Game Changer (film)

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Game Changer
File:Game Changer Telugu.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed byS. Shankar
Produced by
Dialogues by
Screenplay byS. Shankar
Story byKarthik Subbaraj
Starring
Music byThaman S
CinematographyTirru
Edited byShameer Muhammed
Production
company
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu[1]
Budget₹170 crore[lower-alpha 1][2]

Game Changer is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language political action thriller film directed by S. Shankar in his Telugu directorial debut and written by Karthik Subbaraj. Produced by Dil Raju and Sirish under the banner Sri Venkateswara Creations, the film stars Ram Charan, leading an ensemble cast that includes Kiara Advani, Anjali, S. J. Suryah, Jayaram, Sunil, Srikanth, Samuthirakani, and Nassar.

The film was announced in February 2021 with the tentative title RC15 and began its production in October 2021; filming took place in Hyderabad, New Zealand, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Visakhapatnam and Punjab. The official title was unveiled on 27 March 2023, during Charan's birthday. The film score and soundtrack album are composed by Thaman S with cinematography by Tirru.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

In February 2021, it was announced that Shankar and Ram Charan were collaborating for a film produced by Dil Raju and Sirish.[3] The film marks Shankar's directorial debut in Telugu cinema.[4] The project was produced under Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations. The company made a public announcement on 12 February 2021, confirming the project.[5]

They began with the working title of RC15 as it is intended to be 15th film of Charan as a lead actor. It is also referred to as SVC50 as it marks the 50th production venture of Sri Venkateswara Creations.[6] The film's official title was revealed as Game Changer on 27 March 2023, on the occasion of Charan's birthday.[7] Shankar gave an estimated cost of ₹200 crore (US$28 million) for the film's production. Later, on the request of the producer, the budget was reportedly cut down to ₹170 crore (US$24 million).[2]

Pre-production[edit]

Director Karthik Subbaraj wrote the film's original story with Shankar writing the screenplay.[8] Sai Madhav Burra contributed the dialogues.[9]

Tirru is signed as the cinematographer who worked for four schedules.[10] The technical team of the film consists of editor Shameer Muhammed,[11] action choreographer duo Anbariv and art director Avinash Kolla.[12] Thaman S would score the music, in his first film with the director.[13] Dance choreographers of the film includes Jani Master, Prem Rakshith, Prabhu Deva, Bosco Martis, Ganesh Acharya and Sandy Master.[14][12]

Casting[edit]

Charan reportedly plays a dual role as a father and son.[15] In July 2021 it was announced that Kiara Advani was signed on to be the lead actress which marks her second collaboration with Charan after Vinaya Vidheya Rama.[16][17] Anjali was cast in a pivotal role, while Sunil, Srikanth, Jayaram, and Naveen Chandra were all confirmed to be a part of the film.[18] In February 2022, S. J. Suryah was approached for a role and was later confirmed to be part of the film in September 2022.[19][20]

Filming[edit]

The film was formally launched with a muhurat shot on 8 September 2021 at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad with a traditional pooja ceremony attended by Ranveer Singh, Chiranjeevi, and S. S. Rajamouli.[21][22]

Principal photography began on 22 October 2021 and the first schedule was completed in the first week of November. Filming took place in Maharashtra at Pune, Satara and Phaltan.[23] Later that month, a song was shot for 10 days, at a specially erected set in Ramoji Film City. The song, which also included international dancers, was choreographed by Jani Master.[24] The Times of India reported that nearly ₹23 crore (US$3.2 million) was spent on the song.[25] During the schedule, the team has also shot a 7-minute action sequence at a reported cost of ₹70 crore (US$9.8 million). Anbariv and others were hired to design these action sequences in the film.[26]

The third schedule for the film commenced in February 2022.[27] Planned for about 20 days, the shoot take place in Andhra Pradesh at Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Kovvur and other nearby places of West Godavari and East Godavari districts.[28][29] Later the same month, it was reported that filming for Indian 2, also directed by Shankar for which the production was halted for two and a half years,[30] would take place after wrapping up the film shoot.[31] Charan took a break from filming to take part in RRR film's success celebrations, and returned to shooting in April. Charan and Advani began a 20-day schedule at Amritsar in April to shoot college portions.[32][33] For undisclosed reasons, R. Rathnavelu joined the unit in Amritsar to complete the remaining portions in place of Tirru.[34] In May, the crew shot a schedule in Visakhapatnam.[35]

