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<img align="left" alt="rajinikanth watched gabbar singh" height="230" src="http://www.chiranjeeviblog.com/pawan/down/gabbar-singh/gabbar-singh19_tn.jpg" width="310" />Superstar Rajinikanth was all praises for Power Star Pawan Kalyan after watching “Gabbar Singh“. 
A special screening was arranged by the local distributor in Chennai for the actor and his family members yesterday. 
Reportedly Rajinikanth thoroughly enjoyed the film and commended Pawan Kalyan’s performance. 
Apparently, Rajini described “Gabbar Singh” as a perfect mass entertainer in recent times. 
“Gabbar Singh” has been declared as a hit even in Tamil Nadu, 
and the film is erasing all previous Tollywood records in terms of 
collections at the box office. 
Right now Gabbar Singh is in 3rd position for alltime shares 
collected by a telugu movie, while Magadheera and Dookudu occupy 1st and
 2nd places. 
Gabbar is only in its 2nd week of run and is surely expected to cross dookudu by this weekend itself. 
If the same mania continues for next one month, Gabbar Singh is expected to reach the top chair !</div>
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Rajinikanth praises Gabbar Singh movie

Superstar Rajinikanth was all praises for Power Star Pawan Kalyan after watching “ Gabbar Singh “. A special screening was arranged by...

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Director Harish Shanker, who started off his career with ‘Shock’, starring Ravi Teja and Jyothika, is now the most sought after director in Tollywood. His movie ‘Gabbar Singh’
 created a new opening day box-office record in the Telugu film industry
 and finds itself among the top record-breakers at the national level 
too.

Self-confessed Power Star fan

He calls himself more of a Pawan Kalyan fan than a director. “I have seen ‘Khushi’, ‘Tholi Prema’ and ‘Thammudu’ more than 30 times in a theatre and I still cannot get over his style,” says Harish Shanker who is living his dream of directing his childhood hero in ‘Gabbar Singh’ and basking in the glory. “Back
 in my college days at MNR College, I used to recite his dialogues in 
his style and dance like him. He was like the youth icon for all of us. 
The way he dressed and the way he carried himself was just amazing,” he recalls.

And how did ‘Gabbar Singh’ happen?

“I had approached Pawan Kalyan some time ago with a script. He 
liked it but the project did not materialise. But after ‘Mirapakaay’ was
 released, Pawan Kalyan approached me and said he wanted to remake 
Dabangg with the title ‘Gabbar Singh’ as he was very impressed with the movie. He asked me if I could remake it in Telugu?” Harish Shanker explains.

That was the moment he had been waiting for. “I had a feeling from that day that this movie will break all records at the box-office. I knew I had a huge responsibility,” he adds.

In and around Gabbar Singh

Explaining the thought-process behind the movie, he shares, “People
 still go crazy about Sholay and a character like Gabbar Singh has that 
promising element. And ‘Dabangg’ is a very entertaining movie, which is 
quite close to a lot of Telugu movies. So we thought why not go ahead 
with it.” Asked if he believes in remaking movies? He replies, “I believe in talent and execution. I think any movie should have all the necessary elements and people should appreciate it.”

Sharing his experiences shooting for the movie, he says, “It was an amazing experience shooting with Pawan Kalyan. He is the back-bone of the movie.” Pawan Kalyan had to wait for 11 years after ‘Khushi’ for another superhit, ‘Gabbar Singh’.

Did Harish have to market the movie well enough to bring back the masses to the silver screen? “Not at all,” says Harish. “For a star like Pawan Kalyan, I don’t think one needs to market anything. ‘Gabbar Singh’ is a treat to all of his fans like his other movies. People will come and watch him, because they love him,” he claims.

Shruti Hassan was the leading lady of the movie. Was she their first choice for the role? “We
 wanted a fresh face for the movie and preferably actors who haven’t 
acted alongside Pawan Kalyan. I thought of Shruti Hassan, as she has a 
very pretty face and suited the role of Bhagyalakshmi in the movie,” the director reasons.

Banning the piracy pirates

Within a week of the release of the movie, complete DVD rip version 
of the movie is already available on a few websites. Like every other 
director, Harish Shanker believes in killing piracy. “Piracy is 
something which all of us are fighting against. It takes a lot to make a
 movie and piracy means great loss for us. We will make sure all the 
links on the internet are deleted. We request people to stop uploading 
videos,” he says, promising rewards for anyone who helps him tackle piracy.

Stepping on the police line

‘Gabbar Singh’ landed in a controversy for the way Pawan 
Kalyan sports the police uniform in the movie. Giving his side of the 
story, Harish explains, “We all respect police officers and have 
made sure that we do not offend them in anyway. Pawan Kalyan is not 
wearing a police cap in any of the scenes in the movie, as we did not 
want to hurt anybody’s sentiments. A lot of my relatives and friends, 
who are police officers, have given me great feedback on the movie.”

What next?

“My next project with Junior NTR is finalised. I read him the 
script and he really liked it. Even the cast has been finalised, but I 
guess it’s too early to announce all that now. I will surely make an 
official announcement very soon.”

And does this Power Star fan, have another movie plan for Pawan Kalyan?

“I can make 100 movies with Pawan Kalyan. I have planned another 
script with him. I don’t know how will he react to it and if things will
 work out. It’s too early to say anything about the script right now,” he shares.

Pawan fans too want him to give them one more Gabbar.</div>

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