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Raviteja Interview : Kick 2 is more entertaining than Kick

Sunita Yalavarthi
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Raviteja Interview : Kick 2 is more entertaining than Kick

Ravi Teja is really enjoying the fruits of his decade long efforts to get launched as a solo hero. From non filmy background to creating a brand for himself, with his on-screen energy and learning from mistakes over time, he has matured quite well as an artiste and the fond tag attached to him, Mass Maharaja says it all. The actor has become such an impact that commercial films are now synonymous to his brand of choices and the fact of every upcoming actor continuously trying to emulate him suggests everything about the making of RaviTeja, the phenomenon. He exactly knows what he’s capable of. Now, fresh after the consecutive successes of Balupu and Power, he rekindles his energy levels for the sequel to his most successful film to date, Kick. And my god, he’s slimmed down so much and feels he’s flying. All that and much more as he talks to Telugu360.com Exclusively

About Kick Vs Kick-2 :temple0011
‘Vaadu Kick aithe veedu comfort.’ See the trailers of both Kick and Kick 2 and you will know it. Kick-2 is not about selfishness but comfort. Kick-2 will be more entertaining than Kick. Brahmanandam plays Pandit Ravi Teja.

About Surendar Reddy :
Surender Reddy is in full form in this film. His initial films used to be in serious tone but he is very jovial now – so much to an extent that I asked him, ‘Yenti Suri yila ayipoyavu?’. He said, ‘Mee andaritho undi ila ayipoyaanu’. It is a great transformation in him.

About apprehension in doing bilinguals :
Manam chusetattu migatha languages lo choodaru. Show me one film of ours that has been dubbed and created a history. But now, it is happening. Baahubali is our pride and Mahesh tried it with Srimanthudu. Next,it will be Rudramadevi. Thanks to Rajamouli, people are taking their work seriously. So why not now ? Let’s do bilinguals. I don’t plan my career or life and just go with the flow.

About Singing :

Keeravani told me long back for Vikramarkudu to sing for Jhintata song. I said, ‘Voddhandi enduku mosesthaaru’. He remarked he heard me hum and told me to sing. Sruthi bagundi, nenu chusukuntaa, you go ahead, he said. For Balupu, Thaman told me to sing the hook line and he managed the rest. So, I sang Vinave kanya kumari. From Power movie Nautanki song total ga nenu paadanu. I can’t believe I sang that song. In Kick 2, all the numbers are good and I can’t point out that a particular one is the best. “Mummy Mummy youth ki connect ayindi’ and ‘Nuvvu Nuvve’ is indeed melodious.

 

About subjects and multi starrers:

I am open to doing multi starrers, 100 percent and to experiment with different subjects. If you remember, I did Bhageeradha which was close to Srimanthudu. It was a very good story but sarigga publicity cheyaledu. If you find time watch it again. For certain films, everything should fall in place to work well. The time, release, marketing and script development.

Other Highlights of Kick 2:

The major asset of Kick 2 is Vamsi’s story and the work of DoP Manoj. It is generally difficult to give importance to all the characters, ‘kani ikkada kudirindi’. Sruthi Hassan’s best look in Race Gurram, Samantha’s best look in Yem Maya Chesave and Rakul’s in Kick 2 is all because of Manoj. I am usually picky with clothes and got to shop all over again as my wardrobe is empty now. I distributed my new branded jeans to some people. I actually loved them so much and purchased it. ‘Brahmandamaina fitting, size chuste bagodhu.’ Now, I need to go shopping again as I lost a lot of weight. When I see myself in the mirror, I wonder if it is me. I am 70 kgs now and I am not floating but flying. I would work out earlier too but I am far more disciplined and I enjoy it now. That’s the difference.

