For southern actress Amala
SOUTHERN actress Amala Paul, pictured, who will soon be seen in the Tamil children’s drama Haiku, may team up with actor Vishnu Manchu in his next yetuntitled Telugu project, which will be directed by Sai Karthik.
“Talks about Amala’s remuneration and other things are going on,” Karthik told IANS.
“She hasn’t signed the project yet.
“She’ll be required to shoot for 15 days, which will also include a song.”
The film, which also stars Sonarika Bhadoria, will feature Amala in an equally important role, he said.
“Amala’s role is not a cameo.
“It’ll be a parallel heroine and has equal weight in the film.”
The team plans to start shooting in a couple of weeks.
The film will be produced by D Kumar and Palli Kesava Rao.
Picture: www.key2news.com the 25-year old director.
“I don’t want to make a film just to scare people. It should have something more. I believe I’ve achieved that with Maya, which has a very interesting story to tell apart from scaring people.”
“Lately in Tamil films, there’s been a lot of objectification of ghosts. It’s not suggested that you make horror films like that. The kind of horror films I enjoy are where the ghost is rarely present and it’s very atmospheric.”
For Saravanan, the biggest inspiration for his love for horror cinema was a popular Tamil television series called Marmadesam – Vidatha Karuppu.
“It was a series in the 1990s. It had a lot of influence on my understanding of the horror genre. It was very scary with great performances. Even when I saw it recently, it was so relevant to my work,” he said. ACTOR Sai Dharam Tej, pictured, nephew of megastar Chiranjeevi and cousin of Ram Charan and Allu Arjun, says he’s not consciously trying to blend in to the mega family as he’s more focused on making his mark on his own.
“It’s important for me to make my own mark,” Sai told IANS. “Therefore, I’m not consciously taking efforts to blend in to the mega family.
“I admit I get more offers because I come from this family, but eventually the audience will judge me based on my work.
“Just because I come from some popular family, audiences are not going to shower love when I do a bad film. Your work proves who you are and your worth in the industry.”
Picture: www.cineforest.com ACTOR-COMPOSER GV Prakash Kumar says his forthcoming Tamil romantic comedy, Trisha Illana Nayanthara, will be the current generation’s boldest film in the language and is without compromises.
“In every generation, there will be one film bolder than the rest,” he told IANS. “Trisha Illanaa, in my opinion, will be the boldest film of this generation. Since we knew it dealt with bold content from the beginning, we didn’t even mind when it was passed with an ‘A’ certificate.”
The film, which is directed by Adhik Ravichandran, also stars Manisha Yadav and Anandi, both pictured. It was released in cinemas recently.
Prakash calls Trisha Illanaa a “next-gen cult romance”.
“It’s strictly targeted at younger audiences; typically college-goers. The reason we didn’t mind the adult certificate is because it’s very important a film is the way it was originally intended to be, otherwise audiences will feel cheated. Take the remake of Delhi Belly for instance,” he said.
Prakash admits his film will open doors to bolder content in Tamil filmdom, but he feels these films should be made with the target audience in mind.
Trisha Illanaa is the coming-of-age tale of Jiiva, from his school days, and his escapades with his virginity.
“I play a jilted lover. People ask me if it’s too early to play such a character in my career, but I feel I may not get an opportunity to experiment in the future,” Pranash says. “As you succeed and grow as an actor, it’s tough to experiment because a lot is at stake.”
Unlike his debut film, Darling, where he played a character with suicidal tendencies, he plays an energetic youngster in this film.
With Trisha Illanaa, Prakash feels he has taken his performance a notch higher.
“In Darling, my character had limitations in terms of portrayal. There wasn’t much I could do after a certain point. Here, I feel I’ve surpassed myself with the performance,” says Prak-