Chennai Sep 5 (IANS) Debutant filmmaker Krishna R.V. Marimuthu says it s love for cinema and creativity from a tender age that brought him and actor Naga Chaitanya together for the forthcoming Telugu action-thriller "Yuddham Sharanam".
Chaitanya and Krishna have been childhood friends and share extreme love for cinema.
"Both of us have been in creative collaboration from childhood. We were in a band together. From Class 7 or 8 we have been talking about doing movies together " Krishna told IANS and added as a youngster he was more interested in music.
Eventually Krishna took a liking to writing.
"He chose acting and I started writing. I wanted to try my hand in cinema and I ended up working as an assistant director to A.L. Vijay and Krish.
"Chaitanya and I were always in touch bouncing ideas and were waiting for the right project to collaborate. I believe our love for cinema brought us together " he said.
"Yuddham Sharanam" is slated for release on Friday.
Talking about the film Krishna said it s a story of a boy-next-door and what happens when he s pushed to the edge.
"What happens when a happy-go-lucky guy is forced to fight for his survival? What really got Chaitanya excited is when his character decides to stand up for himself he undergoes a very organic transformation. The whole process takes time and audiences will really like it " he said.
The film also stars Lavanya Tripathi Srikanth and Revathy.
Asked if working with Chaitanya was easy because he s a close friend Krishna said: "Friendship made things difficult for us because it meant bigger responsibility. On the bright side we could talk about things openly and address our problems easily."
"I had to remember I was working with a star and I had to keep his image in mind. I was very conscious about this part which pushed me out of my comfort zone. Nevertheless Chaitanya would make me feel comfortable " he added.
Srikanth most popular for his character roles plays the antagonist in the film.
"Since I come from Tamil background my knowledge about Telugu actors and their work was limited. But I did my research and found out that Srikanth has played a few roles with negative shades and he was terrific in them especially where he played a corrupt cop " Krishna said.
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