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00:02For ETV Paribar, I always have to thank and my sincere respect to ETV Bharat because my
00:12first payment for my lyrics, I got it from Usha Kiran Movies, Ram Ujira was the producer
00:19for that. It was Telugu film, Garmayam remake film, they made it in Canada. I wrote my first
00:26song and got many awards for that song for my payment also from ETV. So always I remember
00:36and I sincerely pay my thanks and respect to ETV Paribar. Yes sir.
00:41Okay sir, come to the movie, Paragat sir.
00:43Yeah, I should say that like when I was maybe four years or five years old, when I was in
00:48first or second standard maybe, I still remember I was born and brought up from Mangalapuram,
00:55Mangalore. You know, there was, earlier it was actually my house was near to a paddy field
01:01and there was, you know, Teiyam kind of worshiping of deity in our Thulnad is called as a Bhutakola.
01:09So they were organizing Bhutakola, the Teiyam to Koragatja. And that used to start in the midnight
01:17at 11, 12 o'clock and the Tribal's used to come with the big, huge drums, you know, on the
01:24paddy field. And it was, you know, kind of, you know, for me it was very scary situation because there
01:28was no light of course in the paddy field, the huge paddy field, you can't, you won't find light and
01:33all. But they used to walk in that, you know, the, some seven, eight people used to carry the drums,
01:38they beat the drums and they have to cross that paddy field. And at midnight, after midnight, they start this
01:45Teiyam Koragatja.
01:45See, I used to watch lot of Teiyam, lot of Bhutakolas in Mangalore area, but this Koragatja doesn't have so
01:53much of ornaments or so much of decoration or so much of, you know, some special, you know, costumes, nothing.
02:00It's very simple. They used to put only, you know, white patches and one black trouser kind of, you know,
02:08dhoti kind of thing. And they used to dance.
02:11But, the one more interesting thing, actually, whenever we see a Bhutakola or Teiyam or when we do the Bhutakola,
02:18when a spirit enters to their body, they can't speak, you know, they used to do only with the mime
02:24and they used to see, you know, with the facial expression and the hand movements and all.
02:28But in Koragatja, deity used to sing, speak and dance, you know, and he was narrating his story from where
02:38he has come Koragatja, who is Koragatja, like, you know, all the stories.
02:41But, this is called a Pardana, that singing, that song is called, what these deities, you know, people who are
02:48worshipping, who are performing that Teiyam part, they sing a song.
02:53It's called, in Tulu, it's called a Pardana, Pardana, okay, it's a part, part means song.
02:59But, there is a particular community, like, you know, Nalike community, they used to do that, Nalike, like, you know,
03:06Pambada, Parava, there's a different, you know, communities, even in Kerala also, there are different communities, they used to perform,
03:15you know, Teiyam.
03:16Like, similarly, in our place also, there, you know, I was deeply, you know, really, you know, it made me
03:23to, you know, learn about Koragatja, why the Koragatja is like that, why they have to start in the midnight,
03:30and why it is, you know, with the only little makeup, and it was very interesting for me, and why
03:35the Stribals used to come with the dry hair, you know.
03:37So, since then, you know, it was, you know, somewhere it is in my mind.
03:40And, when I decided to make a film, actually, there is a place, where the people will say that Koragatja,
03:48the original place, okay, the, you know, temple trustee, actually, they asked me not to touch the subject, because in
03:58that, where they perform that, you know, Teiyam, they don't use any light, even if vehicle, if it crosses in
04:07the, nearby, they have to switch off their headlight,
04:10and, you know, go, drive, those things are, so, then the organizer told, we don't know the Koragatja from where
04:18he has come, who is he, because for other deities, there is a story, but Koragatja, there is no story,
04:24no, and he told, better not to touch this subject.
