Challenging Star Darshan is faced with a big challenge indeed in his stalled project, Boss. ���In my entire career, I���ve had only one film that was dropped just after the muhurat. And now, Boss is the other film that���s been totally messed up,��� he says.
Holding producer Ramesh Yadav responsible for the delay, Darshan says, ���We still have to shoot two songs, besides completing dubbing for the talkie portions.
When we gave Ramesh our dates, he didn���t complete the songs. But now, when we are committed to other projects, he tries to act smart by asking us to finish only the dubbing ��� so that he can release the film without the songs. But the ball is in my court now. I���ll do the unfinished songs and dubbing for the film only when I wish to.���
In fact, Ramesh hasn���t even settled the payment dues of several cast and crew members yet, alleges Darshan, wondering how on earth the producer issued a statement saying he���d release 100 prints of the unfinished film.
���Let him first clear the payments to artistes and technicians, including heroines Navya Nair and Rekha, director Raghu Raj, Harikrishna (who has scored wonderful music), and supporting actor Rangayana Raghu,��� fumes Darshan, adding, ���Ramesh is all talk. If he thinks he knows the industry inside out, he should also be aware that I knew about the same industry when I was in my mother���s womb. My father, Toogudeepa Srinivas, was an established actor back then.���
After all this, the actor has quoted a higher remuneration than he would charge otherwise. ���Not only that. I���ll complete the film only after the others��� payments are cleared. It���s everybody���s bread and butter, and if Ramesh is not going to pay everybody, then he won���t see the film release,��� asserts Darshan.
Though miffed with the delay of Boss, the actor���s excited about his other projects. Talking about his next release, Abhay, Darshan says, ���It���s not the usual Darshan in Abhay. You will see me as a lover boy.��� And the climax sequence for Porki is another reason for his excitement.
���It was the biggest climax I���ve ever done. We had 10-12 scenes in the sequence, of which five were shot in Bangalore and the rest in Chennai,��� says Darshan, who���ll next star in another Telugu remake, Shouryam, under Sadu Kokila���s direction.
Defending himself doing remakes of non-Kannada films, Darshan says, ���There���s nothing wrong in picking up something that���s good. Though I���m not opposed to remakes, all my films are not remakes,��� he maintains.