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'మేజర్' కోసం అడివి శేష్ నయా అవతారం
హీరో అడివి శేష్.. 'మేజర్'లోని తన పాత్ర కోసం 10 కిలోల మేర బరువు తగ్గాలని నిర్ణయిం తీసుకున్నాడు. 26/11 దాడుల కథాంశంతో రూపొందుతోంది చిత్రం.
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Published : Aug 25, 2019, 5:10 PM IST
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హీరో అడివి శేష్
ఇటీవలే 'ఎవరు'తో హిట్ కొట్టాడు నటుడు అడివి శేష్. ఓ వైపు సహాయపాత్రలు చేస్తూనే కథానాయకుడిగానూ మెప్పిస్తున్నాడు. అయితే తన తర్వాతి చిత్రం 'మేజర్'లో విభిన్నమైన లుక్లో అలరించనున్నాడు. అందులో సైనిక అధికారిగా కనిపించేందుకు తీవ్ర కసరత్తులు చేస్తున్నాడు. మూడు నెలల్లో 10 కిలోల బరువు తగ్గాలని నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నాడు శేష్.
ముంబయిలో జరిగిన 26/11 దాడుల్లో వీరమరణం పొందిన మేజర్ సందీప్ ఉన్నికృష్ణన్ జీవితం ఆధారంగా ఈ చిత్రం తీస్తున్నారు. శేష్తో 'గూఢచారి'ని తెరకెక్కించిన శశికిరణ్ తిక్క దర్శకత్వం వహించనున్నాడు. హీరో మహేశ్బాబు... సోనీ పిక్చర్స్తో కలిసి ఈ సినిమాను సంయుక్తంగా నిర్మిస్తున్నాడు. వచ్చే ఏడాది ప్రేక్షకుల ముందుకు రానుంది.
ఇది చదవండి: 'మన్మథుడు-2' దర్శకుడితో నేచురల్ స్టార్!
ఇటీవలే 'ఎవరు'తో హిట్ కొట్టాడు నటుడు అడివి శేష్. ఓ వైపు సహాయపాత్రలు చేస్తూనే కథానాయకుడిగానూ మెప్పిస్తున్నాడు. అయితే తన తర్వాతి చిత్రం 'మేజర్'లో విభిన్నమైన లుక్లో అలరించనున్నాడు. అందులో సైనిక అధికారిగా కనిపించేందుకు తీవ్ర కసరత్తులు చేస్తున్నాడు. మూడు నెలల్లో 10 కిలోల బరువు తగ్గాలని నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నాడు శేష్.
ముంబయిలో జరిగిన 26/11 దాడుల్లో వీరమరణం పొందిన మేజర్ సందీప్ ఉన్నికృష్ణన్ జీవితం ఆధారంగా ఈ చిత్రం తీస్తున్నారు. శేష్తో 'గూఢచారి'ని తెరకెక్కించిన శశికిరణ్ తిక్క దర్శకత్వం వహించనున్నాడు. హీరో మహేశ్బాబు... సోనీ పిక్చర్స్తో కలిసి ఈ సినిమాను సంయుక్తంగా నిర్మిస్తున్నాడు. వచ్చే ఏడాది ప్రేక్షకుల ముందుకు రానుంది.
ఇది చదవండి: 'మన్మథుడు-2' దర్శకుడితో నేచురల్ స్టార్!
LITHUANIA HILL OF CROSSES
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 10 August 2019
1. Various aerial shots of Hill of Crosses ++MUTE++
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 17 July 2019
2. Visitors walking among crosses
3. Various of crosses
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Simas Daugmaudis, tour guide:
"This place is a symbol, about the faith, about believing in a future that Lithuanians can fight for freedom in a different way. This place was destroyed for - five times, and it was rebuilt each time. Every time it was rebuilt."
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 10 August 2019
6. Various aerials shots of Hills of Crosses ++MUTE++
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 17 July 2019
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Simas Daugmaudis, tour guide:
"Nowadays, Lithuanians like to come here during weddings, we leave a cross for a new beginning, a new family. If a baby is born you can also come here and leave a cross for a new beginning, a new life. You can come here just to relax, maybe to pray. Some people like to stay here for a while, just to calm down, to feel relaxed."
