Raktha Chaitra movie story line

Suriya is one actor who likes to experiment with different get-ups on screen. Whether in Kaakha Kaakha, Perazhagan, Pithamagan or Vaaranam Aayiram, the actor has performed each role with ease and panache. Now he is busy wrapping RGV's much-hyped Raktha Chaitra.
Raktha Charitra (RC) is a real-life story based on Paritala Ravi, a gangster in Andhra Pradesh in the early ’80s. “I play Maddelacheruvu Suri, an intense character, and a rival of Vivek Oberoi, who essays the role of Paritala Ravi. Suri is the only one in the story who’s still alive. I haven’t met him yet, but I’ve tried to model my body language based on the narrative given by director Ram Gopal Varma,” Suriya said to a leading English daily.
The film is a bilingual being made in Hindi and Telugu (also dubbed in Tamil as Rattha Charitram). “I didn’t take up Raktha Charitra with an intention to enter Bollywood. It’s just that when Ramu sir told me about the script, I was very impressed. The movie is so intense and has no heroine, songs or dances. So, Ramu sir calls it a men’s film. And for both Ramu sir and me, the film has come at an important stage in our careers; RGV has the experience to direct such an intense film after so many milestones and I can afford to experiment with such a character,” he added.
Raktha Charitra will also mark the Bollywood debut of Suriya. “It’s about widening my reach and taking up the challenge to appeal to a pan-Indian audience. It’s a completely different set-up and ambience. But I won’t leave Tamil cinema. Even when I accept a Hindi film, I’ll ensure it’s watchable for my fans in the south as well,” he clarified.

Bollywood refuses south India's demand

Even as the Sri Lankan government is taking all efforts to make the India International film Academy (IIFA) awards a big success, the south Indian film industry on Tuesday reiterated its decision to boycott the event to be held in the island nation.

Meanwhile, leading Hindi film actors Vivek Oberoi, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta and Ritesh Deshmukh reached Sri Lanka on Tuesday to participate in the IIFA events. Tourism Board officials were quoted as saying that some more leading Hindi film actors and music artistes are to arrive on Wednesday and Thursday, along with hundreds of Indian tourists.

At a meeting convened by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) in Chennai on Tuesday, secretary of the chamber L Suresh said representatives from SIFCC and Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) urged the IIFA to suspend its plans to hold the event in Sri Lanka but IIFA office-bearers expressed their inability to do so at the last minute.

Urging Bollywood actors, filmmakers and technicians not to attend the event, Suresh said, “We expect the Bollywood film industry to respect the sentiments of Tamils and refrain from participating in the event.”

It may be recalled that associations such as SIFCC, FEFSI, Tamil Nadu Theatre-Owners Association and Tamil Nadu Producers' Council have decided to boycott films of Bollywood actors, technicians and filmmakers who would participate in the IIFA awards function

Vivek Oberoi likes Trisha

Vivek Oberoi is currently busy promoting his film Prince. Speaking to the media persons, Vivek said that he would lap up an opportunity to work in a Tamil film. He added that Tamil film directors Gautham Menon, Mani Ratnam, Bala and Selvaraghavan are topnotch and he would never miss an opportunity to star in their film.

Vivek says that he likes Trisha among the South Indian actresses. With the lady venturing into Bollywood, he feels that an opportunity to play her on-screen pair is not far off.