Aadhi Pinisetty: Guru in The Warriorr isn’t your staple villain, he has his own identity

Actor Aadhi Pinisetty, son of popular filmmaker Ravi Raja Pinisetti, has never been averse to risks from the inception of his career. He has always enjoyed the image of a solid performer without being restricted to labels like hero or villain. It’s this openness that has resulted in his evolution as an actor from film to film. He played an antagonist Guru in his recent release The Warriorr.

Expressing happiness on the praise he’s receiving for his role in The Warriorr, Aadhi says, “After a hit like Sarrainodu, I took up Agnyaathavaasi. Ever since, I wanted to pick up a villain only if it was better than either of them. When I was offered Guru in The Warriorr, I felt he had an identity of his own and hence took it up. I enjoyed shooting for it.”

While he was convinced to do The Warriorr, he signed the dotted line after clearing a series of doubts from the director N Lingusamy. “There was no scope for any inhibition after a discussion with him. The fact that Guru too has a flashback is probably a reason why audiences are appreciating my role,” the actor, who was also seen in the sports drama Clap recently, opines.

“I’ve never given an out-and-out mass performance in any of my films. In The Warriorr, I stayed in my character’s shoes and still tried to heighten the pitch of my performance as per the needs of a commercial film. Guru is a character who enjoys everything he does until he’s crushed. I trusted Lingusamy sir completely, he deserves the credit. My inputs for the role was restricted to the look,” he adds.

Talking about the climactic action sequence with Ram Pothineni, Aadhi shares, “The climax was picturised like a song shoot, that’s the kind of chemistry I and Ram shared on the screen. The director once told us that the action scenes felt like a series of seamless dance movements. It can happen only when two actors are in perfect coordination with one another. Anbariv duo’s action choreography was flawless.”

Aadhi’s biggest critic back home is his father. “He felt I could have done a better job with my Rayalaseema slang. He appreciated my performance in a few sequences but also told me that it was possible because of Ram Pothineni taking a backseat and allowing me to shine, wherever necessary.” He had another release in the digital medium recently - Amazon Prime Video’s Modern Love Hyderabad.

“I think my life with Nikki (Galrani, his wife) before marriage was similar to my segment in the anthology. Nothing has changed between us before and after marriage. We’re happy that we have parents who understand us. All’s well,” he states. As an actor too, he’s thrilled to be in a phase of Indian cinema where language isn’t a barrier for a film to reach audiences. “We’re truly celebrating cinema. What else could one ask for?”

(The Warriorr, directed by N Lingusamy, starring Ram Pothineni, Krithi Shetty and Aadhi Pinisetty is currently playing in theatres)