BANGALORE: There are a few directors who are talkative by nature but handle the megaphone quietly. There are also a few introverts who make lot of noise while making films. Many people in Gandhinagar believe that director Ravindra belongs to the second category. And they have their own reasons to have such an opinion about Ravindra.
This they say, is the first reason: Ravindra had created a lot of buzz by selecting a peculiar title — ‘I am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona’ — for his film. It is his second film. The title of his first film — ‘Dhin Dhina Dhin’ — was equally peculiar. The people of Gandhinagar opine that such titles are meant to create curiosity among the cine buffs. However, the shooting of Ravindra’s first film was shelved in the middle due to reasons best known to him.
The second reason: Ravindra has invited wrath of one of the heroines in ‘I am Sorry Mathe…’
The film has two heroines and Karishma Thanna is one of them. She alleged that Ravindra has not given her importance during the promotional activities. Her other allegation is that Ravindra has been saying that Karishma is the heroine according to him but the real heroine is the other girl. Karishma claims that Ravindra has told her that she would be the real heroine.
She did not turn up at the audio release function of the film that was held on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Sanjana, the other heroine, says that she has no problem with Ravindra making such announcements. “As far as my character in the film is concerned, I have acted as an anchor who plays a key role. I am not bothered whether I am the first or the second heroine in this film. I have completed my portion in the film. Now it is up to the audience to decide who the first heroine is,” says Sanjana.
The third reason: Ravindra plans to distribute the audio CDs of ‘I am Sorry...’ free of cost among college students. Noncooperation of audio companies to market these CDs is attributed as the reason for Ravindra to take this decision. Film experts ask, “If the quality of the songs is good where is the need for Ravindra to distribute the CDs free of cost?”
However, Ravindra explains that he has taken this decision because no audio company came forward to market these CDs. ‘“I want to popularize these songs by distributing the CDs in colleges under the programme ‘You Vote We Shoot’. I have selected 40 colleges across the state for this purpose,” says Ravindra.