Chennai, TAMIL NADU :
Clhennai :
Not everyone knows that Luthfudeen Basha, son of veteran actor Nasser, studied music composition and sound design in Malaysia before Saivam (2014) happened. Excited about his upcoming flick Parandhu Sella Vaa, directed by Dhanapal Padmanabhan, he says, “This rom-com, shot entirely in Singapore, is about the lives of today’s youth, capturing the positive aspects of life.”
The actor adds he plays a naive guy from Chennai, who goes to Singapore and falls in love with everyone. “The story is about how he adapts to a new environment and what he eventually faces,” he says.
Luthfudeen adds that he’s a director’s actor. Maybe, that’s why he didn’t have any apprehensions about shooting a couple of lip-lock scenes for the film. “I don’t know why everyone makes such a huge fuss about the whole thing. It’s just a film! Besides Aishwarya Rajesh, who’s the female lead (an urban architect), there’s this Chinese actor Narelle Kheng, who plays an important role. The script demanded that we do it. I initially asked the director if there was an alternative, but he went for the take! However, we finished everything in a single shot. She was comfortable with it and so was I,” he says.
He quickly adds that he doesn’t want to be typical hero material. “I want to do roles like what appa (Nasser) did in his early days. Like Thevar Magan (1992) — I want to do a powerful villain role like that!”
Filmmaker Dhanapal Padmanabhan is confident that the movie will strike a chord with the audience, especially the student community. “I visit Singapore often and every time I go there, I’m bowled by its culture and beauty. It’s a romantic city. I see a lot of youngsters from small towns there travel all over the world and excel in all they do. So I thought, ‘Why not do a ‘clean’ film set in Singapore?’ I’ve shown my sensibilities about love and relationships,” he smiles.
Dhanapal says that not many Tamil films have successfully captured the youth’s light-hearted take on life. “Parandhu… will focus on the transition of a carefree youth into a man in a sensible way. A lot of thought has gone into making the film. It has a mix of artistes and technicians from India and Singapore. The stunts have been done by Sunny Pang, who has done Chinese and Indonesian films. To win over the audience, breathtaking visuals aren’t enough, we need a good story too. Santhosh Vijayakumar Prabhakaran has done a wonderful job with the cinematography. The team opted for Luthfudeen because he fits the bill perfectly. We wanted someone who’s really young,” he smiles.
The director is all praise for his Chinese actor Narelle as well. “She wrote the Tamil dialogues in English and emoted quite effortlessly,” he laughs. He adds that for the first time, the comedians Karunakaran, RJ Balaji and Sathish have been brought on board for the film. “The audience will burst out laughing. But, they will keep you occupied throughout, though their combination scenes are few,” says Dhanapal.
Ask what’s next, and he says, “I want to do something different with every film. My first venture Krishnaveni Panjaalai (2012) was about cotton mill workers near Coimbatore. It was offbeat; Parandhu… is a breezy entertainer,” he says.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Entertainment> Tamil / by S Subhakeerthana / July 25t, 2016