04:28So, people have really started, he told that, our, yeah, in Kannada, I can say that since, now, more than
04:3510, 15 years, you know, 20, and odd, 2025 director, producer, trying to make a film on Koragatja,
04:44and, there is a very renowned producer, Mr. Jay Jagadish, he is a well-known actor, he has acted in
04:49more than 600 films, in Kannada, in South Indian films, and his wife, Vijay Lakshmi Singh, she also, you know,
04:56known director in Kannada,
04:59they started this film, and they, you know, started shooting also, and they dropped, and the temple trustee has told
05:07me, like, you know, they also could not be able to do the film, but better, you drop the subject.
05:11I thought, it is my, you know, we worship this God, and there is a film as made on Shabarima
05:16Yappa, film as made on Ishwar, film as made on Durga Mata, why not this deity, and there are more
05:22than 5,000 temples, you know, entire Thulnadu,
05:25Thulnadu means from Sundaapur to up to Kannur, earlier, I am telling, till Kannur, you can find the Koragatja temple,
05:33so, that, I, question myself, of course, they were, you know, frightened me, like, you know,
05:39warned me not to touch the subject, but I played with the Koragatja, like, I am trying to get the
05:45real, you know, story of Koragatja, to be exposed to the world.
05:50Then, who is Tania, and what is the connection between Tania and Kannur Mutthapan, I, I just heard that Tania
05:57and Mutthapan are the same person,
05:59and somebody said, no, they are different, but they live in the same era, I really don't know, how, in,
06:06in your research, what do you find it out?
06:07Yeah, the Parasinakata Mutthapan, actually, see, Mutthapan means, a grandfather, okay, here also, Koragatja means, Arja means, grandfather,
06:21but, Koragatja's original name is Tania, he lived about 23, 24 years, he is a tribal, and his community people
06:30are still there,
06:31they are tribal, in Mangalore area, and also in Udipi area, they are called Koraga community, Koraga's community, Koragatja, okay,
06:41he lived in 12th century, and even, particular, you know, era also, the age, here also is mentioned in, near
06:51place called, Mulki, near Mangalore, okay,
06:55in the same time, the Mutthapan, here in Kannur area, I have not found, you know, got any literature, saying
07:04that they both are same,
07:05of course, the story resembles, because here also, for the Mutthapan, they give dry fish as a Prasadam, you know,
07:11for Koragatja also, we give Nanvij as a Prasadam, he also takes Toddy, Mutthapan also takes Toddy, here also, they
07:17give Toddy,
07:19and, you know, similar, similarity is there, in the story, but I don't think they are same, yeah, and, interesting
07:29thing,
07:32Koragatja's story, you can get even in Kerala border region also, the place called Udhyavara,
07:37which is the northermost part of Kerala, after that is the Karnataka starts, the Mangalore area,
07:43so, there in the Udhyavara, there was a king called Udhyavara Arasa, there are many different kings were there,
07:49and, he, in fact, he defeated, there is a queen called Panjandai, okay, there is a river called Netravati,
07:57which is close to Kerala, that, near by Netravati, there is a place called Kuttaru, that, she was the queen
08:04of that Kuttaru area,
08:07Panjandai, this Kerala king, Udhyavara king, he defeated this queen, so, there, Koragatja helps Panjandai to get back her,
08:18you know, state, her Kuttari area, it, this is very interesting, so, yeah, he, we can get Koragatja's story up
08:28to,
08:29you know, Udhyavara, even today also, after Udhyavara, there is a Manjeshad, there is a Saluk area, in Kaatarga district,
08:37but in Udhyavara area, you don't find, people are not worshipping Koragatja, there is no temple in, for Koragatja,
08:43there is no temple for Koragatja, very interesting, because Koragatja got back,
08:49helped Panjandai, by defeating this Udhyavara, this is very interesting, see, maybe people have thought,
08:56people will be thinking that it is a mythological story or something, but in, historically, this is the,
09:01you know, evidence we are getting, that in Udhyavara area, there is no Koragatja, even today also.
