Sathyaraj's on a tight schedule

When the bright and intelligent Rancho incurred the wrath of his college dean Viru Sahastrabuddhe in the Hindi blockbuster 3 idiots, we hated the professor to the core. And now, our very own Sathyaraj is all set to reprise the role made memorable by Boman Irani, in the much-awaited Tamil remake of the film, Nanban.
Though the actor remains tight-lipped about his role in the film, he says that a lot of changes have been made to his character and even his looks.���������People will find an entirely new Sathyaraj in Nanban. Shankar has taken a lot of pain to present me in a different way and I am doing my best to portray my character in a different manner,��������� begins the veteran actor, who is now sweating it out with back-to-back schedules for almost half-a-dozen films.
The actor is currently doing Aayiram Vilakku, Vengayam, Sattapadi Kutram, Kulasekaranum Koolipadayum and Kalavaram, apart from Shankar���������s film.
���������I���������m now eagerly awaiting the release of Aayiram Vilakku which also stars Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj. It���������s a very emotional saga between an old man who desires a son and a youngster who yearns for a father figure in his life,��������� says the actor.
The actor reveals that he has wrapped up the shoot for S A Chandrashekhar���������s Sattapadi Kutram in which he plays a pivotal role. ���������I play a revolutionary in the film, something on the lines of Che Guevara, and the posters for the film have evoked great response. I have done around 200 films so far in my career and it���������s only in a few films like Periyar, Amaidhi Padai and Vedam Puthithu that I got to portray my ideologies. Sattapadi Kutram will be one such project. I also got a similar opportunity in Vengayam, a film based on Periyar���������s ideologies, in which I have a cameo,��������� he says.
Quiz the actor if he is worried that he will face competition from his own films and he quips, ���������Since, I am not playing the lead, I don���������t see it in that light. All my characters are performance-oriented and the audience will see in me in a different light in every film.���������
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