Filmmaker Karthik Thangavel on Adanga Maru

Filmmaker Karthik Thangavel on Adanga Maru 

It stands out to be a fact that ‘Commercial Entertainer’ happens to be the most difficult among all genres. Of course, every ‘Emotion’ denotes a ‘Genre’ and bringing them all together is a huge challenge that very few filmmakers possess. Filmmaker Karthik Thangavel as believed by his entire family of “Adanga Maru” has achieved such craftsmanship. Hailing from the school of most celebrated filmmakers like Saran, Ameer and Cheran.

“It’s nice to hear such a verdict from a team of excellent talents. Especially, to hear it from Sujataa madam is a blessing. She has been the one who actually accompanied me from the initial stage. Now I am happy that somehow, I have lived up to her expectations,” says Karthik Thangavel, who shifts his words of honour for Jayam Ravi. “Well, I am so exhilarated that our team and close associates have been labeling ‘Adanga Maru’ as a perfect entertainer. In this case, all credit goes to Jayam Ravi sir. Initially, my script was raw and rustic, which he kept insisting me to tone down so that it becomes a treat for universal audience. What I really admired about him is that he could have easily ignored this script as there is a long queue awaiting his time. But he stood beside me suggesting and accepting my opinions too, which indeed has yielded us all a good output.” 

Ask him about the pillars of Adanga Maru and he tells us, “Every actor and technician in the film! They have exerted an unbelievable effort for the movie.  I am so much privileged to get this team of actors and technicians, who have given life to my ideas.” 

Adanga Maru is scheduled for worldwide release by Clapboard Productions on December 21. Featuring Jayam Ravi and Raashi Khanna in lead roles, the film is produced by Sujataa Vijayakumar for Home Movie Makers. Sam CS has composed music for this film with Sathyan Sooryan as cinematographer and Ruben as editor.

I could feel the heat of Jayam Ravi’s ferocious cop act on the sets

“I could feel the heat of Jayam Ravi’s ferocious cop act on the sets” – Cinematographer Sathyan Sooryan 

Be it dusty lands or the exquisite landscapes, his visual elegance has always enabled us for a wonderful movie-watching experience. Cinematographer Sathyan Sooryan has carved an impeccable niche of recognition through top-notch visuals. Here are some of the excerpts from this celebrated visual magician as he speaks about “Adanga Maru” scheduled for December 21 release. 

On the first note, he abruptly starts talking about Jayam Ravi saying,  “I have been a close friend to Jayam Ravi and we have been acquainted for a very long time. But just imagine a soft spoken person transforming into a power house within few seconds after the camera goes on. In fact, I could feel the heat of Jayam Ravi’s ferocious cop act on the sets.” 

Having seen Jayam Ravi play cop in many movies, how different was to see him and shoot for ‘Adanga Maru’? Sathyan reverts, “Yes, I have admired his versatile performance as cop in Bogan and Thani Oruvan. But there is something about his performance in Adanga Maru, which stands out to be entirely exceptional in comparison to his previous movies. It’s all because of Ravi’s uttermost efforts in giving importance to his body language and mannerisms. So is Raashi Khanna, who sincerely prepares before every scene, even for the simplest walks as well.” 

While speaking about the technical team, Sathyan Sooryan says, “Being the captain of ship, Karthik Thangavel had a perfect plan made during pre-production phase. Precisely, this helped me a lot for preparing the best. Shooting the action sequence was pretty much challenging, especially the climax act. It doesn’t simply involve the routine combat, but involves some brainy factors too. While Stunt Siva and his son Kevin Kumar along with art director would often display their ‘Perfectionist’ avatar, I had no option but to work as hard as them.” 

Adanga Maru is produced by Sujatha Vijayakumar of Home Movie Makers and is directed by Karthik Thangavel.