*Innovative attempt by actor Chethan Cheenu to portray 12 Revolutionary freedom fighters on Republic Day*
In a tribute to India’s freedom fighters, actor Chethan Cheenu, known for ‘Karungali’ and ‘Naan Sigappu Manithan’ in Tamil and ‘Raju Gari Gadhi’ and ‘Mantra 2’ in Telugu, has done a photoshoot as 12 different freedom fighters.
These photos will be released one by one from 10.05 am on January 26th, as a Tribute to Iconic Heroes as Republic Day special. The Pre Looks of the photos will be released from Today (January 23rd).
Speaking about the initiative, Chethan Cheenu said he discussed this idea with his sister a few years ago. “This initiative had actually started for a film. I wanted to represent some freedom fighters on screen and started researching about them.
But during the discussion we realised that it would be a huge expense to turn this attempt into a film. So, we thought of pitching this idea to various directors and producers through photography. Following this, we held a calendar photoshoot with 12 freedom fighters”.
Chethan Cheenu said the making video of the photoshoot will also be released in the coming days.
He said that Kamal Haasan was his inspiration to try this project. “I would be very happy and satisfied if I could achieve at least one percent of what he did,” he added.
He also said that those who saw the photoshoot have appreciated it a lot.
Chethan Cheenu started his acting career as one of the child artistes in the film ‘Anjali’ directed by Mani Ratnam. Following this he acted in many commercials.
Chethan Cheenu has appeared in the Tamil film ‘Thottal Poomalarum’ and ‘Karungali’, Telugu movies ‘Raju Gari Gadhi’ , ‘Mantra 2’ and ‘Pelliki Mundhu Prema Katha’ in the lead roles.
His next film ‘Vidyarthi’ (‘Manavan’ in Tamil) as the protagonist is ready for release. Also, he plays the lead role in a multilingual film directed by actress Kaveri Kalyani.
Following are the 12 Freedom Fighters that Chethan Cheenu has portrayed in his photoshoot:
1. V. V. S. Aiyar 2. Alluri Sitarama Raju 3. Udham Singh 4. Velu Thampi Dalawa 5. Veerapandiya Kattabomman 6. Sangolli Rayanna 7. Mangal Pandey 8. Rani Velu Nachiyar 9. Chandra Shekhar Azad
10. Chhatrapati Shivaji 11. Sukhdev Thapar 12. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
The technical team of the photoshoot comprises of :
Director – Leela Rani Concept – Chethan Cheenu DoP – SaranJ, Santhosh Editing – Ajith Karthik
Music – Ar Ms Art – Wassif, Set crafts Production Designing – Sathya KSN VFX – Raju Make Up – CC
Styling – LeelaMohan Costumes – Koti Production Supervision – Mohan Kumar Producer – Padmavathi
Designs – Nikil Anudeep PRO – Nikil Murukan Vamshi Sekhar Manju Gopinath Pradnyaa Harish Arasu