I don’t like travelling but this time I enjoyed shooting in Rajasthan. It would get cold in the nights and I love such places. About my cameos, I did it for certain people. I did a cameo in Kannada because I like Shivraj Kumar’s family. The good thing is, I found a good choreographer in Harsha. He is doing very well for himself in Kannada industry and he also did two numbers in Kick 2. Kalyan Ram asked me long back to do a film for his banner and it didn’t happen then. Now, everything fell in place with the story. The script too demanded flamboyance as Kick is a brand. I am very happy at the current state of film industry, with consecutive hits like Baahubali and Srimanthudu. I am feeling great and thanks to Rajamouli, it is because of him alone that new gates have opened in North and South for Telugu film artistes and technicians. Even negative people have started thinking positive now. This marks a new era in Telugu films. ‘Ippatnundi ollu deggarunchukuni cinemalu chestaaru andaru.’

 

 

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Kick 2 climax will be epic – Art director Narayan Reddy

Sunita Yalavarthi
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Kick 2 climax will be epic – Art director Narayan Reddy

[intro]Art director Narayan Reddy is from Ongole, he made his debut with Teja’s Chitram after having completed bachelors of fine arts. He has worked in 50 films so far and with NTR Arts, this is his fourth film. The simple and soft spoken technician chats with Telugu360.com on his work experience with Kick and Kick 2.[/intro]

Tell us about your debut
For NTR Arts, I have worked on Athanokkade and Asaadhyudu, Kick and now Kick 2. I am a graduate in Fine Arts but that theory never came of help except the sketching part which we hardly use today. Here you have to learn practically and that is what helps you finally.

How does your work begin?
We listen to the stories once or twice, there comes the requirement – the house, the characters, who stays where and in accordance with those characters we decide – that is after taking the director’s suggestions. We mould it better with our style towards the end. The director, producers and camera man choose an art director who are in synch with their thinking and those who go with their budget. I give what the director wants, I don’t change their style. Some people like Ravi Babu go for detailing, every shot of his has art direction. Surender Reddy and Sreenu Vytla are bit flexible, they enhance the existing structures. Ravi Babu takes a place and does total interiors, just to give examples of how directors work. My work is to blend the director’s thoughts with mine and going ahead with DoP’s suggestions within the budget given to us..

What did Surender Reddy want for Kick 2?
Surender Reddy wanted a Bihar backdrop, with village. After drawings and discussions, we created a village set of Bihar. We can’t take a live location because we can’t get the centre point, the hero’s house, the placement doesn’t happen. If you work in an existing house, there is an additional burden of controlling people. If we create a set we can work day and night according to our feasibility, the lighting, color, mood all fall in place. When you travel and visit places you update yourself, and when such a requirement comes you have an idea about how it is, if the colours need to be earthy or cool.

Give us an idea about Ravi Teja’s house..
The director of photography plays a big role here and we both go about it with an understanding. Only if the art director and DoP are in sync and only if we give what director wants things move. When it came to the hero, and when he wanted to return for the girl, we created a house in water. Already there was some water due to rain, the placement came in handy. We wanted to work on it on a dry area in the sand but since everything would be dry around we put it up in water and arranged a bridge. This was done in Rajendra Nagar near the quarries. We broke the rocks, we had to make the surface smooth and for the water, we had to dig out the mud, the water was 20 ft and in it we made a house.

What is your rapport with Surender Reddy and Ravi Teja?
Each director has their own different style. This is my 6th film with Ravi Teja. Once you get along with a person be it a hero or anyone, things become easier and gets comfortable. Surender is a stylish director, for this film, action bheebatsam ga untadhi..not ordinary style, adhi naku baga nachhuddhi. The climax will be on a mammoth scale, they picturised it so well on par with the budget spent on top heroes.

Do you too travel abroad with the DoP?
Yes earlier days it wasn’t needed, but with improvement in technology and requirement, the directors too want certain things. Also there will be big work at those locations. The assistant also goes with the art director. If the hero falls on the pillar, if it is going to hurt him as it is made of iron, we have to create a dummy pillar, there will be change in curtains if the DoP says not good. Be it contemporary, ancient we go with the subject. There is culture and taste in art. Earlier there would be import and export but now there are many interior works to handle. Sourcing gets easy if you know technically where and how to get it from. I don’t work two films at a time.

 

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