super hit film ‘Gaayam’ released about 15 years ago. The film released in 1993 was a big sensation then. Jagapathi Babu, Urmila Matondkar and Revathi played the lead roles in the film. The role of ‘Durga’ played by Jagapathi Babu in the film received huge applause from audience. In fact, it was one of the biggest hits in the initial days of Jagapathi Babu’s career.
And now, after more than a decade and half, the same character ‘Durga’ is going to come back with the sequel. Praveen Sri, student of Ram Gopal Varma will be directing the film. Once again, Japatahi babu will be playing the powerful role of ‘Dugra’ in the sequel. Jagapathi Babu’s serious role in the recent film ‘Homam’ directed by J D Chakravarthy shows that he still has lot of energy to do the characters like ‘Durga.’ Heroine for the film is yet to be finalized.
Now, lets wait and see how Japathi Babu takes up the challenge.
Do you think KURBAAN has not clicked at box-office because the masses seem to prefer comedies these days?
Though I am aware of the fact that today everybody makes comedies; there is nothing wrong in being serious. The flavors keep on changing as far as Bollywood is concerned. Some films set the trend, whereas some follow the trend. I feel that because comedy is the flavor of the season, it is good that KURBAAN has been released now. I readily agreed to be a part of KURBAAN, because a filmmaker like Karan will not approach any actor unless and until he has a well-etched role for him. I also knew that Rensil D'Silva was a director to watch out for.
How was the experience of playing a character like Ehsaan in KURBAAN?
I liked playing the character of Ehsaan in KURBAAN. Ehsaan looks like a very intelligent, nice, warm kind of a guy but is actually deeply tormented and quite dangerous too. I should say that it was fun to play a character, who is not what he seems to be. As an actor, you do many films and enact various parts. It was nice for me as an actor to let the background music communicate many times. It is an anti performance and hence it was fun playing it. I made it a point to use the medium of cinema to communicate.
As an actor do you feel it is essential to relate to your role?
Though I feel that it is very essential to relate to your role as an actor, I should also confess that I did not relate to the role of Langda that I played in OMKARA. However all said and done I should also say that Ehsaan's reactions could be the same as that of mine. I tried to understand the headspace of the guy. I thought that it was an interesting role. It is interesting to note that though KURBAAN was a film with the backdrop of terrorism; it was quite an anti terrorist film.
What is Rensil D'Silva's contribution to the film as a director?
This is the right time for some one from the Ad world like Rensil, who has the right sensibility, to make his bow in films. With Rensil at the helm of affairs, I knew that KURBAAN could not have been the regular Hindi film with a terrorism background.
What do you think about your experiment as an actor vis-a-vis films like BEING CYRUS and LOVE AAJ KAL?
I am happy that my experiment at taking up films of different genres like BEING CYRUS and LOVE AAJ KAL has been received well. As an actor, I try to re-invent myself with every new film. I like to work with intelligent actors who know what they are doing. It is just my gut instinct. I have learnt from my mum's career. I am of the opinion that people like the fact that a mainstream actor is trying to do something even if the film does not click at the box office.
Can you elucidate?
Sometimes if you are off beat, you can really get creative. I feel that it is time to do something new, something that people do not associate you with. Like the role of the Sardar I did in LOVE AAJ KAL. The entire credit ought to go to Imtiaz Ali for having had the implicit faith in me that I could carry off my role in the film.
What is your role as a producer?
My idea, as a producer, is to make good films. Why should we ask people who are intelligent to go to Hollywood? Why should only mediocre people be there in Bollywood? I am happy, as an actor as far as Bollywood is concerned and have no plans whatsoever to try my luck in Hollywood. In any case, I feel that Bollywood is a fun term and should not be taken seriously.
After TASHAN, did you agree to do KURBAAN just to be together with Kareena?
In TASHAN I was cast opposite my red belt since Akshay Kumar was cast opposite Kareena. Kareena and I do not have to do a film to be together. I can always visit her on her sets and she can also do vice versa. She is very professional. I still remember her as an intense actress who was very spontaneous in L.O.C. She is very focused and controlled as an actress.
In what way have you grown as an actor?
I confess that though Kareena was not bad when she had started her career with REFUGEE, I was quite bad. I have grown over the years and groomed myself as an actor. I am learning every day and growing. You learn from all kinds of situations- some obvious, some not so obvious. I'd say that films like PARINEETA, DIL CHAHTA HAI were milestones in my career while YEH DILLAGI was the turning point in my career
Do you hold any grudge against any director who did not use your potential in your initial stages as an actor?