By July 2022, 60% of the filming was completed with the director intending to wrap up filming by December. Earlier the same month, a massive song involving around 1000 dancers was shot in Punjab and Hyderabad. After the song shoot, an action sequence involving 1200 fighters was planned.[36] [37] In August, Shankar confirmed that he would be shooting simultaneously for both Game Changer and Indian 2.[38] The filming for the film was planned to resume in early September in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.[38] In November 2022, 10 days of schedule happened in New Zealand where the team picturized an expensive song across multiple exotic locations in New Zealand.[37]

In February 2023, filming was resumed with few scenes shot at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Visakhapatnam followed by Simhachalam and Charminar.[39][40] Few pictures containing scenes from the set were leaked online, during the filming at the university.[41] In March 2023, song involving 100 dancers, choreographed by Prabhu Deva was shot.[42] In April 2023, Shankar revealed that he would be shooting the climax scenes soon.[43] On 26 April 2023, film's climax scenes filming started under the supervision of duo Anbariv, on a in special set in Shamshabad, Hyderabad.[44] Charan shot high combat scenes with 1200 fighters for the same.[45] On 9 May, filming of climax scene was wrapped.[46]

Music[edit]

The film's soundtrack and score is composed by Thaman S, in his third collaboration with Charan, after Naayak and Bruce Lee. It is also the first musical collaboration, along with his second overall collaboration, with Shankar, after making his acting debut in Boys (2003).[47] It also marks the fourth time Shankar working with another music composer besides his regular collaborator, A. R. Rahman.

Thaman composed and recorded an introduction song on July 14 and 15 in Hyderabad, with the help of 135 musicians.[48]

Release[edit]