8. Various of crosses
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Simas Daugmaudis, tour guide:
"After the Pope's visit, this place became very famous, not only among Lithuanians but internationally. People come here from all over the world and this place is growing everyday."
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ARCHIVE: Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 7 September 1993
10. Pope John Paul II and Lithuanian clergy walk between crosses at Hill of Crosses
11. Pope John Paul II and Lithuanian clergy walk down the Hill of Crosses
12. Young girls in traditional dress wave to Pope John Paul II during his visit to Hill of Crosses
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 17 July 2019
13. Various of tourists at Hill of Crosses
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 17 July 2019
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Jankauskiene, tourist from Denmark:
"Really overwhelmed, really overwhelmed. Even though I'm not religious in any way, I feel really overwhelmed. It's beautiful. Because I had heard about the history and stuff so it's definitely impressive."
16. Various of crosses
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Jankauskiene, tourist from Denmark:
"It's a magic place that people can go to even though there may be hard times they have something to cling to. Because it always like, how can I say, it's almost like a phoenix, it rises, even though somebody may try to tear it down, it will come back up again and be there for people who need it."
18. Tourists walking along path leading to Hill of Crosses
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Jurgaiciai, Lithuania - 10 August 2019
19. Aerial shot of Hill of Crosses
LEADIN:
A collection of more than 200,000 crosses erected on a hill in the Lithuanian countryside is serving as a retreat for locals and visitors looking for inner peace.
The pilgrimage site carries a complex history and has become a symbol of defiance after surviving several attempts at its obliteration.
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Lost in the Lithuanian countryside, near the city of Siauliai in the north of the country, hundreds of thousands of crosses have elevated a simple mound into a symbol of resistance in the face of the brutal occupation this Baltic country has faced over the centuries.
Crosses of all sizes have been erected on the hill. The first were put up back in 1863 when Russia under Tsar Alexander II put down a Lithuanian rebellion and executed its leaders.
The number of crosses grew fast, despite several attempts over the years to destroy the site.
Today, about 200,000 of them can be found.
In Soviet times, the communist party bulldozed the area on several occasions, but each time it returned and grew bigger and higher.
An attempt to destroy the hill came in 1961 when most of the structure was removed by soldiers and prisoners on orders from the local Communist party.
In less than a decade, the hill had gradually returned to its original state.
The Soviets attempted a "clean-up" operation again in 1973 when 400 crosses were taken down.
Three years later, the crosses were once again removed and efforts were made to flatten the hill.
The last attempt to destroy the Hill of Crosses was made in 1985.
During those Soviet times, an urban legend claimed that the tractor drivers who were sent to demolish the sacred structures later died in tragic accidents while others became sick with cancer.
Simas Daugmaudis is a tour guide who volunteers on the hill.
"This place is a symbol, about the faith, about believing in a future that Lithuanians can fight for freedom in a different way. This place was destroyed for, five times, and it was rebuilt each time. Every time it was rebuilt." he says.
Today, the Hill of Crosses has become an important place for believers but also for tourists who come from afar.
Small inscriptions in different languages testify to this international attraction. NATO forces rotating through the Baltic state also erect crosses at the end of their missions.
For local Lithuanians themselves, it's become an important place to visit to mark the happy milestones of life.
"Nowadays, Lithuanians like to come here during weddings, we leave a cross for a new beginning, a new family. If a baby is born you can also come here and leave a cross for a new beginning, a new life," says Daugmaudis.
Back in 1993, Pope John Paul II visited Lithuania and held Mass at the hill for the 100,000 who gathered here. 25 years later, people a quater of a million people travel to this remote part of the Lithuanian countryside each year.
Maria Jankauskiene is a tourist from Denmark and visited the site with her Lithuanian husband.
"It's a magic place that people can go to even though there may be hard times they have something to cling to. Because it always like, how can I say, it's almost like a phoenix, it rises, even though somebody may try to tear it down, it will come back up again and be there for people who need it."
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Last Updated : Sep 28, 2019, 5:34 AM IST
