The success of his latest release Love Story has given young Telugu star Naga Chaitanya who celebrates his birthday today,a new phase in his career.
“I’ve never felt more confident as an actor. So far it’s all been a process of trying to understand myself as an actor. Only now do I feel I know my strengths and weaknesses as an actor… or rather, I am just getting to know them.
Naga who turns 35 on 23 November is now going to be seen in a film with his father the legendary Nagarjuna.
Says Chaitanya excitedly, “I have done a film with my father early in my career. It was called Mannan where I had a double role. My late grandfather Akkineni Nageswara Rao was also a part of it. Now I think I am confident enough to face my father again on camera.”
Chaitanya reveals details on his new project with his father . “Bangarraju is a sequel to my father’s superhit film Soggade Chinni Nayana which came in 2016. Bangarraju co-stars my father and I. The plot is slightly modified from the original.A role for me has been specially stitched into the plot and then there’s some added action too. It’s going to be an out-and-out commercial entertainer.Because that is what fans expect from us.”
Chaitanya says his style of acting is different from his father’s. “While I prefer a more lowkey style of acting,my father belongs to a different school of acting. He belongs to that larger-than-life school of cinema for which I have to rearrange my acting chops. People think commercial cinema is easy to do. But I think it’s very difficult to attempt anything in the larger-than-life genre.”
What are Naga Chaitanya’s birthday plans? “No plans as such. I am here in Mysore for the entire month shooting with my father for Bangarraju.I think a teaser of the film will be put out on my birthday. Otherwise it’s a working day for me. And I’d like it no other way.”
