Fidaa movie was Rejected By Top Three Heroes?

During the promotions of his upcoming production venture 'Fidaa', Dil Raju has revealed that the love story was earlier turned down by three heroes.

Dil Raju revealed that they had earlier narrated the story of Fidaa to three heroes. 'They all liked it but refrained from signing the film as they felt they may not be the right ones to essay the lead role. Later, I decided to go with an upcoming hero and that's how Varun Tej came on board,' Raju added.

Although Dil Raju didn't reveal who those three heroes are, Sekhar Kammula has on more than one occasion divulged that Mahesh Babu was the first one to listen and appreciate the story of Fidaa. 

Talking about Fidaa, Raju added that it's a simple story with a lot of emotional moments that family audiences and youth will surely like. 'Sekhar Kammula doesn't write great stories, he assembles great moments,' Raju said about the sensible director in one sentence.

He also praised Sai Pallavi for the commitment she had shown in learning Telangana slang for Fidaa. 

Dil Raju Didn't Understand Climax, But Happy With Output?

General talk in the Telugu film industry is that Dil Raju doesn't compromise about his production ventures, and involves in every department of film making, especially story and direction. He just doesn't leave it to director after finalizing the script. He regularly monitors the progress, suggests changes and even resorts to reshoots if he doesn't like the output, notwithstanding how big a star the director is.

To the surprise of everyone, Dil Raju himself is now claiming that 'Fidaa' is his least involved film. Calling it a "100pc Sekhar Kammula film", the successful producer said that he wasn't present during most of the shooting of 'Fidaa'.

Narrating one instance, Raju said that he didn't understand the climax of 'Fidaa' when he read the scene paper. He however didn't confront Kammula feeling that the sensible director may take offence. He let the 'Happy Days' director make the film exactly how he had envisioned it. This is probably the first time Raju gave full freedom to a director. 

On a concluding note, Raju said that he was more than happy when he watched the final output conceived by Kammula.

Dil Raju: This is The Reason Why We Have Selected Varun For Fidaa

"Anand, Manchi Coffee Lanti Cinema" is quite a popular tag line ever since Sekhar Kammula has come up with his iconic Anand movie. Breaking all the existing formulaic notions, this talented director derived a new-age slow narrative technique and impressed audiences. But it's long back we've seen such a wonderful emotional film.

After scoring many flops, finally, Sekhar Kammula is back to his favourite genre and subject and is coming up with "Fidaa" now. If we have to talk about this film, then we need to believe what producer Dil Raju says. "If Anand is a coffee-like film, Fidaa will be a Kushi (Pawan Kalyan Kushi) like film. For every star hero, a love story done during the start of their career will work big time. Whether it is Suswagatham or Tholiprema in Pawan's case or Arya in Allu Arjun's case, love stories work. That's the reason we've selected Varun Tej for Fidaa and it worked superbly", he said. 

It's heard that the hero will cry will many scenes during the climax of the film and that will work at box office. Sekhar Kammula is exuding confidence that he has a blockbuster content in hand. He went on saying that he wrote exam already and knows the result as well, and just waiting for the audience to find it out. 

These are the days where films that have family-audience appealing content are working at the box office. So in a way, Fidaa might attract film lovers to a large extent, but there is a problem too. Audiences are not liking 'lag' in the content these days and Sekhar is popular for such dragging. Hope he took care of everything to make Fidaa a Kushi for Varun Tej!!

Sekhar Kammula re-shooting just 3 weeks before the release?

Director Sekhar Kammula's latest movie is "Fidaa" which has Varun Tej and Sai Pallavi in the leads. While the trailer of the film looked smooth and suave, what is little worrying is the way our director will blend these characters without any trace of his previous films. 

According to the grapevine, Fidaa team is still shooting and all of a sudden they claimed that today is the last shooting day for the film. With the film set for July 21st release, wonder what is Sekhar Kammula shooting just 3 weeks before the release while he has plenty of time earlier. Reports are coming that producer Dil Raju suggested some changes in the film's second half and Sekhar is busy shooting them on Varun Tej and other actors.

Though reshoots are not a new thing, neither a wrong thing, they should have confirmed the release and all after locking the final version of the film, says mega fans. As this film is coming after disasters like Loafer and Mister, fans don't want to hear anything other than positive about Fidaa movie. 

On the brighter side, Fidaa's Vachinde song is enthralling masses for its language, words and visuals. It looks like Sai Pallavi will be a stunning revelation once the film releases, while Varun Tej is trying to stick only to his class-side.