With new-age actor Vijay Devarkonda donning the khakis for his upcoming film with director Gautam Tinnanuri after playing lover boy roles in films like ‘Arjun Reddy’ and ‘Geeta Govindam’. On the other hand, superstar Pawan Kalyan after tasting massive success with ‘Gabbar Singh’, is also exploring cop role in his next ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’. Besides, new generation heroes like Adivi Sesh (Hit 2) and Viswak Sen (Hit 1) also minted gold at the box office by donning khakis and now Vishwak Sen to play a cop in his next with young director Sreedhar Ganta. “Every actor would be fascinated to play a cop since it is a pride to essay such roles. Since cops are real-life heroes who tackle real-life villains without any fear and we observe them every day with some respect and pride,” says famed writer Gopimohan.
Another young hero Bellamkonda Srinivas is donning the role of an upright cop in his latest movie ‘Tyson Naidu’. “It is a cop drama but it will be more gripping and realistic than other police stories. Although it is not inspired by real-life incidents, it will hold the audience's interest for its uniqueness. The hero will not be wearing a khaki dress since he belongs to a special force but digs out a major crime from nowhere, says producer Ram Achanta, who also produced the cop story ‘Dhookudu’ with Mahesh Babu and tasted success.
Even a superstar like Prabhas is going to test waters in cop dramas as he is set to team up with Sandeep Vanga for police story ‘Spirit’ Earlier, other superstars like Jr NTR (Temper), Ravi Teja (Krack and Waltair Veerayya), Balakrishna (Rowdy Inspector) rocked the box office in the past. “Superstars and cop stories are a perfect combination to score a hit, provided the plot is interesting and gripping,” adds Gopimohan.
However, he differentiates between realistic cop stories like ‘Ankusam’ and cop stories with a commercial tinge like ‘Badshah’ and over-the-top “Yamudu’ also win audience appreciation. "It all depends on some novelty in the stories. The recent success of the “HIT’ series showed that investigative cop dramas also pay off. It could be inspired by real-life incidents or just fictional dramas, police stories have their audience and also fetch a few heroes the so-called mass image. More young heroes would join the fray nearing 30 since too young could be a misfit at times,” Gopimohan concludes.