Chintan’s directorial debut Chakravarthy has been getting a lot of attention because a major portion of the film has been shot on a 12-storeyed cruise-liner, while sailing in the sea.
The team is back in the city after a 20-day schedule. The recently released picture of Darshan on the liner shows just how the actor has tried a cool new style for Chakravarthy. In a grey three-piece suit and a fitting bright-coloured shirt, he rounds off his look with his hair dyed blonde, gold accessories and black boots.
The director says that the crew shot on the cruise for four days when the ship travelled from Singapore to Malaysia and back. “Shooting on a cruise was different. We shot scenes on board after the ship had set sail and was in the mid of the sea.
The team felt like they were in a small city. We shot in almost all places of the liner, except at the casino because we were not permitted to take our camera inside,” he says.
Chintan who is directing the star for the first time tells City Express that he is marveled by the actor’s drive and his transformation with every look. “As I’ve said before, the character has three shades in the film,” he says, and adds, "This particular look (of the bright shirt and hair dyed blonde) is for the ongoing shoot. This is the first time ever that he has tried a different hair colour.
We had initially planned to give him a salt ‘n’ pepper hair, but later, we decided to go with gold. He is thoroughly enjoying these transformations in Chakravarthy.”
The makers, having completed 75 per cent of shoot, will be finishing the rest in Bengaluru before heading to Bangkok on October 25 for an introductory song.
“Preparations are on for the opening song, which will be another highlight of the film. The other song will be shot with the actor here, after which we will start on the post-production work,” he says.
The film produced by Anaji Nagaraj and Siddhanth features Deepa Sannidhi in the female lead. With Dinakar playing the antagonist’s role, Chakravarthy also sees Srujan Lokesh, Aditya and Kumar Bangarappa in the cast. The music is by Arjun Janya and cinematography by
K S Chandrashekar.