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Vikram's actioner fails to ignite across India
Vikram’s actioner fails to ignite across India
Chiyaan’ Vikram, a popular star across the southern film industry was on a high when this film released. After a decade of listless existence in Tamil and Telugu cinema, where he was playing sidey roles alongside popular heroes of the era, this film titled ‘ Dhill’ which was released in 2001, was an instant success with the Tamil audience where it was released first
Chiyaan' Vikram, a popular star across the southern film industry was on a high when this film released. After a decade of listless existence in Tamil and Telugu cinema, where he was playing sidey roles alongside popular heroes of the era, this film titled ' Dhill' which was released in 2001, was an instant success with the Tamil audience where it was released first. An engrossing combo of action and romance it was nicely presented and crisply executed.
Over the next year, the film travelled to Telugu where Uday Kiran, a new and successful star reprised it as 'Sreeram'. May be the film could not carry over the success as much as it did in Tamil as Uday Kiran was a chocolatey hero suitable for romantic roles. He had an equally popular heroine like Anita Hassanandani who was an emerging heroine in Hyderabad film world. Yet, the familiarity with the local audience which both these stars enjoyed could not make it cross over the finishing line all that well.
Star selection wise, when the film was taken up in Hindi filmdom, once again the hero's choice was Vivek Oberoi, an appropriate one. Son of legendary actor Suresh Oberoi, Vivek was already noted for his rough and tough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 'Company'.
Moreover, suiting the hero's image, the storyline was tinkered with which did not work in the end. It came in for criticism and also resulted in the film tanking at the BO. Hyderabadi girl Dia Mirza was Vivek's heroine and it was helmed by E Nivas, an assistant of RGV.
Coming to think of it, interpolations and reorientations of original storylines have quite often created issues for films impacting its sustained success. This has been seen from times immemorial, when Hindi themes were localized and vice versa, which robbed the film of its freshness with the nativity factor being the dominant demand.
This film is again one such case. Vikram and Vivek Oberoi have sustained themselves in the film industry for two decades for sure and Uday Kiran followed his private route to hell to commit suicide, six years ago.
