With seasoned director Shankar, all set to make his debut in Tollywood with ‘Game Changer,’ industry bigwigs are keenly watching the making and completion of the film. “It had a few hiccups and finally it is slated for release in December. Honestly, top Telugu producers and directors want to see whether Shankar would be able to deliver his first hit in Telugu or not since his earlier blockbusters were mostly dubbed movies, says a top producer and adds, “Telugu nativity is different from Tamil, so Shankar should have had a right rope walk trying to balance between contrasting sensibilities. Tamil films are mostly realistic-driven, while Telugu movies slightly deviate to incorporate commercial ingredients and surely a film to watch out for."
Of course, Shankar has been rocking Kollywood and Tollywood since the early 1990s and delivered the biggest hits like ‘Gentleman’, “Premikudu’, ‘Indian’, ’Jeans’, ‘Aparachitudu, ‘Oke Okkadu’ and ‘Robot’ to be hailed as the uncrowned king of commercial cinema for three decades. “His versatile talent helped him to handle varied themes like reservation, lovers’ woes, corruption in society, work of CM towards his people, and so on. No one could match up to his socio-centric themes blended with richly mounted songs, star-studded casting, exotic locations, and lilting music numbers. No doubt, his combination with whizkid A R Rahman has resulted in innumerable and everlasting chartbusters,” he concludes.