It was not that the directors did not recognize the potential in me earlier. To tell you the truth, there was no potential in me earlier. Language of cinema has changed with DIL CHAHTA HAI. Only those who are frustrated and unsuccessful hold a grudge against directors who had thrown them out of their films in the early stages. I do not hold any grudge against Rahul Rawail who threw me out of BEKHUDI in which I was cast opposite Kajol and replaced me with Kamal Sadana.
Ever since director RGV announced that his forthcoming bilingual Rakta Charitra, starring Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi in the lead, would be about rebel-turned politician Paritala Ravi, one of the most feared individuals in the blood-ridden faction politics of South India, many have been left wondering whether it is actually based on the True story?
Ever since director Ram Gopal Varma announced that his forthcoming bilingual Rakta Charitra, starring Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi in the lead, would be about rebel-turned politician Paritala Ravi (one of the most feared individuals in the blood-ridden faction politics of South India), many have been left wondering whether it is actually based on true incidents or is a mixture of fiction and facts as in Company, supposedly based on underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan. So what does RGV say?
"People ask me whether Rakta Charitra is a true story. I tell them it is a true story in my perception. The reason I say this is that the events which happened in such secrecy when told by the various concerned and related people after such a long time are bound to have different perspectives, not to mention their individual agendas. So for me as a neutral guy, I have to read and understand between the lines to decide what could be the nearest truth from my perception. So in the process of getting closest to the truth, I became a journalist, a detective and a psycho-analyst.” Ram Gopal Varma reveals through his blog.
He further adds, "Rakta Charitra for me is not only a career defining film; it is going to be a life changer for me as I know that I can never be the same again in my life with the kind of insights I have developed into the hitherto unknown recesses of such extreme human beings who were shaped thus by even more extreme events. I have never known as much drama ever as there is in Rakta Charitra from all my previous knowledge of books, movies, people, etc. and this additional growth in me is going to surely erase my history of filmmaking."
Aamir Khan doesn’t believe in latching on to camps. Neither does he believe in having a favourite director or heroine. What he does believe is that his movies inspire people in some way, like they inspire him. Bollywood's quintessential maverick on not looking his age, ramp fright, camp disdain and more...
Aamir Khan is 44. The problem is, look at him and you can’t quite buy that. From transforming into a hunk for Ghajini to his current looking-twenty-something avatar, there are many reasons to be thoroughly envious of the guy. Well, he may look 22 but at least he has to feel 44, one tells oneself, and feels happy. But he just has to mercilessly dash those hopes as well.
“I think we all are stuck at one age mentally, and we go through life thinking from that perspective throughout, irrespective of how old or young we are. I am stuck at 18-20 or thereabouts, I think.”
Yeah, sure. “No, seriously, and it gets embarrassing at times. I often find myself describing someone as ‘Yeh toh uncle-type hai’, and later, when I’m introduced to that person, I realise that the ‘uncle’ is younger to me! The other day a friend introduced to me a lady and I had a brief conversation with her. When she walked away, he asked me, ‘Aamir, tu usko aunty, aunty kyun bol raha thaa bhaiya, woh teri age ki hai!’ And I didn’t mean to do that, it just came naturally!”
Out of fear that he could call me uncle next, we move on quickly. Okay, Aamir, tell us what’s the difference in the world of the young today, from the days when you were physically 18-20? “Not much, really. The lingo may have changed, but not too much otherwise. The medium has changed, so the vocabulary changes, the grammar changes. But the thoughts, the concerns, the emotional touch points are not very different.”
But aren’t the aaj kal ke youngsters any different in terms of priorities, from what life was two decades back? “See, when I researched for RDB, I realized that the specific concerns may be different because of the social environment you belong to at that time of point. If your country is going through an independence struggle, your concerns will not be the latest gadgets, but independence. Bhagat Singh was 23 when he was hanged, and he was a normal fun-loving young man, but his concern was freedom. Depending on what their society is going through at a given point of time, young people react pretty much the same way, but their specific concerns may well be different.”
