For years, Ram Gopal Varma has been working on Raktha Charitra, a story about the life of Paritala Ravi, prime suspect in many murders. At last, the story will be narrated on celluloid. Rakta Charitra will have actor Vivek Oberoi as rebel-turned politician Paritala Ravi, one of the most-feared individuals in the blood-ridden faction politics of South India. Suriya will play the role of Maddalcheruvu Suri, Paritala Ravi’s opponent. The film is a trilingual made simultaneously in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.“I think he (Suriya) is going to be very big in Hindi. Already, there is a lot of talk about him after seeing the rushes of Rakta Charitra. And two-three producers are thinking about signing him up for their next films. People in North India might not have seen it, but quite a lot of people in the film industry have seen his performance in Ghajini and they are impressed and feel he did better (than Aamir Khan). So, Bollywood knows who Suriya is and what his capacity is. It is only the public in North India which isn’t aware of him because he has not done any Hindi film till now,” RGV said to a leading English daily.
Priyamani recalls that she was excited when Mani Ratnam called her to his office to narrate the storyline of Raavan and her role in it. When the director offered the role to her, all that he wanted to know was how good her Hindi was. When Priyamani replied it was quite good, the director called one of his assistants to converse with her in Hindi to test her linguistic skills. Satisfied with the accent, Mani offered the role, she gushes.
Ram Gopal Varma’s Raktha Charithra is based on a true life incident that happened in Andhra Pradesh a few years ago. It is also well known that Suriya marks his entry to Bollywood with this film. The movie we hear will go on for five hours and will be divided into two parts – something that is new to the Indian film industry.