09:08Sir, the research process is, is that very easy for you, because I, I just heard that there is a
09:14particular community,
09:16lived in the coastal side of, coastal side of, Karnadaga, and they only know about the Koragatja's history,
09:22and it is very difficult to reach there, because there are so much of restrictions happening with the community and,
09:29yeah, there is a, there is a community, it is called Koragatja community, as I told you.
09:32Sir, what kind of difficulties that you faced with the two researches about the film and,
09:37yeah, as I was telling, you know, the temple trustee people who are worshipping, performing the tayyam every year,
09:46and the thousands of people are visiting that Kutharu temple and, recently, even Katrinaka is in the actor and Vishar,
09:53Vicky Kaushal, her husband, they are all, you know, visited that temple and, enter, I can say that, enter Sandalwood,
09:59the Kannada film industry is, you know, follower of Koragatja, yeah, but, there was no proper literature for Koragatja,
10:10and people were creating their own story, and some stories they mentioned that Koragatja is having wife,
10:16he is married, he is having seven wives, that kind of story, it was really hurting these, you know, Koragatja
10:20community,
10:21because there is a, the society kept this Koragatja community away, like kind of, and they are treating them like
10:28untouchable,
10:31and, there is a, actually, you know, they are invited to eat our half-eaten thing, whatever we eat, you
10:40know, for festivals,
10:41or the marriage, or some events, if we have some, you know, grand lunch, after the grand lunch, the left
10:46-off thing,
10:46we are making them to eat, by thinking that, it is, you know, panosi nikal naye, so our, you know,
10:53bad things will go if they eat,
10:56such kind of, you know, very, you know, dirty, banned, blind beliefs, actually, people were, you know,
11:02believing in our coastal area, and, there is a reason, Koragatja people are totally, you know,
11:08were completely detached from the society, but, when I was doing research, I came to know that,
11:15there was a king, called Hibashika, from the Koragatja community, he ruled entire Tullunadu,
11:21there is a very strong king, called Mayuravarma, he defeated Mayuravarma, Hibashika,
11:27then later, maybe, then again, Mayuravarma came, and he defeated Hibashika, then all the Koragatja community,
11:33people ran away, maybe, for that reason, they might have, you know, gone, and ran away into the forest,
11:39and settled there, and they were scared to, even, there is a language called Koragatja language,
11:43people are not knowing that, in our area, there is a Kannada, there is a Tulu, there is a Konkani,
11:49there is a Barry, there is Koragatja,
11:51and Karnataka has got many languages, similarly, there is a Koragatja language also, but they were hesitant to speak Koragatja
11:56language in front of others,
11:58maybe, they were thinking that, if they speak Koragatja language, then, you know, Mayuravarma's people may, they will catch them,
12:04or they may, you know, beat them, this is the reason, yeah, and they had a, when, when I came
12:11to that, you know,
12:12they have the real story, then I approached them, they said, no, no, no, if I, if we give you
12:16the story,
12:17you may, you may not take the original story, you will create a room, and you will make that Koragatja,
12:22Tani has married, that, and all, all the bullshit you put, and you make some nonsense, so we don't give
12:28that story,
12:28and even, they complained, there are some cases are pending, in our Bangalore High Court, which, you know, Koragatja community,
12:38you know, actually, you know, filed a case,
12:40so, I told, no, no, sir, please, you tell me, what is the story, the real story, then I will
12:44make, I portray the same thing in my film,
12:47then they performed on Puja, they called me in the night, in their area, then they started beating the drums
12:53and all,
12:53in the, they're not, there was no light, only with the Dheepam, oil light, yeah, Dheepam and Puja,
13:00then they threw one beetle leaf, they told that if beetle leaf comes straight like this, then we tell the
13:06story,
13:07then fortunately, by blessing of the Koragatja, Lord Koragatja, as I say, the beetle was, become straight,
13:14and they started telling me the story, then I have to, it was, I was about to go for the
13:18shoot,
13:19then again, I recreated the screenplay, I changed the entire script, I took another three months to start the,
13:27it was a brilliant story, but the thing is, the good thing is, like, no, they are not taking a
13:30single rupee from me,
13:32and throughout, because they are happy, because I am bringing the real fat of their community,
13:39it was, it was, the story is amazing, it has got totally different, you know, storyline, you can't compare,
13:46people are telling, like, my film is like, you know, Kantara, everywhere I am getting this kind of questions,
13:51and, no, totally different from Kantara, this is completely, I can say that, real story of Koragatja,
13:58from where he has come, who is Koragatja, what is his background, what is his parents, what is his mother,
14:03what is his father, what are the, you know, problems he has faced in life, and how he got into
14:08the tribal boy,
14:09now he has got into the deity status, it's not easy, so, that is what I got in my film,
14:19through this Koragatja community,
14:21I have to thankful to Koragatja community.
