What: Saindhav, the Telugu action entertainer releasing on January 13, is actor Venkatesh Daggubati’s 75th film. While promoting the film, director Sailesh Kolanu had stated that when he watched films such as The Equalizer and Taken, he had wondered about the possibility of senior Telugu actors collaborating with young directors for action films in a slightly realistic zone and that Saindhav is one such attempt.
Furthermore: In an interview with The Hindu, Venkatesh affirms that he, too, had been on the lookout for such films. “Over the years when I watched Bruce Willis films or films such as The Equaliser and Taken, I wanted to move gracefully into that zone and be a part of films driven by story and screenplay with scope for breezy action. In this phase of my career, having been part of cinema for 37 years, I am happy Saindhav came my way. I have never planned and my approach has been to take things as they come.”
We heard: In the film, Venkatesh plays Saindhav Koneru or SaiKo who dotes on his wife (Shraddha Srinath) and daughter (Ssara Palekar) and locks horns with Nawazuddin Siddiqui to save his daughter from a health crisis. Venkatesh was aware of Sailesh’s earlier films, HIT and HIT 2, and knew that he had the potential to narrate a good story on a large canvas. When producer Venkat Boyanapalli approached him and said that Sailesh had an interesting story, Saindhav began to take shape.