What does cinema in general, and your cinema in particular, do to address specific concerns, Aamir? Isn’t much of the multiplex cinema aimed at the young urban audience candy floss? “It’s not all that way. Apart from this type of movies, there are some films that I’ve done that are inspirational, and I would like to think that they have had some impact on people. If not now and here and immediate, I believe they will collectively have an impact as time goes by. When you see a film like Lagaan, it affects you in a certain way. When you see a film like Sarfarosh, it affects you in a certain way. You start thinking differently, you feel that you also want to live an upright life, you want to contribute to society. When you see an RDB, you are inspired to do something. Even if you don’t do something then and there, these films will impact how you think and react to things in your life, subsequently. I believe that, not because these films have been inspirational for my audiences, but because they have been inspirational for me first.” You aren’t listing Mangal Pandey because it didn’t work well? “Actually, true, even Mangal Pandey, for those it touched, it would have a major impact. It touched me in a major way for sure.”
Like you spoke of learning to see your children in a different perspective after TZP? “Yes, the film had something to give me. And when I share it with people, my hope is that it affects them the way it affects me. In fact, when I look around me, I think it has. Parents see children differently, the educational system sees children differently. If I take one film of my career that has had the most immediate impact, the here and now impact, it is TZP. Parents overnight realized, yaar, yeh main kya kar raha hoon! So I’m saying, films can and do have an impact. Rarely, the impact is immediate, like in TZP. More often, the impact is that it gradually changes your perception of things, makes you feel differently.”
Over the past couple of years, Aamir picks up the cigarette as release season approaches. Where’s the ashtray this time? “Nahin, is dafa nahi.” Why? There’s no stress now? “No, not like that. Actually, it’s a commitment. My son Junaid was sitting for his board exams this year. Xth standard. And he has been very adamant on my not smoking for a long, long time. So on the first day of his board exam paper, on the first of April, I made him a promise ki main cigarette band kar raha hoon. Tab se aaj tak maine cigarette nahin pi hai, and I don’t think I will start.”
He’s given his board exams? What does he say when he sees the Papa Kehte Hain song from QSQT? “What does he say ... actually, I don’t know if he has seen QSQT! Lagaan was the first movie of mine he saw, and I don’t think he saw the earlier ones. I will show him QSQT now.”
So tell us, where did a ramp debut at 44 come from? “Arrey, kuch nahin hai, I am very embarrassed to do all this ramp walk, honestly, I am not built for this sort of stuff! Salman is a friend, and he has been working on this charity organisation for some time now, and has been requesting my help to raise funds for it. This was one of the ways to raise funds. Since it was for a good cause, I agreed, but the ramp is quite awkward for me. Aap beech mein chal rahe ho, sab log aapko dekh rahe hain... I’m not cut out for it! And I normally don’t do it, but if it is helping people, I don’t mind, theek hai.” Ah, and there was no clash of Khans on ramp? “Arrey nahin, I didn’t even pay attention to that. If the media or people get excited by it, good, no harm done, but there was nothing to the clash.”
Don’t disappoint us, Aamir, with such statements. It’ll only make us prod further. Walking for Salman, looking for movie cross-promotions with Amitabh – isn’t Aamir too friendly with everyone who’s not too friendly with Shah Rukh at the moment? “No, no, nothing like that. As a viewer, Paa interested me, and I have always been a fan of Mr Bachchan, and his new, challenging role interests me as a viewer, that is it.”
So the stuff about cross-promotion is goss? “Yes, all goss!” How much goss do you handle, then? “Well, how much can I rebut? Sometimes stuff is checked with me, sometimes it isn’t. Recently, there was talk of me being upset with Prateik Babbar for him being unpunctual on the sets. The truth is, that in my entire career of 20 years, if there is one actor I’ve seen who is ultra-professional, it is Prateik! His level of commitment is phenomenal. He was not only bang on time for shooting, he was never late even once for rehearsals!”
From the days of Dil Chahta Hai, you’ve had an unusual comfort level with multiple hero-scripts where you aren’t the centre of attention. In TZP, you didn’t even step into the frame till the interval. Most superstars like the camera to focus on them for the maximum screen time, don’t they? “Yes, I guess, but for me, I cannot think like that. I’m unable to think like a ‘star’, meri entry aisi hogi film mein, yeh baaki logon toh itna screen time kyun mil raha hai, all those things... but is my stardom any less because I have done so many films with collective work? On the contrary, I think my ‘stardom’ has been stronger on that account. See, the core message of my next movie is, don’t run after success. Run after excellence. If you run after excellence, success will run after you. That is also the core message of my career so far. If I think that way, I will think that to be successful, I must work with a big director; I must have my entry in a helicopter... jo bhi ek star ki trappings hoti hai... But that’s not me. If I am excellent, success will come on its own.”