14:23I never said that, Koragatja is like, or Koragatja is like Ghandara or something, okay.
14:30People are telling, there are a lot of people, many people have asked me, and they write, like, you know,
14:35like a Kantara,
14:36sorry, this is not at all, like a Kantara, and people are telling, even in the comments, you can see
14:42that,
14:42oh, no, Kantara made, like, a similar kind of film is made on Tulunadu Diet.
14:48No, before Kantara, I made a film called Madi.
14:51It has got Best Director and Best Film Award in Rajasari International Film Festival.
14:56You can, it is there in the YouTube, Madi.
14:58So, Madi has got some elements which Kantara has.
15:04Madi, I made it some ten, ten, eight to nine years before.
15:09So, no comparison of Kantara, and I never influenced with the Kantara.
15:13Sir, I just said that, while the shooting of Koragatja, there are some miraculous incidents that happened around you,
15:20and that was really surprising people, they would not believe that you just, that kind of thing happened.
15:25In fact, you know, difficult to believe that kind of thing has happened, because, see, Godliness, divinity, once you have
15:34to experience.
15:35Even if you, if I say that it is only my experience, most of the time people think that, like,
15:41you know, they don't believe, because it is my belief, it is my experience.
15:45The, when I started this film, I wanted, Shruti, you know, she has acted in Malayalam film, Kottara Vittil.
15:52Kottara Vittil, Appu Kuttan.
15:54Appu Kuttan, yeah.
15:55Jairam sir.
15:56Yeah.
15:56It was a very, very big hit film.
15:58It was a big, huge success.
15:59Yeah.
15:59Yeah.
16:00I have taken Shruti ji in my film, for the Vairakya character, and my executive producer, Mr. Vidyadhar, and my
16:08producer, Trivikram Sarpalya.
16:09They, Vidyadhar actually, in fact, called Shruti ji, because I have my studio and my production house in Bombay, Andheri.
16:18I was, I was living in Andheri that time, Bombay.
16:21Then Vidyadhar ji, my executive producer called Shruti madam, and said, I told that the director will come and narrate
16:26the Shruti madam for you.
16:28The director, he already came.
16:30When?
16:30Just two, three days before.
16:32Yeah, Shruti has come, and he narrated the story, and this is the line, this is the, this is my
16:37role, and how it will be, how the opening will be like this.
16:41The story which I have written, and Shruti ji, you can ask the Shruti ji.
16:45She tells her, yes sir, somebody came and narrated.
16:48I told him many times, this thing, but if really any director went and, you know, narrated the story, they
16:54could have told, no, no, we have went and approached Shruti ji.
16:56But till today, we don't know who narrated Shruti ji.
17:01Moreover, what I have written, it has been told to Shruti ji.
17:06So tell me, like, you know, these kind of, not one or two.
17:10There are such, such many events, you know, it is making me to think, like, you know, earlier I had
17:17a, like, you know, confusion, like whether existence of God, existence of spirit, existence of, you know, deities and all.
17:23But now, I realize completely, by making this film, because since I am in this film, this is the third
17:28year.
17:28A hundred percent, I completely, you know, agree, I accept that, it is some divine power is working on this
17:36film.
