Power star Pawan Kalyan who is almost ready to shake the screens with his upcoming flick ‘Komaram Puli’ has signed up a big budget film under Aditya Productions. It is said to be a multi- lingual film to be made in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and English. It will be produced by K.Krishnam Raju and will be directed by ace director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao.
Pawan Kalyan will play an important role in this film which deals with the life of Jesus Christ. It will be a children’s movie. Though there have been quite a few movies on Christ before it will be not of that kind and will be different from all. J.K.Bharavi will be the writer for this film while Shekhar and V.Joseph handles the cinematography.
The film was launched yesterday at Jerusalem and the film unit participated in the video conference and spoke to the national and international media people.
Director Singeetham Srinivas Rao said, “So far the films like ‘King of Kings’, ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ and ‘Fashion of Christ’ were made on backdrop of Jesus Christ. Still we took it as a challenge to make yet another film on the same story. I along with script writer Bharavi and producer Konda Krishnam Raju worked really hard for one and half year to come out with an idea of presenting the same story in a different angle. It is a wonderful story with a lot of twists. The entire world is aware of Jesus life right from his birth till he is 12 years of age. After the age of 12, Jesus appeared again at the age of 30 to render his duties. He was 33 when he was crucified. The film depicts the story right from the birth of Jesus till he was put on cross by the Roman King.”
Speaking about the film casting the director said, “In this film the entire cast is the children in the age group of 10 and 14. Since we are making a movie with casting the children, we have selected the most experienced and popular make-up man Christiana Tinsley from USA. He worked for the Oscar award nominee ‘Fashion of Christ’ film in the past. Likewise he also worked for ‘Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Paa’ recently. While we were working on the script of this film, we all thought that Pawan Kalyan is the apt choice for doing this great role which is the soul of the film. After Pawan Kalyan listened to the story and the importance of his role, he instantly agreed to do this film. The regular shooting will begin in October.”
Hero Pawan Kalyan said, “Since my schooling was done in a missionary school, I admire Lord Jesus. My 5 year old son was hurt while playing. As a father I felt sad when I learnt about that small incident. During that time I remembered Mother Mary and thought how much pain she would have undergone when she watched her son being tortured to death. I even noted that incident in my dairy. Right after 4 months of that incident took place, the producer of this film approached me with this offer. We are currently living in the society filled with violence. Hence we require films that give messages to the public with love. What can I say about the director Singeetham Srinivas Rao garu, as I grew up watching his films? He is a dedicated director and I was impressed with the way he narrated the story. I’m not doing this film to get any image but only because I liked the subject. There are songs in the film but my character doesn’t have any song. I’ve given dates for about 30 days for this film. If I reveal my character now, one can guess the story easily. There are many religions in our country and all religions share love. I’m ready to do any role that immensely impresses me.”
Producer Konda Krishnam Raju said, “This movie will be in the list of the highest budget films in India. I’m very happy that Pawan Kalyan is acting in this film. He was really surprised to see his animated character when we presented. He is also doing the Malayalam version. However, the heroines in Telugu and Malayalam will be different. Singeetham Srinivas Rao garu is really working very hard for the sake of this film. I’m confident that this will become the most prestigious film for Aditya Productions banner.”