The Pyramid Saimira Group has made a prestigious catch. The three sons of icon of Kannada cinema Dr. Rajakumar ' Shivarajakumar, Raghavendra Rajakumar and Puneeth Rajakumar are teamed for the first time in an off beat film for the direction of Ravi Srivatsa. The film is titled as 'Om'.
The similar title film was made by Dr.Rajakumar family banner in 1995 that was starring Shivarajakumar and Prema in the director of Upendra. That was a big blockbuster and it made the 'Omkara' for series of underworld subjects on Kannada screen.
Now this 'Om' is entirely different. Only the thread of the story is ready says Raghavendra Rajakumar speaking on behalf of his brothers.
The announcement to this effect was made by Pyramid group managing director P.S.Swaminathan at The West End Hotel in Bangalore on last Saturday. This one is Rs.8 crore mega productions going on the floor on the April 24th 2008 ' the birth anniversary of Dr.Rajakumar says Swaminathan. Pyramid group that has ventured to theatre revolution in Karnataka an exercising control on 123 theatres forayed in to film production from 'Avva' in the direction of Kavitha Lankesh.
The company has also signed top stars like Darshan, Vijay in the forthcoming ventures. It has also taken up distribution of a few films. The films like 'Naanu Neenu Jodi' starring Vijay Raghavendra and Madhumitha, 'Nee Tata Na Birla' starring V.Ravichandran and Jaggesh with five heroines, Ganesha Maththe Bandha' starring Vijaya Raghavendra, Pragna, Vishal Hegde, Neethu and 'Minchina Ota' starring Vijaya Raghavendra, Murali, Lakshmi Rai.
The script of the film 'Om' would be ready in three months time says Ravi Srivatsa. It is on the sets of his 'Madesha' film shooting he discussed the thread with Shivarajkumar. Immediately Shivarajkumar spoke to Raghavendra Rajakumar on the story line and then the tie up was made. I am going in for a different style of movie making from 'Om'. I am inspired from Ramgopal Verma films and you would not see the usual pattern says confident Ravi Srivatsa.