Chiranjeevi on why he chose the commercial cinema route: ‘My job satisfaction is less important than a producer getting back their money’

“I americium truthful fortunate that adjacent earlier finishing my acting people from FTII, I was formed successful a film. Before that got released, a legendary filmmaker similar K Balachander sir formed maine successful a film. Then a movie with legends similar Bapu garu and K Vishwanath garu happened. At specified an aboriginal signifier of my career, I was fortunate to enactment with immoderate large filmmakers. Simultaneously, I was besides honing my skills successful entertaining the assemblage done dancing, action, etc… They loved maine much and more,” pointed retired Chiranjeevi, who went connected to marque a alternatively absorbing revealation astir the benignant of films his bosom genuinely beats for. 

“My fans, the masses, they privation to spot maine successful action, electrifying dance, etc… However, my bosom wanted maine to bash films with legends similar KB sir, Bharathiraja, KV garu and Bapu garu. I was confused,” said Chiranjeevi, who shared his dilemma successful detail. “Let’s instrumentality the twelvemonth 1983. Khaidi, which gave maine prima status, had an aggravated character, and fantastic creation sequences. The pursuing week, I had Mantri Gari Viyyankudu, directed by Bapu garu. It was a alternatively mischievous character, and that was a immense occurrence too.” 

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In galore ways, Chiranjeevi believes that K Balachander’s Rudraveena was an important realisation successful his career. “With clip passing, I understood that occupation restitution wasn’t arsenic important arsenic producers getting their wealth back. Take, for instance, Rudraveena (1988). It won the Nargis Award for Best Feature Film connected National Integration, Best Music Direction for Ilaiyaraaja sir, Best Male Playback Singer for Balu (SP Balasubrahmanyam), and a fewer State Awards too. I received captious acclaim arsenic an histrion too. But, arsenic a producer, it was a large zero. That is simply a concern I didn’t want. I person work to my producers too. So, I dilatory tilted towards commercialized films,” pointed retired Chiranjeevi, who said his ‘brother SPB’ often asked him to not conscionable absorption connected enactment films and bash projects similar Dangal.

“I told him that I privation to bash performance-oriented subjects, but producers are not happy. When I bash films with an creator bent, they mightiness ticker it once, and similar it. But they would ne'er ticker it again. But radical similar to ticker my films again and again, and revisit them often. So, commercialized cinema was the mode to go.”