Bandh or recession, elections or political unrest, Venkatesh is one actor who has releases every season. An actor with hardly no controversies in his 25 year old film career has in the recent past won critical acclaim for his comedy entertainers. In continuation of his comedy enterainer series, Venkatesh is eagerly awaiting the release of 'Namo Venkatesha' which is touted as one of the most hilarious films released in the recent past with strong dosage of comedy.
Venky says 'comedy' as a genre is always a crowd puller and he is hoping to recreate the box office magic that his earlier romcoms like 'Malleswari' and ' Nuvvu Naaku Nachavu' created."Comedy films have been a crowd puller always because there is no strain in the film and it is for light watching.I have been natural in comedy with my flat delivery , changing voices and expressions. Though a lot of people warned me against such genre, I took the risk and it clicked. Young audience certainly love my romcoms. My upcoming film has a lot of comedians and Bramhanandam has a significant role in the film. The director Sreenu Vytla is known for his comedy films and the combination of all these is an assurance that the upcoming movie is one of the most hilarious films" Venky claims.
Venky is currently the only actor among the big four in the industry to do two films an year with more hits than flops to his credit. He says while he watches a few good movies of other actors, he is in that hangover and it takes time for him to come out of that and start acting in our own Telugu movies.
" I used to deliver more movies a few years ago. But now when I watch movies like Lagaan, I am in that hangover and none of the local scripts interest me until that hangover dies. I guess every actor undergoes this phase. We don't get such scripts here and so we compromise with the best of whatever comes our way." he explains. Venkatesh who is considered one of the richest actors in the industry now, disagrees with the theory that the remuneration of the stars is responsible for the 'over budgeting' of films, which is plaging Tollywood currently.
"It is not the remuneration of the stars. It is the lack of planning pre-production that is costing the movie making so much. If producers are smart enough and they take strong steps, budget can be curtailed." The actor who attributes his image and success to the directors he worked with and the 'divine intervention'. The actor who is perhaps a Andhra version of Rajnikanth in terms of spirituality, is planning to go on a break to discover himself after the release of Namo Venkatesha."Sometimes you want to be cut off from this world and give time for our 'inside'.It is important to give time for us 'within' as much we give to our career and family. I will for sure take a break and travel to meet the Gurus and sidhha yogis in the country soon" he reveals.
Infact, Venkatesh who believes in destiny and talks passionately about 'postive energy' has even given this upcoming movie a tag line 'Be positive'. He is one of the rare actors, who slips into spiritual conversation very easily even without his notice.
"I believe that if one thinks positively, even negative things turn positive. In life there is nothing to complain and if anyone does, it is a waste of energy. My charecter in this film is close to my philosophy of thinking positive which is why we gave that tag line " he signs off.
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