Friday, November 5, 2021

Rajinikanth next with director Thiagarajan Kumararaja post Annaatthe disaster

 Rajinikanth and director Thiagarajan Kumararaja of Super Deluxe fame have been in talks and the next is likely to be a collaboration between them. Sources say that the film might be coming under Dhanush Wunderbar films. The film will be the kind of films that Kumararaja has made so far. In eight years, he has directed only two films and both have been trendsetters in terms of treatment and brought accolades to the director and cast- crew.

His first film was  Aranya Kandam which is considered a cult film.  Being a hyperlink film and breaking all myths that are widely circulated in Tamil cinema, the film won two National awards. The film is described as neo noir gangster film was produced SPB Charan. The film had run into censor problems for the violence and profane language. Director- Producer fought it out to get the film cleared with minimum cuts. SPB Charan says that the film was no loss for him as it recovered money from the festival circuit. Though it was hailed by critics at release time, the lukewarm response at box office muted the film's value. Over the years it is now seen as a cult film among film lovers and  subject for VISCOM students. It was the first  Tamil film of Jackie Shroff. Cinematography of P S Vinod was a highlight.

After that Kumararaja was credited  as dialogue writer for film Oram Po directed by Pushkar - Gayathri duo. They went to direct Vikram Vedha the blockbuster film now remade in Hindi. He worked with Gautam Menon ( Yennai Arinthaal) and his involvement as lyric writer in the experimental film Seethakaathi starring Vijay Sethupathi led to his directing Super Deluxe. . The film was co- produced by him and directed the four part anthology which has stories that run parallels. Vijay Sethupathi's role  of a transgender in one part won accolades. Big names like Myskkin- Nalan Kumaraswamy m screenplay , cinematographers P S Vinod- Nirav Shah, Yuvan music and actors Faahad Fazil- Samantha in the xast, it won many awards and was commercially a hit.

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