Sunil may not have flipped a coin à la Rajinikanth in Sivaji (2007) to change tracks. A star once loved by a generation of fans stood the risk of being forgotten. Even his six-pack abs didn’t help him win over new audiences. From 10 to 20 releases a year, Sunil’s work dwindled to just a couple of movies a year.
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They did not possess Rajamouli’s knack and did not know how to capitalise on Sunil’s strengths. Though the guy playing the lead was the same, the directors were different. He then starred in a string of comedies that leaned on romance, action, and whatnot, but most bit the dust. And then, he went a step further and made the ensemble mess Dongala Mutha (2011), in which Sunil starred alongside Ravi Teja, Charmme, Lakshmi Manchu, Bramhanandam, Subbaraju, Brahmaji and Prakash Raj.Īt the turn of the decade, when Sunil took a turn to fill bigger shoes, he lost his footing. Ram Gopal Varma, who has always idolised Rajamouli, thought he could depend upon Sunil’s talent for a low-budget comedy drama and immediately churned out the terrible Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju (2011). He couldn’t just go back to his regular den and get beaten up by other stars in the name of comedy, nor could he reuse his bag of tricks. The magic worked, but Sunil was left hanging on the bridge. Perhaps, the general curiosity regarding this new director-actor collaboration piqued the audiences’ curiosity and drove them to the theatres. Rajamouli had just then delivered the industry’s biggest blockbuster Magadheera the previous year, and was willing to gamble with his image and a lead actor, who was ready to sing, dance, fight, cry and be goofy.
In 2010, however, SS Rajamouli gave the actor a complete makeover in Maryada Ramanna, which ran to packed houses for several weeks. But that was a remake of the Tamil Sundara Purushan (1996) and a one-off wonder, so he continued to wear the cape of a comedian. As Sunil’s popularity grew, he was offered bigger parts, and that’s how Andala Ramudu (2006), the film where he starred as lead, became a box office hit.
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