The
film is being produced by
G.Murthy, a lawyer on behalf
of G.M. Movies. The
kidnapping of Kannada superstar
Rajkumar and minister Nagappa,
the alliance between Tamil
nationalist Maran and Veerappan,
the mediation efforts by Nakkeeran
Gopal and association with
P.Nedumaran, Prof.Kalyani,
and Dr.Banu have all been
woven together. Yesteryear
hero Ravichandran plays Rajkumar.
Ranjit is Veerappan paired
with Anamika. Rajesh is Maran,
Vasu Vikram as Gopal and Pyramid
Natarajan as Nagappa are the
other main characters.
The movie shows the protagonist
Malayappan coming out of the
forest to meet his concubine
and imitating elephant calls(just
like Veerappan used to) to
ward off police search parties
hot on his heels. How he is
rounded up is the climax of
the film. We chat up with
the producer with a slew of
questions. Here we go!
Q: Don’t you think your
movie will ruffle some feathers?
A: No, not at all. The movie
is based on a series of the
same name written by Sathya
in Tughlaq. We have taken
care not to hurt anybody’s
sentiments. Any resemblance
to real life persons has been
warranted by the screenplay.
We have used rollicking comedy
which is sure to be lapped
up by the audience. In fact,
on the sets Ravichandran found
it difficult to keep a straight
face while acting out the
kidnap drama because of the
humorous dialogues by Sathya.
We needed several retakes.
Q: You have shot the movie
in several places that were
Veerappan’s stronghold…
A: Yes, it had been difficult
when he was alive. Now the
villagers gave us total cooperation
and we shot at Sathyamangalam,
Mettur, Madheswaran Hill etc.
The film will be released
in May.
Q: Rajesh’s character
reminds us of Maran, the Tamil
nationalist….
A: All characterization has
been done in tune with the
story. Any resemblance to
real life personalities is
purely coincidental.
Q: We heard of a little mishap
when Abhinayasri was shooting
for the movie.
A: Well we had to shoot some
of her scenes by the riverside.
After pack up we noticed that
a large crocodile had been
resting all along on the opposite
bank. There was no damage
and everyone was safe.
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