CAPTAIN’S next flick, Yuvasri Pictures’ Engal Aasan directed by Kalaimani is now nearing completion.“The talkie portion is complete and only the songs need to be canned,” said the Puratchi Kalaignar. The unit is leaving tonight to can three songs in Hong Kong and Malaysia. The film stars Vijaykanth, Vikranth, Chheryl, Sujatha (aka Suja) and Akshaya. The new face in the cast is Ramki, a party worker of the DMDK, who has not had any acting before. Vijaykanth called him ‘the villain with the innocent looking face’ which was touted as a plus point in the film by the filmmakers.
Director Kalaimani, who has finished the film at a quick pace, was all praise for the Captain. “He used to arrive at 6.45 am itself for a 7 am shot,” he said. Vikranth said he was elated to be acting with Vijaykanth and this movie would be a great stepping stone in his career. All heroines heaped praise on the Captain for encouraging them and working without any fuss with them despite being a big star.
The film deals with a bank scam and Ramki plays the head of the co-operative bank which is cheating the public with their scams. Vijaykanth plays a bank officer who cleans up the system.
The surprise element in the film was the announcement made by Vijaykanth, “I have delivered MGR’s famous dialogue from Ayirathil Oruvan which starts with 'Matham konda yaanai..'
since everyone wanted me to do it. It is also in a very important situation in the film.” So is this an attempt to instil the impression of a 'Karuppu MGR’ in the minds of the people, asked a scribe. “Not at all, I have made no such attempt,” came the reply. “It is for the audiences to decide who is what.”
Producer S V Thangaraj waited 25 years before he could actually make this film with his idol and was delighted to be working on a new subject with the Captain. He praised him for his guidance throughout while lauding Vikranth who showed no qualms about getting lesser publicity in the films.
“Vikranth considered it an honour just working in this project with the Captain,” said the producer. The music is by Sabesh Murali, camerawork by A Venkatesh, editing by Vasu and Salim while dialogues are by Velamani.
Judging by the upbeat mood in this filmi camp, it sure look like they have a winner on their hands.
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