New Delhi: Pawan Kalyan will soon be returning to the silver screen and his fans cannot keep calm. The Telugu movie star will be seen in the film 'Bro' which is being helmed by Samuthirakani and features Pawan with his nephew Sai Dharam Tej in the leading roles. The film will be released on July 28.
Pawan Kalyan, who is also a well-known political figure, recently expressed his views on the reports about the Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) issuing fresh guidelines for Kollywood according to which only Tamil artists can be engaged in Tamil films.
Stating that the Telugu film industry has provided livelihood to many talented people from across all regions, PK said atBro's pre-release event, "Similarly, the Tamil film industry should also be inclusive. If it remains restricted to only Tamilians, its growth will be limited.”
“The Telugu industry thrives because it encourages talents from other regions, like Sujith Vaassudev from Malayalam, Urvashi Rautela from the North, and Neeta Lulla whose family migrated to India from Pakistan during the Partition (all these technicians worked on Bro). A film becomes exceptional when it combines talents from various languages. Restricting it to our language and people will cause the industry to shrink. I urge the influential members of the Tamil industry to abandon such thinking and create globally renowned films like RRR," he added.
Earlier this week, there was seculation around FEFSI implementing a new set of guidelines for the Kollywood industry involving only Tamilian artists working in Tamil films and shooting in other states of foreign countries to be only allowed when essential.
Howeverm FEFSI general secretary Swaminathan rejected such reports claiming them to be 'rumours that are baseless and unfounded." We can’t ban actors from working in Tamil films since our organisation has no such powers,” Deccan Chronicle quoted Swaminathan as saying.
During the same 'Bro' pre-release event, Pawan Kalyan shared that he admired filmmaker Samuthirakani’s dedication to understanding Telugu for 'Bro'. Sharing that he had become a fan of Samuthirakani during the shoot, PK said: “We come across many people who don’t know how to read, write or speak Telugu in our states, mix it with English and don’t do a good job with either of the languages. Samuthirakani is special because he comes from Tamil Nadu and is alien to the culture. One day, I was shocked to see him reading the script in Telugu. He learnt to read Telugu for a year just for the film alone. I was truly spellbound and inspired," as quoted by OTT Play.