One man's fight for the good of society

As the Kannada film

Sipaayi

hits theatres today, its hero and producer

Siddharth Mahesh

says that he has mixed emotions. For starters, he is excited that his debut film, produced under his banner Orange Pixels Film Factory, is releasing. But he is equally nervous about how audiences will react to a newbie like him, and that too in an action flick. He also knows that there are expectations from the team, considering that many of them, including himself, have worked on the hit film,

Lucia

.

'Our heroine, Sruthi (Hariharan) found fame with Lucia and people know that director Rajath (Mayee) was an associate on the film, with its maker Pawan Kumar having publicly acknowledged his contribution several times. I was on the production team. When people talk about Sipaayi, it is often referred to as a film by the team of Lucia, so there are expectations that our film will be different. Well, we are different, but considering that we wanted to make a pucca commercial film, we incorporated the hatke elements in our screenplay. For an action flick, the presentation is very different and that is one of the biggest highlights of the film,' says Siddharth.
In the film, the actor plays a TV journalist who stumbles upon some explosive information, but is then engaged in a struggle with the villain in his attempts to make it public. The tagline explains it perfectly as ' The one-man army who fights for society. The story gives martial-arts expert Siddharth ample scope to show off his fight skills. But he says that the team has been judicious in peppering the story with action sequences, or, for that matter, songs ' both of which are commercial film must-haves. 'We have been very careful with the placement of the fights and songs to ensure that they do not look forced and are a seamless part of the narrative. Also, considering that the story revolves around my character, who is a media professional, we wanted to highlight the effort that goes into breaking a story and, hence, focused on the field work. That should be insightful for audiences,' he says.

Add to this the fact that music has been composed by

Ajaneesh Lokanath

and that the work by his newbie cinematographer Paramesh CM has got him three other films, and Siddarth says that what he has in hand is a complete package. And last, but not the least, the actor-producer says that his able co-stars ' Sruthi, Sanchari Vijay, Achyuth Kumar, Rishab Shetty and Gaurish Akki, among others ' are the film's greatest strengths.