ObituarySP Jananathan, who was known for films such as ‘Peranmai’ and ‘Iyarkai’ was earlier put on ventilator support after he was found unconscious. Tnm StaffNational Award winning director Sp Jananathan passed away on Sunday. The director was found unconscious at his residence and rushed to the hospital on Thursday. Sp Jananathan is known for films such as Peranmai and Iyarkai. According to reports, the director was editing a movie on Thursday afternoon when he headed home for lunch. When Jananathan did not return for a long time, his assistants rushed back to his residence to find him unconscious. Preliminary reports from doctors declared the director brain dead and he was put on ventilator support. His condition did not show any progress following which the doctors declared him dead. The director was working on Laabam starring Vijay Sethupathi and Shruti Haasan in the lead. This film was delayed due to the...
- 3/14/2021
- by Meghak
- The News Minute
InterviewThe director spoke to Tnm on what to expect from 'Goli Soda 2', why his film with Vikram failed and more.Siddarth SrinivasFacebook/Vijay MiltonAfter starting off as a cinematographer with Vijay’s Priyamudan back in 1998, Vijay Milton’s career has taken lots of turns to both the black and the white sides. With aspirations to do it all by himself brewing in him since long, Milton took the plunge to become a director in 2006 with the Bharath starrer Azhagai Irukai Bayama Irukarudhu. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out in his favour and he went back to cinematography for a few more years. In this time, he did projects such as Deepavali, Kadhalil Vizhunthen and also the award winning film Vazhakku En 18/9. Come 2014, Milton’s career made a somersault with the director in him delivering a blockbuster with Goli Soda. The film, with new and relatively new faces, became a rage and ended up becoming a successful venture. Milton became the talk of the town, and his directional aims started to kick in full swing. However in 2015, Milton’s big ticket film 10 Endrathukulla with Chiyaan Vikram bombed at the box office, and the director had to take his props back to the drawing board and start again. After crossing more hurdles, Milton came back with the underdog film Kadugu in 2017 to regain his lost glory. Widely appreciated in and out of the industry, the film was his actual second chance in Kollywood. Today, Milton sits as a producer, director, cinematographer – awaiting the release of his Goli Soda 2 on June 14. Tnm caught up with the director for a quick chat on what to expect from the film. “The first part of Goli Soda was about identity and proving who you are to the society. In the same way, Goli Soda 2 also talks about the equation of an underdog and what small space he needs for himself in the outside world,” Milton explains the crux of the film. “This is not an actual sequel, I have another script in mind for what exactly happens after Goli Soda 1 gets done. While the heart of the story and the morals stay the same, Goli Soda 2 will have its own shade of situations and sequences.” Goli Soda was hugely praised for its action blocks, particularly the unforgettable market fight scene. In Goli Soda 2 as well, Milton promises that the action would play a part of its own. He has also used his trademark skills of handheld cameras to film the stunts. “The entire second half is dipped in stunt-work. When it comes to debutant actors performing stunts, it is very hard to bring about the excitement as the audience would get disconnected easily. All credit goes to Supreme Sundar for making it happen in the way we wanted. There is a 20-minute-long action block which will be largely talked about after release,” he says. Midway through the conversation, Milton gives us an interesting fact that close to eight directors have acted in this film. “Samudhrakani, Gautham Menon, Rohini, Saravana Subbiah and Vincent Selva are the names which immediately come to my mind. The sets used to be packed with expertise, I used to get many inputs, which I ultimately never considered (laughs). There was a comfort zone.” On Gautham Menon’s inclusion in the film, Milton says that this was something he had in mind right from the scriptwriting stage of the film. “It’s like an instinct. We write the role with somebody in mind, and luck by chance, the same person walks into the role. Gautham Menon was initially skeptical, but after hearing the whole story and his role out properly, he agreed to be on board. His voice, look, mannerisms and peculiarity are a huge Usp for the film,” he says firmly. Even though Milton has struck it big managing small actors, his film with Vikram, 10 Endrathukulla didn’t work out. Ask him about the reason for the failure, Milton says with a smile, “Ask Vikram sir himself, he will not regret doing 10 Endrathukulla. There are a lot of factors which could have affected the fall, but you cannot pinpoint a single reason. I was satisfied with the shoot, but on the VFX side, we had huge hurdles with the company being sealed for not using authorised software. We had to start the whole process from scratch, and that might have been the major turn off for the audience.” Despite the Kaala storm, Goli Soda 2 has managed to gather close to 240 screens for release in Tamil Nadu. At a runtime of just 1 hour and 58 minutes, expectations are set for a film that should be close to the first. On Thursday, we will know. Also read: When new generation creates art, there will be tremors: Director Mari Selvaraj...
