Kannada film 'Chandra': Shriya Saran's intense 'Kalari' martial arts

Aug 24, 2012 13:02pm

'Chandra' is a upcoming Kannada-Tamil bilingual directed by Roopa Iyer.
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'Chandra' starring Shriya Saran and Prem Kumar in the lead roles deals with the life of a princess and her love story.
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Shriya Saran is acting as Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy and Prem Kumar is performing as Chandrahasa.
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Ganesh Venkatraman, Vijay Kumar, Vivek, Srinath, Sumithra, Sukanya are also there in the movie in pivotal roles.
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Directed by Roopa Iyer, 'Chandra' has the music composed by Gautam Srivatsa.
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Actress Ramya was signed initially for the lead role. As she unable to co-operate with the director by showing less interest during the shot so she was dropped from the film latter.
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Director Roopa Iyer also considered actresses Dia Mirza, Amala Paul, Amrita Rao and Aindrita Ray for the lead role but ultimately Shriya Saran suited te best for the role.
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Shriya Saran immediately accepted the offer after reading the script. She made her debut in Kannada cinema through 'Arasu' opposite Puneet Rajkumar in a cameo role .
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Director has scheduled twenty percent of shooting in USA and rest of the movie will be bounded with Mysore, Bangalore, Rajasthan and Kodagu in India
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For 'Chandra' Premkumar is learning Kalari art form from Mr Sagar, who is an Ayurvedic medicine expert in the film. Premkumar is concentrating on horse riding, sword fight and stick fight as he is performing a royal guy in the film.
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The director Roopa Iyer says, "The film is about a last generation princess and the emotions she undergoes. It will be an interesting love story and is based on reality."
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Shriya Saran was reported to be delivering a few punches to Kannada actor hero Prem in the stills.
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Shriya Saran trained herself intensively in 'Kalari' fight under the able guidance of Sagar aasan for a stretch of two months.
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The Choreographer of the film, Ravi Varma created a concept of the 'Kalari' in the form of choreography with his creative ideas.
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Director Roopa Iyer herself has been a practitioner of this combination of arts.
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Director Roopa Iyer studied the life of many royal families in India for the film. The last branches of royal families are not in a position to adjust to normal social life. They do not get the right match to lead a royal life that is a gift for them from ancestors.
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Ganesh Venkatraman has the luck of sharing the screen space with beautiful women of the tinsel town, Shriya Saran.
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Ganesh Venkatraman will play a cool NRI, who comes to India from the United States. Kannada actor Prem will be the other protagonist.
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Everyone has high expectations from 'Chandra', will the film hit the screens with same expectations ?
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