‘Doing Shirdi Sai was a spiritual experience’
The subject of Shirdi Sai is the saint who made Shirdi his home. Produced by A Mahesh Reddy, the film is directed by K Raghavendra Rao.
For Nagarjuna, who plays the Sai Baba, this will be his third devotional film after Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu where he played the role of a bhakta.
Parachuri Venkateswara Rao said at the first press conference that the shoot of the film began in Badami and only a small bit is left to be shot which will be done on July 26 at Shirdi.
“There was a ‘holy’ atmosphere on the sets. Nagarjuna looked like the real Shirdi Sai Baba,” he said.
Producer Mahesh Reddy, who is in the infrastructure and mining business, is an ardent devotee of Sai Baba.
He said, “Everyone visits Shirdi. He is Kaliyuga Daivam. We didn’t think we would get Rao, Keeravani and Nagarjuna. During the shoot spread over 60 days, the atmosphere was disciplined. We shot from 7 am to 5 pm.
“Nagarjuna is excellent. Keeravani has done an excellent job composing the songs. Gopal Reddy’s camera work is good.”
Courtesy : Rediff http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-nagarjuna-shirdi-sai/20120711.htm
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Akkineni Nagarjuna, who recently completed the shooting for the film Shirdi Sai, has revealed that he has experienced several miracles on the sets of the devotional movie. The Tollywood actor was addressing the media at the audio launch of the movie, when he spoke about his wonderful experience.
Nagarjuna said that he had heard and read a lot about Shirdi Sai Baba earlier. But he came to know better about him after he shot for his role in the film Shirdi Sai. He experienced several miracles on the sets of the film. Now, he has started to enjoy simple things in his life after filming for it. Meanwhile, he added that Shirdi Sai is not only meant for the devotees of Baba, but also for all movie lovers.
The music of the movie Shirdi Sai, which will be one of the highlights in the film, has been composed by MM Keeravani. This audio album has 13 songs, 2 bit songs and a bhajan. MM Keeravani, Madhu bala Krishna, Sunitha, Nagarjuna, Shankar Mahadevan, Shweta Pandit, Deepu, Aditi Paul, Hariharan, Malavika, SP Balasubramaniam, Sonu Nigam, Teeshanigam, Saikumar, Revanth, Rahul Sipligunj and A Chaitra have sung the songs.
The music launch of Shirdi Sai was held in Hyderabad on Monday, (July 30). Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who was the chief guest at the event, unveiled the first audio CD and handed it over to Nagarjuna. K Raghavendra Rao, SS Rajamouli, SP Balasubramaniam, Kaushalya, Suneetha, Srikanth, Ali, Amala Akkineni, Naga Chaitanya, Kamalinee Mukherjee and many others were present on the occasion.
Courtesy :One India http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/news/2012/nagarjuna-experience-miracle-shirdi-sai-set-097928.html
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