In January 2022, Dil Raju expressed his intentions to release the film in January 2023 to coincide with Sankranthi.[49] However, the film is reportedly pushed back to the 2024 summer to accommodate Raju's Tamil-language production Varisu and also due to production delays.[50] The film will release in Telugu along with dubbed versions in Tamil and Hindi.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ ₹170 crore (Template:INRConvert/USD EUR)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vijay bowled over by Vamshi Paidipally's story, Shahid Kapoor's Jersey one of the best Hindi films: Dil Raju gives updates". The Indian Express. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022. We are shooting Shankar's film originally in Telugu and planning to dub it in Tamil and Hindi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "RC 15': Shankar finalises the budget for his film with Ram Charan, shoot begins next week". The Times of India. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Shankar and Ram Charan to come together for multilingual film". The News Minute. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "RC15 update: Shankar, Ram Charan, Kiara Advani film will go on floors tomorrow". The Indian Express. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "RC 15: Ram Charan, Shankar film made official!". www.moviecrow.com.
  6. ↑ Bhasin, Shriya (8 September 2021). "Shankar's 'SVC 50' starring Kiara Advani, Ram Charan goes on floor". India TV News. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ram Charan announces his film RC 15 is titled Game Changer; Kiara Advani wishes her 'dearest friend' on 38th birthday". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Not Shankar, but Karthik Subbaraj wrote the story of Ram Charan's RC 15. Read details". India Today.
  9. ↑ "Ram Charan & Shankar's 'RC15' to be wrapped up by December". The Times of India. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Rajaraman, Kaushik (24 April 2022). "Tirru, still the DoP of RC15, to rejoin the team soon". DT next.
  11. ↑ "Shameer Muhammed in Shankar's RC15 with Ram Charan". The Times of India. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Ram Charan's new film titled Game Changer". The News Minute. 27 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Thaman on board to compose music for RC15". www.dtnext.in. 6 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Sharma, Bhavana (4 March 2023). "RC15: With Country's Top Five Choreographers, Do You Know How Much Dil Raju Spent Only For Songs In Ram Charan Starrer". www.ibtimes.co.in.
  15. ↑ "Ram Charan plays a double role in RC 15". Cinema Express. 22 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  16. ↑ K., Janani (31 July 2021). "Kiara Advani to romance Ram Charan in Shankar's film. Actress gets best birthday gift". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "Kiara Advani to share screen with Ram Charan for the second time in Shankar's #RC15". The Times of India.
  18. ↑ "#RC15 muhurtam pooja: Cast and crew of Shankar's Ram Charan and Kiara Advani starrer revealed". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  19. ↑ "RC 15: SJ Suryah to play crucial role in Ram Charan-Shankar movie". The Times of India. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  20. ↑ "SJ Suryah Joins Shankar-Ram Charan's RC15, Remuneration Revealed". News18. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  21. ↑ The Hindu Net Desk (8 September 2021). "Shankar and Ram Charan's 'RC15' launched, new poster released". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  22. ↑ K., Janani (8 September 2021). "Ram Charan, Shankar's film RC15 to launch today. Ranveer Singh, Rajamouli, Chiranjeevi to attend". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  23. ↑ Srivastava, Samriddhi (3 November 2021). "Ram Charan, Kiara Advani wrap up first schedule of Shankar's RC15". India Today. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "RC 15: International dancers roped in for Ram Charan's next with Shankar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  25. ↑ "'RC 15': Shankar spends crores on a single song; Deets inside". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "Director Shankar to Spend Rs 70 Crore for 7-minute Action Sequence in Ram Charan's RC 15". News18. 10 November 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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  28. ↑ telugu, 10tv (3 February 2022). "Ram Charan : గోదావరి జిల్లాల్లో RC15 షూటింగ్.. | RC 15 shooting in godavari districts". 10TV (in telugu). Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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  30. ↑ "Kajal Aggarwal to make acting comeback after welcoming first child, to join Indian 2 sets from September". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  31. ↑ "Indian 2 shooting to resume only after Vikram and RC15 are wrapped up". The Times of India. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  32. ↑ "Ram Charan shoots at Amritsar University for Shankar's directorial 'RC15' along with Kiara Advani". The Times of India. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022.
  33. ↑ "Here's what Ram Charan and Kiara Advani are up to in Amritsar". Filmfare. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022.
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  35. ↑ Janani, K. (6 May 2022). "Ram Charan resumes Shankar's RC 15 in Vizag, tells Upasana that holiday has to wait. See pic". India Today. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  36. ↑ "Ram Charan Game Changer: రామ్‌చ‌ర‌ణ్ ఫ్యాన్స్‌కు గుడ్‌న్యూస్ - గేమ్‌ఛేంజ‌ర్‌ సూప‌ర్ అప్‌డేట్ రివీల్ చేసిన‌ శంక‌ర్‌". Hindustan Times Telugu. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 "RC 15 EXCLUSIVE: Ram Charan & Kiara Advani shoot for song with 1000 dancers; Film wrap by Shankar in December". Pinkvilla. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Shankar gears up to resume Ram Charan's 'RC15' shooting". The Times of India. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  39. ↑ "Ram Charan to act as an IAS officer and a politician in RC15: Leaked Reports". News18. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  40. ↑ "RC15: Ram Charan heads to Vizag with furry friend Rhyme for shoot of Shankar's film". Pinkvilla. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  41. ↑ "Ram Charan's Grand Entry With A Chopper From The Sets Of RC 15 Is Winning The Internet". News18. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  42. ↑ "RC 15 Team, Prabhu Deva Welcome Ram Charan on Film's Sets With Naatu Naatu Dance; Watch Viral Video". News18. 19 March 2023.
  43. ↑ "Shankar gives interesting updates about Indian 2 and Game Changer". 18 April 2023.
  44. ↑ Arikatla, Venkat (26 April 2023). "KGF Masters Design Massive Climax for Game Changer". greatandhra.com.
  45. ↑ "Charan's Fight With 1200 Folks In Game Changer Climax". indiaherald.com.
  46. ↑ "Shankar wraps up 'Game Changer' climax; moves to 'Indian 2'". The Times of India. 10 May 2023.
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