Industry sources were buzz with stories that Payanam is an action flick with Nagarjuna and this made every one take by surprise given the films Radha Mohan churned out so far which were all critically acclaimed and earned a name for him. When asked about the change he opened saying when I announced that Nagarjuna is the hero, everyone was actually taken aback. Can’t we tell a soft story with Nagarjuna? I’m not going to change my track or going to change the style of my narration. I will be handling the emotions of a man who recalls a train journey in ‘Payanam’. I’m transforming Nagarjuna as a man who remembers the people he met and the incidents that happened a long time back. As 50% of the film is happening inside a train, we have planned to rent a train for 25 days. And to add strength to the script, we have decided to rope in a fresh face for the female lead. So Radha Mohan knows how to keep people guessing, sure he is!
