Southscope Mahesh Interview !!!!

Trivikram on Khaleja:
Life is an ensemble of incidents. Man becoming God is purely incidental. According to scriptures, there is God in every human being. Daivam Manushya Rupena is the theme of the film. Mahesh Babu is a regular taxi driver, an ordinary human being who transforms into a divine incarnation when he comes face to face with an unjust incident. Honestly speaking, we started out to make a regular commercial Mahesh Babu film but it assumed a life on its own. Watch out for an entire new Mahesh Babu. He has pushed his boundaries and tackled comedy phenomenally well. He is the comedian, character artiste, item guy, action hero, lover boy all rolled into one. It has all the elements of a commercial film and yet very out of the box . Anushka brings bad luck to him through out the film. That leads to hilarious situations. Mahesh has attempted humour for the first time. i won't say it's an experimental film but the treatment is very unusual. There is nothing run-of-the-mill about it . Let me give you some inside news. Mahesh Babu worked with me on the script completely and closely. You can call him an associate script writer.

We have also tried new camera technique. There are lengthy shots without frequent cuts. We haven't done anything for cinematic or dramatic convenience. Yash Bhatt, the cinematographer has done an outstanding job of using zoom in a very different way.

Mahesh Babu on Khaleja:
I have never done a role like this one. I am loud, funny taxi driver. It's an out and out commercial film. There are no messages, no fight fior fight's sake. You can't categorize it . There is action but it's very real. Very credible. It has all the elements that people would want in a good film. 

On Mahesh Babu:

Lot of people talk about passion Mahesh Babu lives in it . I remember an incident during Athadu. At 2 midnight, after Mahesh had the set, I wanted him to come back for a retake. He had almost reached home but came back. And then he went about his work with a smile, effortlessly. There is no pressure of working with a star when you work with him. He doesn't take his star status seriously at all. That's his best quality as an actor. As a person, he has undergone a 180 degree transformation. Marriage has done wonders to him. He used to be extremely shy with romance before. Now he's opened up much more. If can speak truth he does, otherwise doesn't bother. The birth of his son has matured him a great deal. It has actually helped him as an actor, He's so sure of himself now that he's confident of his first take. His technical knowledge is superb. I think five years from now, he may be ruling Bollywood. He is a reservoir of acting stamina