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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Telugu Heroes Should Feel Shame


It is often seen that many cine folks keep boasting about the legacy of Telugu cinema industry and they cling on to the glory of N T Rama Rao and others.
But all said and done, the underlying truth is, the hero circuit is filled with bloated egos, false pride, hollow performance and focus on image saving.
This is the case with the new age heroes and there are no two words in saying that when compared to their contemporaries from other circuits, especially Tamil, our Telugu heroes should hang their heads in shame.

Without a second thought, one look at Kollywood circuit will bring about names of Vishal, Vikram, Suriya, Sasi Kumar, Cheran etc.
The kind of performances they are delivering and the challenge they give to themselves as actors, has that happened even once in Telugu? The best that I can recall is Kamal Haasan in ‘Swathi Muthyam’. After that, it has always been about mass masala entertainers, illogical punch dialogues and devotion towards entertainment for front bench audience.

The so-called big league directors like V V Vinayak, Boyapati Seenu etc are nothing but simple formula cinema directors. It is not about what the essence of a cinema is, it is only about budget, box office and publicity. The scene is no good with the heroes. All they look for is roles that can make them get worshipped by audience. That’s why, there is a chalk and cheese difference between Tollywood and Kollywood.

And it is not just the Tamil circuit, the new wave of film makers who are foraying into Bollywood, Malayalam and Bengali circuits and the concepts of their films are mind-blowing.
But we are still stuck with those raunchy comedies, Tata Sumos flying in air, one axe wielding hero chopping goons like mince meat, heroines and their navels.
What is written here may not go well with the pride filled Telugu heroes but here is a simple test- can one hero do a role like what Vishal did in ‘Vaadu Veedu’? or like what Vikram did in ‘Naanna’? or for that matter, what Suriya is about to offer with his ‘Ezhaam Arivu’?

Always crapping about glamour and admiration seems to have become the staple diet for our heroes. Truth is, a hero is the person who leads the fans and not vice versa. He should be more of a performer who sets an example for his admirers and not put conditions on the directors and writers to come up with scripts that will show them in ivory towers. There is a lot of cribbing happening about poor economic situation of Tollywood box office. Well, as long as heroes and directors keep churning out these tasteless flicks, Telugu cinema will never improve. This is no rocket science, it is pure common sense.
GH Chandra, Hyderabad

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