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budget, cropping up issues, vexed producer
and that’s Vallavan!! |
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Even
as we play mute witness to the charade that
is being played out on the sets of Vallavan,
we cannot help but wonder why this film
has been jinxed from day one. Throughout
the history of Tamil cinema, hardships,
inconsistencies and problems are but a part
and parcel of the process of filmmaking.
But with respect to Vallavan, forget external
influences, internal problems are their
biggest enemy. |
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Silambarasan, aka Simbu, aka little
superstar might be a talented young
filmmaker, a good actor with a strong
lineage, but his attitude towards
his own directorial debut, Vallavan
(he is the actor too of the film),
is nothing short of negligence, and
is only cause for worry for Thaenappan,
the producer.
A little recap for the uninitiated
– The film has Simbu in the
lead, and Sandhya, Reema Sen and Nayantara
as the actresses.
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Problems
began when the film, that was slated for
a Pongal release, overshot its production
days by more than a hundred days and missed
the Tamil New year release date as well.
Simbu, it is said, continuously changes
the story, in order to give a little more
presence to Nayantara, making rumour mills
work overtime saying that their friendship
might just be a lot more serious than that,
though others believe that this “affair”
is just a publicity gimmick to help the
film retain an interest in the industry. |
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Then,
Reema Sen’s showdown with Simbu
on the sets added on to the situation.
Reema felt her role in the film was
shortened drastically and she was
forced to wear glamorous outfits for
a song, and angry words between them
resulted in Reema walking out of the
production, threatening legal action
if she was replaced with another heroine.
Simbu on the other hand, has said
that he will look for a replacement,
and even approached Sonia, Asin and
Trisha, though they turned down the
offer. His reasoning to Thaenappan
was to slash all Reema’s scene,
and that he would personally bear
the cost of production for further
shoots, by taking a portion out his
salary. |
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To
make matters worse, with the recent elections
that happened, Simbu was involved in campaigning
for his father, and seven precious days
of the shoot were lost. |
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Our
point is simply this. In today’s
day and age, when every minute and
second is as precious as the next,
and when competition is literally
at our doorstep, is it such a wise
decision to take things for granted?
As a responsible actor, a responsible
denizen of the film industry, isn’t
it Simbu’s responsibility to
aid producers like Thaenappan rather
than bear them down? As the director,
you are the captain of the ship, and
the anchor that pulls all loose ends
together, not the cause for the loose
ends themselves. |
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With
Manmadhan, Simbu truly proved his
worth as an actor and filmmaker to
look out for. But to retain his credibility
in the industry, Simbu will have to
make more careful decisions, and in
his pursuit of trivial matters, he
might end up hampering his own standing
in the industry. We all know how difficult
it is to even sell a good film these
days. Instead of wasting resources
on incidents like ordering ten college
buses with students, and then canceling
them, thereby causing huge losses
to the producer, Simbu needs to be
more cautious if he wants investors
to trust his integrity for future
projects. |
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If
you have managed to catch the slickly edited
trailer on TV, the film sure does look interesting,
but will it ever see the light of day on
silver screen, is something that is left
to providence. The tag line for the film
reads, ‘He knows what to do.’
Let’s just hope that attitude doesn’t
completely rule every nuance of the production. |
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