'Dagudumoota...' a family drama through the eyes of a rooster

Chennai, May 7, 2015: Filmmaker R.K. Malineni says forthcoming Telugu movie "Dagudumoota Dandakor" is an out-and-out family drama that will unfold through the eyes of a rooster that plays an important character in the movie. The film, which releases in cinemas on Saturday, is the Telugu remake of Tamil film "Saivam". "The story explores the bond between the members of a family through the eyes of a rooster. We retained the core characters from the original. The film will also predominantly revolve around the bond between a rooster and a young girl and her grandfather," Malineni told IANS. In "Saivam", which was directed by A.L. Vijay, the plot touched on the vegetarianism angle, which Malineni says they've avoided in the Telugu version. "We've tried to focus on the attachment within the members of a family. If people from a family are coming together for a reunion after a few years, the attachment they share is not quite strong," he said. "Dagudumoota..." features Rajendra Prasad as the grandfather and child actor Sara Arjun as the granddaughter. Sara was also part of the original version, in which veteran actor Nasser played the grandfather's role. "Nasser was extremely good in the titular character in 'Saivam', but for the remake, we wanted someone with an image. Had it been a formulaic film with a hero and heroine, we could've retained Nasser. But here's a film that needed to ride on the shoulder of an actor with some image, hence we chose Rajendra Prasad," he said.