Subhash Chandra Bose Telugu Movie

After playing a trigger-happy cop in "Gharshana" and a noble brother in "Sankranthi", Venkatesh will play a patriot in his next, much-awaited release "Subhas Chandra Bose".

"Except for the title, it will have nothing to do with revered patriot Subhas Chandra Bose. But we will justify the usage in the due course of the film," says the lanky actor, who will sport long hair to fit into the period-film.

"After browsing through a few sketches, we approved this fascinating look," says Venky.

He describes the film as the tale of a "fictitious character" who takes on the might of the British during the days of freedom struggle.

About his teaming up with legendary director K. Raghavendra Rao, he says: "It has been long since I worked with Rao and the plot definitely has a commercial potential which the director can tap."

Shreya and Genelia play the female leads. "It's a cute role," says Genelia.

Hit filmmaker Raghavendra Rao, who had lately drifted towards devotionals like "Annamayya" and "Sri Manjunatha", is doing a regular potboiler after a long gap. But going by the publicity material released by the producers, it seems the veteran director has not lost his touch for well-mounted, glamorous song sequences.

He has again extracted delightful tunes from top composer Mani Sharma. The film's audio is already a smashing success.

Reputed producer Aswini Dutt, known for lavish productions like "Chudalani Undi" and "Indra", has left no stone unturned to come up with another memorable film in the 26th year of his production house.

Trade pundits will watch the performance of "Subhas Chandra Bose" keenly because it has been a long time since a patriotic Telugu film hit the theatres.