| ‘Sivaji’!
When are you going to appear? |
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The
question on every movie goer’s lips
in Tamil Nadu these days is this: when will
‘Sivaji’ get released? Will
it get released before this year end? |
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After Rajini’s phenomenally
successful ‘Chandramukhi’
and Shankar’s multi state hit
‘Anniyan’, expectations
from the fans and industry watchers
alike have hit the roof. With the
release of each photo and each sample
bit of music, the ‘Sivaji’
fever is only going up a degree higher.
Normally, Rajini’s movies get
finished fast but this time around
- the film being made by Shankar who
is a stickler for details - there
is bound to be some delay. Right from
the beginning, Rajini and AVM have
given a free hand to Shankar –
in matters relating to budget, casting
and release – and they are not
likely to fasten the pace of shooting
now.
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Shankar,
the perfectionist known for crafting each
frame, is painting the big picture slowly
but steadily. A R Rahman too has been given
some freedom to come up with peppy numbers
to please the fans. |
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Rahman only knows too well that when
you’re composing songs for a
star like Rajini, you just can’t
afford to take chances. Especially
with his fans. ( A small music sample
from the theme song is already doing
the rounds in the Net driving the
fans deliriously happy.)
Three songs have been shot and one
more to be shot in Spain again, may
be at a different location. Also to
be filmed are the scenes involving
the Super Star at Manhattan, with
the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop. |
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Even
if the remaining 50 percent gets completed
before this year, Shankar will surely spend
a few months in graphics and post production,
fine-tuning, refining and enhancing each
frame of the film. |
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Originally scheduled as a 2006 Diwali
release, ‘Sivaji’ in all
likelihood will not hit theatres this
year. Most probably the movie would
get released on the 2007 Tamil New
Near. According to industry sources,
many theatres in Coimbatore district
including the ones in the Ragam complex
have been told by AVM not to commit
any film during that particular period.
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Remember,
the blockbuster ‘Chandramukhi’
too was a Tamil New Year release and this
sentiment will surely figure in the minds
of the filmmakers in the coming days.
With all the excitement around, the fans
of the ‘Thalaivar’ still do
not mind waiting for some more time to see
their matinee idol in a different avatar
in the next summer season. All they know
is that they do want is another ‘Chandramukhi’.
Shankar too is aware that he is making no
ordinary film but a Rajini film. With so
much sentiment and business at stake, Shankar
and his team is justified if they hurry
up slowly! |
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