Aishwarya Lekshmi and Naveen Chandra on how difficult it was to play intense characters [Exclusive]

Amazon Prime Video’s Telugu authentic Ammu has began streaming stream on OTT in the present day and it’s one thing that many audiences and film buffs have been ready to look at on the large display. Starring Naveen Chandra, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Bobby Simha in lead roles, the movie is directed by Charukesh Shekar and has Karthik Subbaraj because the artistic producer. The group was in Hyderabad to advertise the movie and in an unique chat with Bollywood Life, here’s what the group has to say.

The trailer of Ammu appears so intense and attention-grabbing. What was the explanation behind selecting a script like this?

Charukesh: Through the lockdown, which was pressured onto us throughout the pandemic, I learn that home violence instances have been rising with every passing day. Husbands have been dwelling 24×7 and wives needed to take numerous ache than ever. In order that’s after I determined to work on this line to indicate all that ladies must undergo. I hoped Ammu can be an eye-opener to many ladies on the market who’re unable to give up abusive and unhealthy marriages.

Karthik: Ammu is much more than only a movie. It’s a drama that has all the weather. Charukesh was my affiliate director and when he narrated me the story I fell in love with it. We instantly determined to work on it. It has come out rather well and we’re certain the audiences will prefer it. We tried to maintain it as lifelike as doable and even the lead actors have accomplished an incredible job.

What made you select Aishwarya and Naveen Chandra to play Ammu and Ravi respectively?

Charukesh: After I watched Jagame Thandiram, and lots of different movies of Aishwarya, I all the time felt she is the one who can play intense roles. So she was my solely alternative. On the similar time, I’ve watched Naveen Chandra’s Andala Rakshasi wherein I liked his characterisation. Naveen has performed many destructive shaded roles too. So briefly, I’ve been watching these actors do amazingly properly on the large display. I discovered Ammu and Ravi in them.

Aishwarya, you have got performed an emotionally and bodily tortured spouse on this movie. I’m getting into the sneakers of Ammu would have positively been robust. How did you detox your self from Ammu?

True. It was draining. I’m emotionally drained. For 40 days, I needed to pretend as Ammu and received into her pores and skin. It was not really easy nevertheless it was nice being her on display. On the similar time, it might not have been simpler or manageable with out the group’s help. My Ravi (Naveen) made it simple for me. I haven’t performed such a job until now. This one is kind of opposite to those I performed on display previously.

Naveen, you might be somebody who’ve performed every kind of roles with quite a lot of shades. The character of Ravi is excessive to the destructive shade. Why did you wish to be Ravi?

When Charukesh sir known as me, to inform me concerning the script and the position, for a minute I began questioning how a director from Tamil trade has come all the best way to me to play Ravi in Ammu. Later he instructed me that he, and his spouse, are large followers of Andala Rakshasi and have watched a lot of my movies.

Coming to the query, I’m not Ravi. I can by no means be Ravi. And stepping into his sneakers was not a straightforward job for me in any respect. It was very disturbing to be somebody who’s nothing lower than an animal.

So that you a protagonist with the shades of an antagonist. So how completely different and difficult was that?

It was very difficult. Very disturbing. On a regular basis, all through the shoot, I used to be doing nothing however practising to be somebody who’s so dominant and abusive in the direction of his spouse. I saved reciting the dialogues to myself roaming right here and there on the units. Fortunately, folks cooperated with me. No one began staring or questioning what was mistaken with me. They understood the depth of the position and why it was vital for me to have that house and way of thinking earlier than I carry out. I used to be a tough but nice working expertise.

Such as you stated, you have got give you this storyline throughout the pandemic, to jot down characters like Ammu and Ravi, there want some boundaries to indicate the extremity of an animal. So what did you take note of whereas writing?

Charukesh: I didn’t have any references or concepts in thoughts. However such as you stated, the acute is required. The characters should be written with numerous care. Karthik, my producer Kalyan, and I sat collectively whereas engaged on the characters and it was a cumulative concept from all of us on how Ammu and Ravi ought to be.

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