17:36That old lady incident.
17:38Which one?
17:38That old lady incident, where you are shooting or not?
17:41Yeah, yeah.
17:42That is, after that, okay.
17:43Then we went for the Reki with my team and that came, Reki for the location hunting, Reki.
17:50We went, we were searching everywhere.
17:52Maybe I took more than a month to finalize the forest area.
17:56Because if, nowadays, you know, if you find any forest area, there is a, either electric pole or the telephone
18:01pole or the cable or whatever.
18:03So it was very difficult to get a dense forest.
18:06Then I was traveling in the area called Beltangadi, where my producer is suggested Mr. Trivikram.
18:10He is from Beltangadi area.
18:13Yeah, that time, actually, I was, you know, not well.
18:16I had a fever.
18:17But still, we were, you know, hunting that location.
18:19There was two, this kind of road, you know, V-shaped road.
18:22Then my team actually, we could not drive.
18:24So we took a walk.
18:26So maybe about a kilometer, we were searching.
18:29I told like, let's say, we'll take the upper road.
18:32Then my team said, no, no, sir, we get a forest in this side.
18:35Then everyone went in that road.
18:37Then we could not, I could not able to get my location, which I was expecting.
18:40Of course, there was a forest area.
18:42Then I told, okay, fine.
18:43Now you have seen that road.
18:45I, I, I, in fact, I accompanied with this, your suggestion.
18:49Now I want, well, let us come, go to this road.
18:52So we took the upper road.
18:53When we went about on some 400, 500 meters, then suddenly one lady has come.
18:58So old lady.
18:59She was completely with the bend, you know, back.
19:02And she was very old.
19:04And it is almost like, you know, dark, like sunset time.
19:09She was alone.
19:10She was coming.
19:10And we asked, like, who, then I suddenly found, exactly, near, opposite to her, there's a dense forest.
19:18The huge trees.
19:19So completely like, you know, you, it is a Kaskari kind of forest.
19:23Then I, I said, this is the location where we can shoot.
19:26This, this shoots.
19:27Then my executive producer asked with this, the old lady, whose forest is, the area, land it belongs to.
19:34We thought maybe it's a, if it's a department of forest, then normally they keep their board and all, fine
19:39boards and all.
19:40But nothing was there.
19:41Then she told, no, no, it belongs to that one Mr. Gowda is there.
19:45His, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm working in their house.
19:47Okay.
19:48I finished that my job and I'm going back.
19:50Then we went and approached him.
19:52Then we, my team and me discussed with Mr. Gowda.
19:55And we told, he asked me, who suggested?
19:57I told that you were a servant, that old lady.
19:59You don't have been a servant.
20:02Really?
20:02No.
20:02She told me that just now, like for 10, 15 minutes that she was working here.
20:06And she finished her job and she is now going back.
20:09And sir, I shot in that area my, almost 45 days after that I never seen that lady.
20:15Not even one or two incidents.
20:16There's such many incidents.
20:19So, you know, what to say?
20:21It is the existence of, you know, spirit, existence of deity, existence of God.
20:25I really, I, you know, started believing by making, once I started making this film.
20:31Sir, let's discuss about the actors who participate in this film.
20:35Kabir Bhedis are actually acting in this film.
20:37And what is the criteria to find out a person who presenting Tania in this movie?
20:43Very difficult to find a boy for the Tania character for me.
20:47I did audition, I interviewed more than 60 actors from theatre and film and serial background.
20:56And, you know, people are telling that Koragajja means they are in our Bhutakola also, Teyam also.
21:02They portray him as like in the black man.
21:05With the black makeup and the spot and all.
21:08When I was, you know, interviewing or I was meeting this Koragaj community, there are many people who are not
21:15fair in their color.
21:17And not see that they are dark or something.
21:19Like, it's like a normal human being.
21:21So, I thought why we have to make Koragajjas black.
21:25That is, you know, black maybe because of their, you know, mentality.