And then success intoxicates, money intoxicates, power intoxicates. How much of it goes to your head? “What intoxicates me is to be part of a story that touches people. What intoxicates me is when I’m hiding behind a curtain in a theatre, watching the audience laughing or crying and reacting to the story being told to them on screen – that is far more intoxicating to me than anything else. It’s a very intoxicating feeling to have touched people. Money cannot match that. Power cannot match that. And in any case, what use is the power you have? If you can solve somebody’s problems, if you can make someone smile, then your power is worth something. Agar aap woh nahin kar sakte toh aapki so-called power do takke ki nahin hai, what is there in it to intoxicate?”
What’s with all the talk of the ‘Kareena chemistry’? “Oh, she’s a great actress and if people think there’s good chemistry between us, I’m thrilled about it. It’s not the first time. Kajol and I had good on-screen chemistry in Fanaah. And Kareena is an amazingly beautiful woman.” You know she described you as a genius recently? “Oh! Did she? She’s a lovely actress, a very sensitive person, and above all, good to look at, din achcha kat jaata hai sets par!”
Isn’t it a little strange, it’s been two decades; there’s no established ‘pairing’, since you haven’t done 3-4 movies with the same heroine ever? “But I don’t come from that school of thought... that Raj Kapoor-Nargis are a hit pair, that sort of thing. I don’t believe in pairing. Each casting is based on what the script demands. TZP didn’t even have a heroine. I don’t believe in working that way, yaar, hamari jodi hit hai, hum ek aur film saath mein karte hain... that’s why meri jodi nahi bani kisi ke saath.”
No director as first choice, no heroine as preferred co-star, after this many years? Well, well. Ever the lone warrior, Aamir? “Yes, perhaps, lone warrior,” Aamir laughs. “And don’t forget, no camps!” No, not forgotten, 44-going-on-22 Khansaab!
Anushka Sharma, who made her Bollywood splash in YRF’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opposite Shah Rukh Khan last year, has bought a three-bedroom apartment at Yari Road in Andheri.
Although she bought the flat a month ago and has already shifted there, she was hardly at home, owing to her extensive travels for film shootings. A source says, “Anushka has been on a house hunting spree for a while now. Last month, she finally bought a three-bedroom apartment at Yari Road in Mumbai. Anushka shifted base to Mumbai a couple of years ago from Bangalore. Earlier, she stayed at the army colony in Malad. This is the first time that the actress has bought a house on her own and is very excited about it.”
Confirming the news, Anushka says, “I feel good about being able to buy a house at the age of 21. However, I am dying to be at home as I have had no time to actually enjoy it. First, I was away in the US for 40 days and now I am in Bangkok for a month.”
We have all watched in wonder many of Padmashree Kamal Haasan’s performances on screen. Well, the actor has another side, one that is equally stirring — the magnanimous side .
The actor was the first to convert his fan clubs into public welfare organisations. He has also been an active campaigner for organ donation.
Now, the actor has decided to campaign for one more cause — supporting HIV +ve children. Yes, Kamal Haasan has come forward to adopt 1,000 HIV +ve children (out of the 2,651*) in the state! In a press release, the actor says, “Children are our future and it is very sad that some of them are thrown into the clutches of despair and hopelessness. It is our duty and responsibility to show them a path of hope and happiness. It gives me immense satisfaction to lead this campaign in support of HIV +ve children and hope many more will join me in this beautiful endeavour.”
Despite this deed, Kamal is humility personified. “There are better people than me, wealthier people than me ... I have only started a movement which I hope other people will take forward,” he adds.
Jagapathi Babu looks fitter than ever now. Praise comes for his looks not just from girls but also from established filmmakers. Probably that is the reason why he accepted to play the role of a student as well as a lecturer in Madan directed Pravarkyudu as he knows he can carry off a P.G. student role so easily with his current looks. He speaks at length about Pravarkyudu and Gaayam 2 and much more in this chitchat..
Tell us about Pravarkyudu..
Basically it is a love story about a couple who fall in love when they are students and separate from each other and 10 years later they meet again. 10 years later, she turns out to be a college principal and he joins the same college as lecturer. The conflict here is a girl (Priyamani) searching for emotional basis in relationship and boy(me) seeking physical pleasure.
Looks like a bold concept!
Yes, indeed, it is bold concept as director Madan has also dealt with the issues of sexual games. Girls always mature fast than boys. They know emotional bonding is important than mere sexual attraction but boys look for the latter first. It takes time for them to realize. These theme is undercurrent but on outset, Pravarkyudu, is good romantic drama with lots of fun, entertainment and good songs.
