on Wednesday Vasu was back to his ways of
being generous with information about his
movie. He said that he has never held back
news or stills about his movies but had
to adopt a rather strict method with Kuselan
due to certain circumstances. However the
period of secrecy is now over and Kuselan
the movie is set to create waves.
In the first major news he gave out during
the evening was that the shooting for Kuselan
has been wrapped after a schedule of 82
days. Almost 75% of the entire movie was
shot within the Ramoji Rao Film City with
the rest being canned in outdoor locations
which included Udumalpettai, Aleppey etc.
The movie has now moved onto its post-production
stage. Dubbing has been completed and re-recording
is slated to commence by Monday. The computer
graphics work of the movie had been going
on simultaneously with the shooting and
is now complete, it took nearly 50 days.
This suggests that Kuselan will have some
amount of special effects, maybe in the
songs. The music release, the first major
Kuselan related event since its launch,
has been set for the 30th of June at the
Royal Meridien Hotel in Chennai. Leading
figures from the Tamil and Telugu industries
will be taking part in the event.
Giving more details about the making of
Kuselan, P. Vasu said that both the Tamil
and Telugu versions have been shot identically,
i.e, the camera angles, shot taking or other
details have not been changed for any version.
They had shot both the versions simultaneously,
one shot after the other, thus cutting out
any time lag. That explains how a bilingual
could be completed in just 82 days. This
is testimony to P. Vasu’s rich directorial
experience.
Dispelling doubts about Superstar making
just an effective cameo, P. Vasu said that
the movie will have everything that Rajinikanth
fans expect, the style, the punch dialogues,
the rich songs, the fights and everything
else. No Rajini fan will have to leave the
theater feeling disappointed. Rajini’s
role in Kuselan is much more than just a
cameo, it is a role with equal importance
as of the central character and will appear
at various points in the movie. Speaking
further Vasu added that it has always been
his habit to include a song that extols
the virtues of labor, (remember the Devuda
Devuda song in Chandramukhi) and this time
too the tradition will be followed with
Rajini featuring in a song that speaks about
the contribution of each and every technician
beginning from the light boys in the making
of a movie. This is a special, considering
that Tamil cinema celebrates 75 years this
year. Vasu was also lavish in his praise
for G.V.Prakash saying that he had done
a wonderful job both with the music and
the background score, something worthy of
the A.R.Rahman legacy. Even the Superstar
was reportedly astonished at the young man’s
talent and maturity that belied his age.
We will know for sure on the 30th.
On the production front, Pyramid Saimira
has bid 60 crores for the rights of Kuselan
which is a very positive sign. Talks are
between Pyramid and Kavithalaya and the
deal is expected to be sealed soon. If everything
falls in place, Kuselan will hit theaters
before the end of July, that’s less
than a month away. So, gear up for another
big celebration after the Dasavatharam euphoria.
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