IT’S a Rs 15 crore project that Sarath Kumar was so impressed with, that he decided to produce it when he heard the story.Titled 1977, it has the actor don six different looks in a dual role about a son trying to prove his father’s innocence, both roles played by the actor.
“It’s a myth that I’m a hit only in rural-based scripts with me playing a villager. In 1977, I’ve tried a new stylish look, and I play a nanotechnologist,” he explains.
Most of 1977 was shot in Malaysia, including the climax that was shot for 11 days on the trot at the Malaysian Twin Towers. This is also the first time that a Tamil movie will be dubbed in Cantonese and Malai.
Following this, the actor will also head abroad to shoot for 'Jaggubhai' in which he will play a policeman. The movie’s director KS Ravikumar had earlier stated that it will be a stylish movie, shot for the most part abroad.
“The movie’s post production is going on and we expect the movie to be an October-end release,” the actor added. As the title suggests, the movie will shift to 1977 and the present. Namitha and Farzana play the heroines of the movie, which will also have a sizzling number by Mumbai model Sandhya Shetty.
1977 is the directorial debut of GN Dinesh Kumar, an MBA who has worked as an ad-film maker. “Despite it being my movie and one with a James Bond-ish theme, I have not opted for any in-film branding. It is not the culture here to integrate brands in movies,” the director explained.
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