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It’s a greedy, greedy world
M.L. NARASIMHAM
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Chandra Siddharth is back, this time exploring the triumph of relationships over money matters. Tabu and Abbas star in his new project.
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Pivotal role Tabu makes a point.
One can make a commercial hit from an offbeat subject too. Chandra Siddharth proved it earlier with Aa Naluguru. After making the successful Madhumaasam for veteran D. Ramanaidu, he is back to his home banner, Fi
lmotsav. “The inspiration for the title, Idhee Sangathi comes from the cartoon strip with a similar title in a popular daily. If those cartoons portray political satire, my film takes a dig at different sections of society reflecting human relationships,” informs the maverick director, talking to us on the sets of his forthcoming movie Idhee Sangathi, based on a story written by K.N.Y. Pathanjali. The film stars Tabu, Abbas and has Raja essaying an important role.
The location is the Aluminum factory at Gachi Bowli, which has become famous among film units for action sequences. A set resembling a sort of a torture chamber is created by art director Nagendra. When one wonders how Chandra Siddharth would use such a set, the actors – Tabu, Abbas, Sunil, Brahmaji, Chalapathi Rao and others – arrive. The director, with the script in hand, discusses the scene with cinematographer J. K. Gummadi. As the filming starts, the unit maintains absolute silence. The actors play a kind of Tom and Jerry act. Seems they apprehend some kind of a trouble from each other. The director is filming the pre-climax scene.
“They get into trouble because of each other. They now try to get out of it by playing mind games. And this is all because of greed,” explains Chandra. “Each character has shades of grey. That’s what makes the story interesting. Greed breeds trouble. The theme comes across in a light-hearted vein. It is a take on the different behavioural patterns we witness in society.” The conversation is taking place in between the takes.
Tabu returns to Telugu screen after a brief hiatus. “She was the first choice for the central character,” opines Chandra Siddharth. “The character has many layers and the actress needs to portray varied emotions. We needed an artiste of Tabu’s calibre. Abbas plays her husband while Sunil acts as his friend.”
Flipping through the album in between the chat, we discovered Sunil even does a sting operation for his friend. “It is an entertainer in a different mould,” guffawed Chandra. “It is actually the flip side of Aa Naluguru. The objective of the man in that movie was love. But money matters take precedence. Here it is the making of money that is the objective but ultimately it is the relationships and love that triumph,” he sums up the movie’s content.
“ John P. Vargi, an alumnus of Pune Film and Television Institute, composed the music. J.K. Gummadi, who is also from the Institute, introduced his music to me. It has a different sound. The songs gel with the story though they are meant primarily as commercial props. The theme is unconventional and narrated in an equally unconventional manner. Like we had the Mad Mad World earlier, it is a Greedy Greedy World that we have tried to explore loaded with tons of entertainment,” concluded Chandra Siddharth.
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