The lady superstar from the South Indian silver screen, Vijaya Santhi is probably going to give a start to her new innings of her acting career. Considering the popularity and the large fan-following she has, it is obvious that the movie buffs would be excited to see their favorite star once again in her favorite action area. The news is that the actress is going to make her comeback with a sequel to her legendary movie Osey Ramulamma. To recall, it was the movie that gave her solid ground to her career and her performance is till endearingly remembered as a benchmark of excellence in acting. Hence, it is obvious that the critic, as well as the fans, would be feeling as how she is going to perform in her comeback innings and the million dollar question is, whether if she can repeat that wondrous performance with the sequel as well if not surpassing the standards.
The backdrop of the comeback
For a significant span of time, Vijaya Shanthi was out of the arena. The actress had reservations about acting in the films while pursuing active politics and aside, even if she was offered with offers for being cast in the supporting roles, the actress eventually denied accepting such proposals. Getting the offer to cast as the protagonist of a film, that is basically the sequel to her landmarking movie, it was obvious that that the actress would give a second thought to the proposal and eventually, she decided to accept the proposal and consented for getting cast in the role proposed.
Factors that might have influenced the actress to consent to the proposal
The film Osey Ramulamma shall always endure as a golden chapter in the career of Vijaya Shanthi as it earned her exceptional popularity and the appreciation of the critics. The actress won two national level awards as the best actress for her phenomenal performance in the film, playing the protagonist who had to face the sad experience of abuse but later she strike back to rebel against the system and eventually got justice to her name. Probably, the actress foresees the sequel to have the potential for making another superlative performance that would enable her to get to the list of the all-time greats of the film fraternity.
The sequel against the contemporary backdrop
The plot for the movie Osey Ramulamma was centric around the Telangana movement and it had been largely inspired by the Naxalite movements. Asides, woman empowerment and social justice for a woman were to the central position in that movie. With the passage of time when the movie was made, obviously women in India had been empowered to the much higher extent and it had been a significant span of time that the State of Telangana had been formed.
The status of the production for the sequel
The sequel shall hit the floor, probably in a span of a couple of months. It would be interesting to see as who replaces Dasari Narayana Rao as the director of the sequel.