I'd have connected that to a previous scene where he says to his uncle Chevvaazhai that he wishes to see the Madras Jail at least once before he dies. One of them was Veeran (Karthi) killing all the men who raped Muththazhagu (Priyamani), leading to him being jailed for life. I had eight climaxes for Paruthiveeran actually. I believe that only a strong climax will make a film stand the test of time. In Paruthiveeran, inversely, we went with a negative ending despite the story seemingly leading to a positive climax. If you see the climax of Mounam Pesiyathey, the film appears to be heading toward a negative ending when Laila's character comes in and changes it completely. It was only later that I got to know that the woman who had fainted was my wife! ( laughs) Seeing that, my friends joked about how my film was making everyone faint. On the day of the release, I was standing outside a theatre in Madurai when someone ran towards the canteen to get a soda because a woman had fainted after watching the climax. Even Kalaignar Karunanidhi saw the film and scolded me, asking how could he sleep after seeing the film ( smiles). After watching the film, they were so shocked that they advised me to change the climax and even said they were ready to fund it. Even before release, the film faced a couple of issues and I had to screen it for eight members from the Producers' council. I'd never seen Yuvan in such an emotional state before and that told me that the climax reached. After searching for him for a while, I saw him standing between a van and a wall, and he was crying. But after the film ended, I couldn't spot him. He meddled with his phone in the first half at times and just said 'okay ji' during the intermission. I wanted the film to be a step better than Sethu and I'm glad it was.Īfter the film was shot, I played the film to Yuvan Shankar Raja for the music. That's when I narrated Paruthiveeran's one liner to him along with the climax. We were startled by how a film can affect the audience, and Sasi asked if we can come up with such a film. Sasikumar and I were assistant directors back then and after a screening of Sethu in Madurai, we saw a woman come out, only to sit down on the ground and cry profusely. Singam will mark the entry of Reliance Big Pictures in Tamil Cinema." Paruthiveeran's climax was not conceived during the scripting stage, but much earlier, when Sethu (1999) was released, in fact. Studio Green has earlier made Sillunnu Oru Kaadhal and Paruthiveeran. The film is being produced by Gnanavelraja under the banner Studio Green and BIG Pictures. The first schedule is to be completed in Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Kutralam, Karaikudi and Thuthukudi and the second schedule in Chennai, Hyderabad and Vizagapatnam. The other cast includes Prakash Raj and Vivek.ĭevi Sri Prasad scores music and Priyan wields camera. Notable thing is she also is pairing up with Vijay in Vettaikaaran. Anushka made her debut in Tamil Cinema with Madhavan’s Rendu. Singam will have Tollywood beauty Anushka Shetty in the female lead. Hari’s latest offering was Seval with Bharath. Hari had earlier directed Suriya's Aaru in 2005 and Vel in 2007. Suriya plays a cop after Khaaka Khaaka and the film is expected to have the right mix of sentiments and comedy like all Hari films.įor the director too it will be second police story after his blockbuster Saamy with Vikram. Story of Singam revolves around smuggling activities taking place in Rameshwaram. His films which were dubbed into Telgu are making pots of money to producers.Īfter his films Vaaranam Aayiram and Ayan, Suriya is teaming up with Hari to don a police officer for his 25th film. This is Surya’s time, what ever he does get made into big successes. Poor Vijay is looking for a comeback with his next film Vettaikaran. It made some confusion and lot of gossips in Tamil industry.Įarlier when Vijay planned to take up the name Puli it also got hijacked. Vijay’s Villu was announced as Singam and later the name changed as, director Hari already registered that name for his film.