- 6/13/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
KollywoodMost directors prefer to play safe when choosing themes for their films but not Mysskin.CV AravindMost directors prefer to play safe when choosing themes for their films as any kind of adventurism in this regard could cost them dearly. A bagful of awards or critical acclaim might not fetch them their next assignment if the film fails to click at the box office and the producer’s returns fall short of his investment. But there are a few directors who are made of sterner stuff. They prefer to chase their own rainbows and make the kind of films that provide them aesthetic satisfaction and which they feel will also touch a chord with audiences. One filmmaker who makes the cut in this respect is the burly Mysskin ( Shanmugha Raja ) who has, right from the outset, swerved considerably from the beaten track. Right from the choice of subject to the delineation of the plot and the casting, Mysskin has always preferred to rely on his own intuition and his confidence in his ability to deliver. Most times his gamble has paid off and though he has helmed just eight films so far, most of them have retrieved their investment with a tidy profit and have also merited rave reviews. Mysskin, who served his apprenticeship with director Vincent Selva for a while, got off the blocks with his small budget venture Chithiram Pesuthadi a romantic tale featuring two Mollywood stars Narain and Bhavana. The hero, a henchman of a ruthless don decides to turn over a new leaf after he meets the heroine, employed in an Ngo. Just when the nuptials are round the corner, he is whisked away by the police. The heroine is devastated and her father dies of shock. How the lovers finally unite form the crux of the film. The film returned to the cans in record time but after a number from it, ‘Vaalai Meenukkum’ sung by Gana Ulaganathan, turned chart topper, it was re-released in Chennai and elsewhere and did brisk business. Mysskin’s fascination for gangster movies continued and his second film Anjaathe turned out to be an edge of the seat thriller. The theme of good versus evil with the former triumphing at the end was shot well and the technical brilliance was clearly visible. Narain, the hero of Mysskin’s debut film played the role of a tough cop and Prasanna and Panidarajan were cast as the antagonists. Audiences lapped up the fast paced venture. The film brought back memories of Hollywood gangster movies and one could clearly discern that Mysskin had drawn his inspiration from films like Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. The film had a phenomenal run with the music score and the lyrics too contributed to its success. With two hit films under his belt, Mysskin was ready with the script of his third film Nandalala, but when he pitched the film to a few top actors in Kollywood, all that he got was a thumbs down. A disheartened Mysskin was clearly unwilling to abandon the project and decided that he would himself don the protagonist’s role. The theme of the film, which was borrowed from the Japanese movie Kikyiro narrated the story of a mentally challenged adult and an eight year old boy in search of their mothers. The film which ought to have been Mysskin’s second before Anjaathe had its share of troubles and was almost shelved after producers backed out of the project. A dark tale of human suffering with hardly any formula ingredients, Nandalala, however won international acclaim when it was screened at the Norway Film Festival where it won the Critics and People’s Choice Awards. Mysskin’s understated performance in the main role, however, proved to be a handicap and it was largely propped up by Ilaiyaraaja’s score with Mysskin collaborating with the maestro for the first time. While films like Yuddham Sei (2011) and Mugamoodi ( 2012) did little to enhance Mysskin’s reputation as an auteur, he came back strongly with Onaiyum Attukuttiyum which he wrote, directed and produced under his home banner Lone Wolf Productions. In a clear departure from norms, this film had no songs and no heroine either. The movie was a neo noir thriller with a story line that encompassed the events occurring in a single night in the dark lanes and alleys of Chennai. Sri who made his mark with Vazhakku Enn 18/9 was cast in the role of a young medico who saves the life of a mortally wounded gangster and has to lock horns with the cops who are on the trail of the killer. Slickly shot, the film had its dose of dark humour and emotional content and with nary a single dull moment, received rave reviews as well. Ilaiyaraaja entrusted with the background score did not disappoint. The box office success of the film enabled Mysskin to prove his credentials as a serious filmmaker who could hold the attention of the audience with his brand of storytelling. Mysskin’s last two directorial ventures were Pisasu produced by director Bala and Thupparivaalan which was made under actor Vishal’s banner ‘Vishal Film Factory’. Pisasu, which marked Mysskin’s first foray into the world of the supernatural, was released in 2014 and its Usp was the taut screenplay by Mysskin and the action sequences deftly choreographed by a Hong Kong stuntman who had earlier worked with Mysskin in Mugamoodi. Newcomers Naga and Prayaga Martin enacted the main roles and Pisasu was clearly a shade above many of the ghost films that had been hitting the screens with monotonous regularity. Thuipparivaalan was the outcome of Mysskin’s fascination for Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective Sherlock Holmes and featured producer Vishal in the role of an intrepid detective Kaniyan Poonkundram with Prasanna as his Watson-like assistant. The detective on the trail of a missing dog stumbles on the sudden death of two people struck by lightning and senses that diabolical forces are at work. With the crafty villain one step ahead of the hero the story moves at a fast pace. The film had its lighter moments too and both Vishal and Prasanna carried off their roles well. The film however ended up as an average grosser. Savarakathi where director Ram has played the hero is the latest venture from Mysskin’s production house and he has also penned the script for the film directed by his brother Aditya. Mysskin has for the first time in his career, donned the villain’s role and his performance has won him accolades. However Mysskin the director is clearly streets ahead of the actor who donned the greasepaint more out of compulsion than choice. As a singer too he is yet to make his mark. And while he will be game for acting assignments, another film with Vishal is on the cards.
- 3/9/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
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