Stargazing
Sentiment sells
"The story is the hero of the soon-to-be-released
`Pasupathi C/O Rasakkapalayam,' says writer-director
Selvabharati who has made three films with
Vijay. But the lead player this time is Ranjith! "I'm
very confident about my story and treatment. I
wanted an actor who had no image and Ranjith fills
the bill beautifully. It's a commercial product and
I'm sure it'll sell. For the first time Ranjith has done
some enjoyable comedy with Vivek in tow," he
says. The heroine is Sindhu Dhulani. He's proud of
the little known actor Savitri, who plays the pivotal
role of a mother in `Pasupathi _' "She's done a good
job. Even our CM who watched the film just a
couple of days ago said the film ought to have been
named `Amma.' The role impressed him so much."
All in a name
Known for his rather audacious titles
(remember `Idu Dhaanda Police'?) Rajasekar
returns to Tamil after quite a while
in Telugu, with another film with a bolstering
name _ `Odambu Eppadi Irukku.'
Wife Jeevitha is the director and Rajasekar
himself has penned the story and
screenplay. `Evadante Naaku Enthi?' (an
equally fiery name) is the Telugu original
that's being remade in which Rajasekar
plays an army man. Actor turned director
Jeevitha had earlier remade Bala's
`Sethu' with husband Rajasekar. Called
`Seshu,' the film in Telugu, you hear, had
done brisk business.
Animation arena
Vaithi, Varadhu, Vichchu and Venky are the main characters in the country’s first 3-D animation film with 2K resolution, ‘Inimae Naanga Dhaan’ — V4’ made in Tamil.
It is also the first non mythological film in the genre. “Animation is an unexplored area here. And as Venky has enough experience in the field we ventured into it,” says producer Sridevi. The story, screenplay, animation and technical direction are her husband, Venky Baboo’s. “A 25-member team has slogged for a year and a half to create ‘V4.’ I’m glad that a Tamil film is the pioneer, though we’ll be taking it to other languages too,” Sridevi adds. What about voices? “Capable actors like Pandu, M.S.Bhasker and Maran have spoken and they suit the characters wonderfully,” she assures.
Blossoming career
`Thottaal Poo Malarum' must be special for
?lmmaker P. Vasu. After all it's his son Shakti
who debuts as hero in the ?lm. As a young boy,
however, Shakti had played a few roles in his
father's ?lms. At the moment two songs with
Shakti and heroine Gowri Munjal are being
shot in Bangkok for 10 days. (`Thottaal's audio
was released recently.) "On the ?rst couple of
days my dialogue was just two or three lines.
So things went off smoothly. It was on the
third day of shoot that I saw my father as a
director in action. The dialogue ran to two
pages and he was furious when I couldn't get it
right the ?rst time," says Shakti.
MALATHI RANGARAJAN
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