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film is a film
David’s
Vikram talks to Lipika Varma about Tollywood and Bollywood.
Vikram is a big name in
Tollywood. Having worked in ‘Raavan’ with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek
Bachchan he says, “I did exchange a few
words with
Ash during the making, but I am friendlier with Abhishek.”
He adds,
“Abhishek had once attended a press meet in Chennai and had praised my work a
lot. I met him then. We became good friends. While in Mumbai if I do get some
time, we meet a couple of times. He is a very chilled out person and refreshes
me with interesting jokes. At times he does send me SMSes too.”
On his
Goan character in ‘David’, he says, “I am happy for the good response the film
and my character received. My friends told me about the praises they heard for
me as they left the theatre. The shots that highlight my drunken state,
drinking from two bottles simultaneously, were director Bejoy
Nambiar’s
idea.”
He add, “I
got six offers within 24 hours of the release of film. I chose the film only
because the content, as well as my character, was something different. Earlier,
I would do just one film a year but now I choose to do two films in a year. But
then these films definitely need to inspire me.”
Coming
back to the offers he has got he says, “I “will not disclose the names. But
yes, the offers poured in and they are from writers and directors. I have not
read the scripts. You never know, I may go for all six of them provided the
script ignites the inspiration that moves me to do characters with a
difference.”
He doesn’t
agree that his David was typical of all other Goan characters on screen. “In
fact, the typical action that I have performed under the Bejoy’s guidance
represents the character emphatically and also makes him likeable. The critics
too have liked it though. Yes! I did go on excursion tours while studying in
Std VIII and I liked the scenic locales of Goa. The photography that captured
in black-white moods is brilliant. I do feel jealous of Neil at times… he has
been captured meticulously in black and white.”
Talking
about Tabu he says, “Tabu is an intelligent actor and sharing screen space with
her enabled us to bring in our desired output. We would love to make
spontaneous
changes and she would come up with wonderful inputs bringing in more life to
our scene.” Explaining through an example, he says, “For instance, eating
during dialogues added some flavour to the tone and more.”
For now he
just has one Tollywood film on hand. “The film ‘I’ is being directed by Shankar
and is a multilingual movie. I can not divulge more about the film.”
On
Tollywood actors doing more Bollywood films he says, “If girls like to do Hindi
films, they decide to settle down here. I think a film is a film. The business
is always the same. Hindi films do have a wider audience. Movie making is a
sensitive profession if one decides to do films in different languages, he
needs to identify with the language. A Hindi filmmaker will have to get the
right psyche of the Southern bhasha and the audiences and vice-versa. All in
all, people involved in this profession have to work hard to attain success”
Vikram
seems to be happy as he is getting constant proposals for marriage from women.
“I would love to get married, not to one but all those who have proposed to
me.” He adds cautiously, “Hey. I’m joking though. I follow the mantra live for
today…there’s no tomorrow.”
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