Dhruva Sarja’s Pogaru, directed by Nanda Kishore and produced by BK Gangadhar has been in the news for the right and wrong reasons.
Firstly, the actor had completed a schedule sometime in April for which he lost 30 kgs in order to play a school boy. However, the next portions were scheduled for around the time when Dhruva got back to his normal physique.
Now, the long gap between the two schedules has led to speculations that the film has been stopped. Rubbishing the rumours, Dhruva questions, “Why would Pogaru stop? And why will it be stalled? Are people who are spreading such rumours even aware of the consequences faced by the team, the directors and the producer, who are putting in so much effort for this project? Why would I have taken the pain of losing 30 kgs if the movie had been shelved?” He adds that his silence has given room for this talk, but believes that his work will do the talking.
The team is aware of the gap between schedules, but that there was a reason behind it. “I’m in the process of gaining back the weight I had lost. It was not one or two kgs, but a solid 30 kgs, so it took time to get back to my normal physique. The team has also taken this opportunity to improve the script. Everyone is putting in a lot of efforts, just because we aren’t openly discussing every detail of what’s going on doesn’t mean the project has been dropped. The team and I want to reveal more details after we have clarity and confirmation as to when we start with the next schedule,” he asserts.
Dhruva says that he has been hearing ‘Dhruva’s film stalled or stopped’ right from his very first film. “I heard this during Addhuri, then Bahaddhur and also with Bharjari. Fortunately, these rumours were positive for each of my projects, and today, all the films are out and have done well too. So the rumour about Pogaru being stopped is a sign that, perhaps, this film will also be a hit at the box office,” he says.