21:29They portray, they, they project them as like, you know, blackies.
21:33So, I thought of taking a nice boy with a, you know, proper look.
21:38Because they are tough people.
21:40Koragajja, Koraga community people are very tough.
21:42So, kind of, you know, most of the people have got their own, by nature, they have six pack.
21:49Like that.
21:50They are very tough.
21:50So, I wanted that kind of boy.
21:52Then finally, I got a boy who was in a Sanjay, Master Sanjay, Dr. Sanjay.
21:59He is a renowned actor and dancer in our Kannada industry.
22:02He did a film on Shabarimala Yappa.
22:05It was a huge success in Kannada.
22:08He did a Yappa role.
22:09And there was a dancer in his team.
22:11So, I took him for the Tanya character.
22:13And the, for me, the more challenging of taking that Tanya's mother's role.
22:21Because, she should be like, you know, age of 14 or 15 years.
22:25That age.
22:26And married woman.
22:28That kind of.
22:29And like, she should be like a childish or she should, and I mean, in parallel, she should be like,
22:34you know, very matured woman.
22:35That kind of.
22:36So, I got one girl, Hrithika.
22:38She really, uh, very talented actor.
22:41She really gave justice for the, uh, film.
22:44People are frequently asking when it's going to be hit in theatre, when it's going to be hit in theatre.
22:49And there are no proper answer.
22:51And now you should say that when, uh, Kharagachar will come on theatre.
22:55I, I must say, like, Sarah, when I just completed the shoot in a, such, of course, during the shoot
23:01also, I have been attacked twice by the, uh, wounds with the talwar, the sword.
23:06You know, they entered and barge into the location.
23:09When I was shooting with Ganesh Acharya, the, uh, Bollywood choreographer in, in place called Kalasa.
23:14In Chikmoglu district in Karnataka.
23:16The mob entered.
23:18I was, uh, just, uh, I, I told action.
23:21Then I was, uh, in the monitor.
23:23Then I found that in the close of some talwar, you know, just passing.
23:27I was wondering, there is no talwar.
23:29It's a dance sequence.
23:30I just look up, look, I, uh, just seen there.
23:35The goons with the talwar, they entered.
23:38And all our teammates have just, you know, crew has run away.
23:42There was alone sitting.
23:43The Ganesh Acharya told, sir, sir, you plus go because they'll just first attack director.
23:48Similar kind of situation I faced in three times.
23:50And all the time, Koragaj, I, I had to say that Koragaj has saved me.
23:55And there's a place called, uh, Someshara.
23:57That also, you know, border, uh, of Karnataka and Kerala.
24:00Near, uh, I was, uh, shooting in, uh, beach area.
24:03Uh, in the Arabian, near, uh, near Arabian, uh, sea.
24:07Uh, the, the, the huge rock is there.
24:09It's called, uh, Rudrapade.
24:11Uh, actually, it's a historical thing, like, Koragaj visited that place.
24:15You know, sometimes, something, it is coming in the story.
24:17I was shooting there.
24:19Again, the mob has entered.
24:21The raud, goons, with the talwar.
24:23They disturbed.
24:25You know, every time.
24:28And on the Koragaj, so, Mishwara time, when I was shooting that, when mob entered, the goons entered.
24:33Everyone ran away.
24:34I was just imagining my, uh, uh, shot, by closing my eyes.
24:40I opened.
24:41No one was there.
24:42I was sitting alone.
24:45And thank God, sir, it is a miracle I saved.
24:47And I have to thank full to my producer.
24:50Then after that, he gave me bouncers everywhere.
24:54You know.
24:54Uh, yeah.
24:56Uh, and, uh, somehow, I completed the shoot.
24:59Then, there is a, uh, uh, Koragaj temple, uh, in Mangalur.
25:04Uh, near, uh, there is a temple called Mangaladevi.
25:06The Mangalapuram name, we got, because of this temple, Mangaladevi temple.
