Aishwarya Rajinikanth admits to losing Lal Salaam footage - Kamal is INDIA Star Campaigner

Aishwarya Rajinikanth reasoning out why the film Lal Salaam with Daddy Superstar Rajinikanth flopped has raised many eyebrows. Her frank admission that 21 day shoot footage which included a cricket match sequence shot using 10 camera setup had gone waste as the hard disk got corrupted sent shockwaves. She also admitted that handling the Superstar image and doing justice to do it was another major undoing of the film. The subject required only ten minutes if screen space for the character Moideen Bhai in the film. After Rajinikanth agreed to do the film, many commercial elements to justify the Thalaivar fans had to be incorporated and that took the main story chart to another level. She says that she went ahead and shot the film totally. Two days before the release, she was told that if Rajini did not come in first part , it would backfire. So an edit was done to bring Rajini to first half. As actors had moved on and almost impossible to reshoot the lost footage, a few days salvation job was dine. If the damaged footage was got, things would have been different, she claimed. Reshooting would mean shooting up of budget. Aishwarya takes consolation that she was able to bring out the performer in her Dad. She narrates the various scenes where her Dad had done the extra bit to make it memorable. The question that arises is that the honest admission by Aishwarya puts a question mark on her professionalism. Losing the hard disk in a time where recovery methods are many and also a security system that safeguards the content shot is something unpardonable as per filmdom. Her inability to factor in her father Superstar image into the script is understandable.

Elections are throwing schedules haywire in Kodambakkam. Latest we hear is that the Serbia shot of Thug Life with Kamal Haasan is not taking place. The art department that worked in Serbia is coming back. Kamal is not going to stir out of India as he will as ally of INDIA Bloc will be campaigning this time on a NATIONAL level and will be seen in key Lok Sabha seats.