Any link with Pravarkyudu, the character created by Allasani Peddana?
No, but Pravarkyudu in this film attracts women and at the same time, he is also honest in his love towards Priyamani in the true spirit of the original Pravarkyudu. It is also true that I had my own apprehensions about the title initially as I was skeptical about its acceptance with mass audiences. On my birthday, Madan made a request to say yes to the title and give him it as birthday gift. So I could not say not that on that day. Now, the title has been accepted by everyone.
You seem to share sizzling chemistry with Priyamani?
We are good friends. We have love and hate relationship between us. I like to be very natural on screen and she is also natural actress. So it reflects when we act together and seems very natural when romance on screen. Regarding Priyamani appearing in sexy outfits in couple of songs, I would say I insisted director Madan to do that way. We ourselves took liberty and did sensual number in the film as it attracts the audiences and also helps the movie.
This is said to be biggest budgeted movie in your career!
True that Pravarkyudu was shot on lavish scale and made with much bigger budget than my normal films. Because all of us - director Madan, Producer Ganesh Indukuri, music director Keeravani, and cameraman - wanted to make this as a visual feast. Everything in the film looks grandeur and beautiful. That is why today, it is sold like hotcake. If we put in our heart, the product really comes out and if we believe in our film, automatically it attracts the buyers. See what happened to Mahatma! It did biggest business in Srikanth’s career. Pravarkyudu is huge film in my career both in terms of budget and also the business that it did. I hope it also brings huge profits.
Are you happy with the producers?
Tolly2Holly is going to be bigger banner than they are known. They are sensible people and know everything about the industry. They didn’t step into filmmaking as just novices. Tolly2Holly is reputed distribution company in USA and they distributed my movie Pellaina Kotthalo. So they approached Madan and Me, to do the same magic. They are going to be happy too with this flick.
What differences did you notice in Madan - from Pellaina Kottalo to Pravarkyudu?
He has always been matured. His strength is writing and knows perfectly about his ideas. He has made this film much more treatment oriented with good aesthetic values.
You are playing as a college student in one episode in the movie. Then how did you achieve younger looks?
Right from the beginning, Madan told me to look me younger and so I worked on it. I confidently say now that I don’t look awkward in student role in the film. Best compliment that I got for my looks is from master director RGV. He smsed me that I am looking fantastic in Pravarkyudu. He is not a filmmaker who just compliments anyone and he doesn’t give his opinion just to please others.
What is secret of your fitness?
I am happy and content with life. It reflects in your face.
Can you name 5 films that turned your career?
1. Peddarikam
2. Gayam
3. Shuba Lagnam
4. Anthapuram
5. (Hopefully) Pravarkyudu
You have just announced sequel to Gayam. Can you tell us about it?
Yes, sequel to Gayam is finally taking place. Tomorrow (Dec 2nd) we are starting it with pooja formally. Ram Gopal Varma’s former associate Praveen is directing. It is the first sequel in Telugu in truest sense. I mean, the movie really starts off with the 15 years of where Gayam ended. 15 years later, the protagonist Durga is coming back. Revathy has accepted to play the same role. We brought Kota Srinivas Rao’s role alive in the sequel. I yet to speak with Urmila, though.
Why RGV is not directing Gayam 2?
Praveen developed this idea and script when RGV heard it he said it sounds superb and asked me to go ahead with his shishya. “I don’t want snatch his baby,” he said. But RGV came forward to help me and the director about this film whenever we needed.
Dil Raju, who is considered as a man with golden touch, had a wonderful start as producer. But, things seem to have reversed with his last two movies. His last production ‘Josh’ starring Naga Chaitanya, which was released with a big hype, failed to perform up the expectations. He also had similar experience with the much-talked and expected Vikram starrer ‘Mallanna,’ for which he was the distributor in Telugu.
On the other hand, young rebel star Prabhas, also seems to be having tough time. After ‘Chatrapathi,’ which was released in 2005, he did not give any big hit. His recent release ‘Ek Nirajan’ directed by Puri Jagannath is not doing as expected.
And now, both the actor and the producer, who are looking for a really big film, are teaming in the direction of Dasarath, the director ‘Sambaram' and 'Swagatham.' Though the director hadn’t delivered any successful film so far, Dil Raju seems to be very confident about Dasarath’s directorial skills.
Another buzz about the film is that two new comers Sarah Jain and Tapsi are being introduced to Telugu cinema with the film. Other details are yet to be revealed.
