Adivi Sesh recalls journey of making 'Major'; pays tribute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Remembering Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan on his death anniversary on vember 27,  team of Major paid a tribute to  martyred officer with an emotional video evoking journey of making movie. Actor ivi Sesh will be playing Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s character in movie which is being directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka. ivi recently recited his experience while recalling filming process of movie. He traced journey from signing movie to meeting Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's parents.

Actor ivi Sesh's emotional tribute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

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Remembering his first memory of Major Sandeep, actor said, “I can only say that he impacted my life from first moment I knew about him. It was in 2008, I remember when I h seen his photograph, splashed across all channels. I didn't kw what to make of it, I kept wondering, who is this man. re was some sort of mness of spirit in his eyes, aur hothon pe halki si hasi (and fed smile on his face). re was a mness and re was a smile, I couldn't understand it. He looked like he could be one of my family members, an older cousin, and n I found out, he was Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and he'd given his life for country, I couldn't stop looking at that w-iconic passport photograph."

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He furr went on to reveal story behind photo. Panjaa actor ivi shared, "I later found out from his parents that he was simply trying t to smile bly when he took passport picture. He was initially giving this big wide smile. Woh photographer ne fauran daanta unko ki aise nahi haste, passport photo mein hasna nahi chahiye (and photographer shouted that you should never laugh for a passport picture)."

"So, lips were hiding his smile but that mness in spirit was shining through his eyes and I think that's what captivated me and captivated most of India. I think that picture is very iconic, that is why y make so many paintings of that photo," he ded.

Describing battle of gaining trust and getting consent from Major Sandeep's parents to make movie, ivi revealed, "When I first called uncle, Mr. Unnikrishnan, Major Sandeep's far, he didn't believe ki koi pichhle 10 saal se Major Sandeep ki zindagi pe research kar raha tha (that since past 10 years someone has been researching on life of Major Sandeep and wanted to tell a story inspired by his life). I don't think that uncle believed ke Hyderab ka koi South Indian lka jo US mein pala-bha hai, matlab waha se aakar koi film banana chah raha hai (that some South Indian guy from Hyderab who is born and brought up in US would come to India and want to make a film)."

"He was very cynical in fact. Since y didn't believe me, my team and I we all kept meeting uncle and aunty, I think after fourth or fifth time, y started to trust me a little bit and I imagined this moment after fourth meeting, uncle looked me in eye with lot of sincerity, 'I believe you want to make a movie about my son's life 10%. 0 se 10 tak gaye and sab hasne l (we reached 10 from zero and everyone started laughing), we were all laughing ki chalo 0 se 10 tak toh pohoche (that at least we reached 10 from starting at zero), and re was a lot of relief behind that laughter because he believed 10% that maybe re was a chance that somebody genuinely wanted to tell this great man's story, t for exploitative reasons but just because y believed in kind of life this man h led," he ded.

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Speaking about journey of movie,  Dongaata actor ded, "Ever since n, it's just been a crazy number of many battles of trying to get this film me and making sure we do justice to how we're doing this film and we're still making film." He also explained importance of day vember 27, he said, "27th ko Major Sandeep shaheed hue (Major Sandeep was martyred on 27th) and so we are releasing this video on 27th with intention to celebrate his life. film speaks about way he lived, t about way he died". He concluded his appeal saying, "I hope you like my humble attempt in trying to find spirit of Major Sandeep within myself."

bilingual movie which stars ivi Sesh, Sobhita Dhulipala and Saiee Manjrekar will be released in both Hindi and Telugu. It is produced by Sony Pictures Films India in association with Mahesh Babu's GMB Entertainment and A+S Movies. movie is scheduled to release next year.

With inputs from PR

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