Kalyanram turns street fighter

The actor’s role will have two shades – a street fighter and an undercover journo

Kalyanram has never been the kind to play it safe when it comes to choosing scripts. His next project ‘Ism’ is an out-and-out action entertainer, scripted and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The movie will see him teaming up with the filmmaker for the first time.

While reports have been suggesting that the actor will play a journalist, we have dug a little deeper to better comprehend his role. Kalyanram will appear as a street fighter who is an undercover journalist.

“Kalyanram would be reporting on contemporary social issues in secret, although he would give an appearance of a street fighter at the surface level. It may not be a conventional journo to observe reporters and incorporate some of their interesting mannerisms into the character but the actor thoroughly did his research,” a source says.

Puri’s penchant for penning undercover roles of the protagonist – be it Mahesh Babu in ‘Pokiri’, Prabhas in Bujjigadu’ – does surprise the audience. He wants to give the Kalyanram-starrer a similar tinge and make it look realistic and not be an over-the-top typical commercial film.

By Sashidhar Adivi