Venky wants to break monotony

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Much like Nagarjuna who dons the greasepaint to portray the roles of legendary dovotees like Sri Ramadasu and even God-saints like Shirdi Sai Baba, Victory Venkatesh too wanted to break the monotony by trying the role of the spiritual master, Swami Vivekananda.  That is why he is doing a movie based on the life of the 19th century Vedantist.

“A role of spiritual master gives me a break from monotony and it?s high time for me to switch gears,” he told a popular English-language daily.  The ageing star feel that “the show must go on and we have to take the next step.”

In fact, the star has been desiring to do a high-brow role for long. More than a decade ago, he confessed his desire to play a spiritual character and quoted Annamayya.

It is commendable that Venky wants to think out of the box and do something really challenging as well as meaningful.  If Vivekananda becomes a commercial hit, it will herald a renewed beginning for Venky who is in his late 40s.