‘अक्षय कुमार ने मुझे 2 बार रिजेक्ट किया, मैं फीस नहीं दे सकता था’, साउथ हीरो का खुलासा, बताया कैसे खिलाड़ी को मनाया
New Delhi: Telugu actor Vishnu Manchu is in discussion about the upcoming film Kanappa these days and he is eagerly waiting for its release. This is his dream project, for which he is quite excited. For his film, the actor has included big stars like Prabhas from Tollywood, Mohanlal from Mollywood and Akshay Kumar from Bollywood. Let us tell you that actors are friends of Prabhas and Mohanlal, who easily agreed to do the film, but it was a challenge for Vishnu to reach actor Akshay Kumar.
How did Vishnu Manchu contact Akshay Kumar?
In a special conversation with the screen recently, the actor said, “He refused me twice”. Apart from playing the lead role, Vishnu has also written the film, he saw Akshay in the role of Shiva. Vishnu told, ‘When I was writing the film, I could not live without seeing him in that role. Their anatomical structure with jata gives a divine look. ‘ However, it took him several days and months to convince Akshay to take that role, which will now start his Telugu film. Vishnu said, ‘Akshay Kumar rejected my film twice. Later, while he was shooting for Sarfira, I approached him through filmmaker Sudha Kongra. I told him, ‘I really want to cast Akshay as Lord Shiva, please talk to him once.’ He talked to Akshay and persuaded him to talk with me on the phone.
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How was there a 5 -minute call 45 and a minute conversation?
Recalling his phone call with Akshay Kumar, Vishnu said, ‘He said,’ Hi Vishnu, what is the matter? ‘ I said, ‘Sorry, Mr. Akshay, to talk on the phone.’ Then he asked about the role. The 5 minute call was changed, it turned into a 45 -minute conversation. At the end of the conversation, he said, ‘For the first time I am listening to the script phone. I apologized and said, ‘I am really sorry for this, I am in New Zealand. If I had been in India, I would come personally and meet you. He said, ‘No, don’t apologize. I am happy that you talked. Whenever you come here, meet. After spending 8 months in New Zealand, Vishnu came to India in March.
Akshay Kumar gets huge fees for Kanappa?
Vishnu further explains, ‘When I came to India, I showed them all that we shot. He liked it very much and then we shot his share in April. While most of the shooting took place in New Zealand, producers shot sequences with Akshay and Prabhas in Ramoji Rao Film City of Hyderabad. In this conversation, Vishnu also told how the Bollywood star took very less money than his standard fees. He said, ‘I told him that I will probably not be able to pay your standard fees. He took very little money than his normal fees.
How was the experience of working with Vishnu Manchu with Akshay Kumar
Talking about his experience of working with Star, Vishnu said, ‘Akshay Kumar is very professional and honest towards his work. They are very punctuals of time and strictly follow their schedule. They never carry shooting forward. If they have given any definite time, then they come at that time and leave at that time. We had to respect his working style. The best thing about him was that if he had come on the set once, he would not go for a while or would not leave.
These stars will appear in Kanappa
Kannappa is a pan India film produced by veteran actor and Vishnu’s father Mohan Babu. The film also stars actors Arat Kumar, Kajal Aggarwal, Arpit Ranka, Brahmanandam, Saptagiri, Mukesh Rishi, Madhubala, Aishwarya Bhaskaran, Brahmaji, Devraj, Raghu Babu, Shiv Balaji, Sampat Ram, Lavi Pajni, Surekha Vani, Preeti Mukundi, Kaushal and Adarsh Raghu. Kannappa is allegedly built on a budget of more than Rs 200 crore.