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“அயலான்”  ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக் ! 

“அயலான்” பெயர் வெளியாவதற்கு முன்பு, இப்படம் ஆரம்பித்த தருணத்திலிருந்தே பலரது புருவத்தை உயர்த்தி, எதிர்பார்ப்பின் உச்சத்தை விதைத்த படமாக மாறியிருக்கிறது.  தமிழில் அறிவியல்புனைவு கதைகள் என்பது முயற்சிக்கபடாத அரிய  கனவு. ஹாலிவுட்டின்  வெற்றி சரித்தரமாக விளங்கும்   இந்த அறிவியல் புனைவு வகை படத்தை பிரமாண்டமாக தமிழில் தர தயாராகியுள்ளது “அயாலான்” குழு. சிவகார்த்திகேயனின் பிறந்தநாள் சிறப்பாக 17.02.2020 அன்று  “டாக்டர்” படக்குழு தங்கள் படத்தின் ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக்கை வெளியிட அதனை ரசிகர்கள் கொண்டாடி தீர்க்கும் முன், அவர்களுக்கு அடுத்ததொரு இன்ப அதிர்ச்சியாக, “அயலான்” படத்தின் ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக்கை வெளியிட்டிருக்கிறது இப்படத்தின் படக்குழு. ஏற்கனவே A. R. ரஹ்மான் இசைத்துணுக்குடன் வெளியிடப்பட்ட டைட்டில், பெரும் வரவேற்பு பெற்ற நிலையில் வேற்றுகிரக வாசியுடன் வெளிவந்திருக்கும் “அயாலான்” ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக்கை ரசிகர்கள் கொண்டாடி வருகிறார்கள்.



“அயலான்” படத்தின் படப்பிடிப்பு 75 சதவீதம் முடிக்கப்பட்டுவிட்டது. மொத்த படப்பிடிப்பும் முடிய  இன்னும் இரண்டு கட்ட படப்பிடிப்பு மட்டுமே மீதமிருக்கிறது. போஸ்ட் புரடக்‌ஷன் பணிகளும் படப்பிடிப்புடன் இணையாக நடைபெற்று வருகிறது.தமிழின் பிரமாண்டமான அறிவியல் புனைகதை ( சயின்ஸ் ஃபிக்‌ஷன் )  படமாக இப்படம் உருவாகிறது. எனவே படத்தில் அதிகளவிலான  விஷுவல் எஃபெக்ட்ஸ் காட்சிகள் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன. அதனை முன்னிட்டு படப்பிடிப்பின் போதே போஸ்ட் புரடக்‌ஷன் பணிகளும் இணையாக நடைபெற்று வருகிறது. இந்தியா முழுதும் முன்னணி நாயகியாக வலம் வரும் ராகுல் ப்ரீத் சிங் சிவகார்த்திகேயன் ஜோடியாக நடிக்கிறார். காமெடி ராஜாக்களாக வலம் வரும் கருணாகரன், யோகிபாபு ஆகிய இருவரும் இப்படத்தில் சிவகார்த்திகேயனுடன் இணைந்து காமெடி செய்கிறார்கள். பாலிவுட்டில் மிக  சிறந்த நடிகராக விளங்கும் சரத் கேல்கர் ஒரு முக்கிய பாத்திரத்தில் நடிக்கிறார்.

24AM நிறுவனம் சார்பில் RD ராஜா தயாரிக்க KJR Studios நிறுவனர் கொட்டாப்படி J ராஜேஸ் இப்படத்தை வெளியிடுகிறார். பிரமாண்ட அறிவியல் புனைவு படமாக உருவாகும் “அயலான்” அகாடமி அவார்ட் வின்னர்  A. R. ரஹ்மான் சிவகார்த்திகேயனின் அறிமுகப்பாடலை பாடியுள்ளார். மாயஜால விஷ்வல்களை திரையில் கொண்டு வரும்  நீரவ் ஷா ஒளிப்பதிவு செய்கிறார்.  எடிட்டர் ரூபன் படத்தொகுப்பு செய்கிறார்.

Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan First Look shoots

Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan First Look shoots high on expectation radars 

Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Ayalaan’ has never missed triggering off the bonanzas in an unlimited mode from the time it went on floors. The film has found an unprecedented caliber of keeping the spotlights turned statically upon it. Especially, with the recent announcement of the title that was packaged along with the signature tunes of AR Rahman has intensified the film’s attention factors. With the actor delivering an enchanting treat for his birthday through the first look of ‘Doctor’ this morning (February 17, 2020), the team of “Ayalaan” doesn’t want to leave the twilight hours fade without celebrations and have unveiled the film’s first look now.  

Currently, the film has completed 75% of shooting with just 2 more schedules left for the entire filming to wrap up. The post-production phase is simultaneously happening as the entire VFX team has already started working on the visual effects. Rakul Preet Singh, who has carved a niche as one of the leading Pan-Indian actresses is playing the female lead as Sivakarthikeyan’s love interest. The hilarious quotients are going to be unlimited as Karunakaran and Yogi Babu will offer them in abundance. Bollywood’s well-celebrated actor Sharad Kelkar will be seen essaying a pivotal role in this film. With RD Raja producing the film for 24 AM Studios, KJR Studios Kotapadi J Rajesh will be releasing it worldwide.

The inquisitiveness has already peaked up higher as AR Rahman will be crooning Sivakarthikeyan’s introduction number, which was revealed by the action himself earlier. Adding visual magic with unique treatment from one film to another, Nirav Shah’s cinematography will be one of the promising assets of Ayalaan, which has editing by Ruben.

Soori will rule the screens from beginning till end

“Soori will rule the screens from beginning till end with non-stop comedy in Seemaraja ” – Sivakarthikeyan 

The arrival of Seemaraja has taken its greatest toast of celebrations among the fans in town. With rigorous advance bookings and celebrations in city, sub-urban and rural areas, the film has already set its trenchant mark of success to a greater magnitude. The massive avatar of Sivakarthikeyan in the visual promos and trailers has furthermore intensified the Seema Raja fever among his fans. Absolutely, on the other end, it has given an impression that it’s a film with serious premise. But even before such doubts would arise through the course, Sivakarthikeyan settles them down with a simple yet high clarity statement. “Soori will rule the screens from beginning till end with non-stop comedy in Seemaraja. I think, this indeed is enough with sumptuous evidence of his humorous spell in the movie,” starts off Sivakarthikeyan. 

While speaking about the basic gist of the film, Sivakarthikeyan claims that the film definitely owns a unique theme, which would be relevant to any situational context in accordance to Tamil people. “This was something that Ponram had decided even before crafting the entire narration on script papers… In both our previous movies – Rajini Murugan and Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam, we had managed to deliver decorous package of entertainment. So we had a firm decision of offering them more on our best in Seemaraja as well. Although, the basic premise might have its impact, it has been presented with complete entertainment laced with humour, sentiments, romance, action and the best essential ingredients to savour the tastes of family audiences…” 

Speaking about his co-stars, Sivakarthikeyan says, “Rather than claiming them with words like ‘Wonderful Experience’, I would consider the entire process of ‘Seemaraja ’ as moments of treasury. Especially, to work with senior actors like Napoleon sir, Simran madam, Lal Sir and so on, I was just in admiration about the efficient performance and yet attributed with down-to-earth nature. In fact, I have stolen some of such traits from them, which I believe that upcoming generation of actors definitely need to posses for being successful in the industry.” 

Getting on with unconditional praises upon Samantha, he smilingly cites, “She started preparing for the role even before I got completely involved. To be a heroine with her calendars filled with back to back projects, I was surprised to see that she took more enough time for preparing her role, which includes mastering Silambam.” 

“The title Seemaraja might be a fictional projection of my character, but this title in reality should be conferred on our producer RD Raja. It might sound like a superlative adjective, but it is the fact, where he could have easily sprawled out and relaxed. But he was vigilant and available even for the petty things to ensure that the project doesn’t get stalled anywhere. Or else, it would have been a difficult thing for entire team to complete and release the film as promised for Vinayagar Chathurthi despites a month long Kollywood strike,” says Sivakarthikeyan.

