Only recently, the actor, who is making his Hindu debut with Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Raktha Charithra’, clarified that south Indian cinema is close to his heart and his focus would always be on south and not Bollywood.
“I am not looking at making a full-fledged career in Bollywood. And I am not shifting my base to Mumbai. I have never pushed myself for Hindi cinema. If I get to do different roles that excite me then I will surely love to do Hindi movies. But I will not stop doing films down south,” he said.
Meanwhile, the latest news in the trade is that ‘7 am Arivu’, the actor’s forthcoming film directed by A R Murugadoss, will be made in Hindi as well. Producer Udhayanidhi Stalin wants to release the movie in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi simultaneously, sources say.
Interestingly, making trilinguals is becoming a trend in Kollywood of late, at least for ‘big films’. Two other similar projects which are currently in the pipeline are Suriya’s own ‘Raktha Charithra’ and Superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘Endhiran’.
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.
There were widespread speculations in Kollywood when director AR Murugadoss approached Shruti Haasan for the lead role in his yet-to-be name film that will have Suriya as the hero. With the lady busy with a Bollywood flick, there was no immediate response from her side.
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.