25:11Mangaladevi, she is a queen, actually.
25:12She was ruling Arthapura.
25:14This, my Sudhir Athavar is a, Athavar means Arthapura, earlier.
25:18Now, it became a Athavara.
25:19She was a queen of, Mangaladevi was a queen of that Arthapura.
25:22Uh, there is a Koragaj temple.
25:24Uh, I told with that priest, Mr. Shukumar, uh, sir, uh, film is shooting.
25:30Another three, four months, I am releasing.
25:31This story I am telling was on three years before.
25:34Then he told, what your tale?
25:35You wait.
25:36It will take its own time.
25:37I'll say that you are telling within three months.
25:39It will take three years.
25:40He told me this.
25:41Because Koragaj has blessed you to make this film, it is not easy.
25:47And, uh, I, I, I can understand.
25:50Even, the actual, the film is ready.
25:51It is about to release now.
25:52But some, uh, global company, which, uh, has come forward to distribute, uh, uh, the film,
25:59they suggested me to do some correction.
26:01Really, uh, actually in the climax portion, even, I am also not completely satisfied the way I shot.
26:06Because of many other, uh, because, uh, uh, even in the climax also,
26:10uh, so twice I have been attacked with the goons.
26:12So I could not be able to complete the, uh, shoot the way I want to make it.
26:16Uh, that, you know, lapse was there.
26:18Yeah.
26:19And finally, uh, in the final print, they, uh, because they suggested, then the producer
26:23also told, yes, we'll make them.
26:26I am doing an underwater shoot.
26:28Actually, uh, in that particular scene, in the climax scene, Shruti may be actually featuring
26:32or something.
26:33And she wants to, uh, one to two minutes, uh, diving under the water.
26:38And wants to take, uh, kind of practice or something.
26:41Yeah.
26:42Um, every day, I am just, you know, informing her, Madam, uh, because the entire sequence
26:47is under the, uh, water.
26:50And I have the help of scuba diving, and the divers, I appoint, I am appointing them.
26:55Um, yeah, uh, the whole sequence is underwater.
26:59Um, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
27:01I think this is the first, uh, female, uh, in Kannada industry to act, uh, in underwater sequence.
27:09There is, uh, actor, Dr. Rajkumar in Kannada, uh, is iconic actor.
27:14Uh, he did one underwater sequence in the film called Undu Muthinakathi, directed by, uh,
27:19very popular, uh, uh, director, Shankar Nag.
27:23Uh, Shankar Nag, he, uh, directed that, Undu Muthinakathi.
27:26Then, from the, uh, uh, female, uh, the actress, Shruti is the first, uh, actor from Kannada
27:33to do, uh, underwater shoot.
27:35And she is, uh, preparing for, uh, that.
27:37And I said also, our stunt team has come.
27:40And I was explaining them.
27:42And I told that, uh, this will be 10 times tougher than shooting on the ground.
27:49On the ground, it's easy.
27:51But inside the water, you know, it's very difficult.
27:55Without breathe, or by, by holding our breathe, we can be inside the water 10 to 12 seconds.
28:01Not only that, then we have to act, we have to do the expression.
28:04You know, that's very challenging.
28:05Even, it's also, for me, it's very challenging.
28:07Even, I'm also, look forward, like, uh, yeah, uh, doing my, uh, because the, I can't have
28:12the lengthy shots again.
28:14That should be, you know, if it's the 10 seconds, then I have to see to that, the shots
28:18will be within 5 to 6 seconds, you know.
28:21So, it's, there's a lot of, uh, homework is needed for the underwater shoot.
28:24Uh, thank you for responding to E.T.B. Bharat.
28:27That's a great honor to speak with E.T.B.
28:28Pandur.
28:30Thank you once again.
28:31Of course, E.T.B. Bharat, E.T.B. Paribar is, uh, supporting my, throughout my journey,
28:36starting from entering into the industry, and till today.
28:38Thank you very much.
28:39Thank you very much.
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