Designing costumes for Seema Raja had its own challenges

Seemaraja - Costume Designer Anuparthasarthy Press Release

“Designing costumes for Seema Raja had its own challenges upon me”

 – Costume Designer Anu Parthasarathy 

However powerful a character might be or its premise of script, they get embellished through the costumes. Of course, when it comes to the task of projecting a character, costume plays a major role in offering a perfect shape. Having worked for two decades in the industry as a costume designer, Anu Parthasarathy has woven her fame through decorous works. 

 While there’s an anonymous assumptions that designing costumes for a rural based film is a pretty easy task, Anu rubbishes them saying,  

“ Designing costumes according to what the script demands is my job and it’s a tough job , a rural look has its own challenges and u need to give it a look that looks impressive in color and style and for me working on Seema Raja was very interesting to etch Sivakarthikeyan’ Sir’s entire look .

Sivakarthikeyan Sir ‘s costumes for Seema Raja against a rural backdrop has a mix of an indo western look and his accessories were specially designed and the director was very particular that  Siva sir will look totally different in this film , as the script demands that . 

Siva Sir’s look in the film has linen shirts and linen kurtha’s specially dyed and stitched , colors were discussed with the DOP Balu Sir and Ponram Sir and we created his look and worked on the colors .

The most challenging was to work on the ‘prince look’ which had loads of references and theory to read , to make him look the character is my job and with the directors guidance we could and it’s been extremely challenging for me .

Each song had a concept and for siva we worked on his colors the fabric with a lot of detailing .

We wanted the rural look to have a balance of blending his look with style that goes with the rural background.

Discussions on Siva Sir’s intro song his linen Kurtha look every change we have made sure he had the right accessories to go with his look .

The director wanted certain accessories for siva which were specially made and we created a look accordingly.

Be it the scenes or song sequences every change has its own detailing from fabric to color and this is what the director wanted for Siva Sir .

Scheduled to hit screens on September 13 for the festive occasion of Vinayagar Chathurthi, RD Raja is producing the film for 24AM Studios.

I am instinctively experiencing an emotional aura

“With SeemaRaja, I am instinctively experiencing an emotional aura 

of having worked in a hit movie,”  

–Art Director Muthuraj

A common belief that a film set against rural backdrops doesn’t stress much upon the efforts of technicians. The silent lakes, colourful festivities, chirping birds with village belles and beaus in the ambience might be regarded as a vernacular ingredient of such movies. But in reality, it demands for a much herculean efforts from the technical team, especially from the ‘Art Department’.  Moreover, it is so much evident with the grooviest works of art director Muthuraj in Sivakarthikeyan-Samantha starrer SeemaRaja. It’s easier to promote a film as a ‘Festival movie’, but very hard for audience to experience it wholeheartedly. 

 

 

 

Apparently, SeemaRaja has already created such an impact through its trailers and visual promos. However, art director Muthuraj refrains from swaggering show-offs as he credits thanks to others in the team.“If my art work in Seema Raja is noticeable, it’s all because of top-notch cinematography by Balasubramaniam sir. He enjoyed each and every bits and pieces of my art work. He would click pictures of every backdrop of my work and Whatsapp me asking for my suggestions for placing the shots. On the musical front, D Imman has just emblazoned the ambience with more festivity and colours,” says Muthuraj. 

He continues to extend his praises upon producer RD Raja of 24AM STUDIOS saying, “Usually, when a producer gears up for a film with village backdrops, they would have some restrictions over the art department. At the most, our works would get limited only to a Temple festival or market places. But RD Raja sir gave me a complete freedom to express my creativities to best possibilities. Sometimes, even when I would self-compromise keeping budget in mind, he would forward breaking my perceptions and encourage me to come up with finest outputs. In addition, Ponram sir, his aesthetic standard of presenting village life in a much colourful manner helped me experiment more.” 

“With SeemaRaja, I am instinctively experiencing an emotional aura of having worked in a hit movie,” tots up Muthuraj. 

Directed by Ponram, Seema Raja features Sivakarthikeyan, Samantha, Simran, Soori, Napoleon, Lal and many more familiar actors in the cast. With D Imman composing music and Balasubramaniam handling cinematography, RD Raja has produced the film for 24AM STUDIOS, which is scheduled for a  grand release for Vinayagar Chathurthi (September 13).