Pooja for "Kuselan" shoot was performed at the Vinayaka temple on the premises of AVM Studios, Chennai, on March 7. A.V.M. Saravanan started the camera and director K. Balachander 'clapped'.
KB's Kavithalaya and Seven Arts will be jointly producing the film under the direction of P. Vasu. Film Chamber president K.R.G, Tamil Film Producers Council president Rama Narayanan, directors Shankar, K.S. Ravikumar, Suresh Krishna and Charan were among the film personalities who attended the function.
Rajinikanth, talking to mediapersons, said "Kuselan", (Tamil remake of the Malayalam film "Katha Parayumbol" featuring Mammootty and Sreenivasan) would be an important film in his acting career. "Many in the film field have expressed their happiness and blessed me on learning that I would be acting in a film for Kavithalaya and Seven Arts."
Rajini said that though he had acted in several films, "Raghavendra" brought him 'respect' among the educated and the elders. "Nettrikkan" received appreciation from Kannada icon Rajkumar and Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan and others. "Annamalai" raised his status to "superstar". "Muthu" crossed the borders of India making him known world over. "Kuselan" too would bring him laurels, he added.
He said that the story of "Kuselan" is important. The business angle apart, "the reason why Vasu and Balachander keep saying that I will play an important role in the film is that fans coming to see the movie would not be disappointed".
Rajini said that the first hero in "Kuselan" is Pasupathi. "His part is 50%, Vadivelu's 25% and mine 25%." The name of his character is Ashokraj. The film's climax would be as thrilling as that of "Chandramukhi", he added.
He referred to Meena who would play an important role and said she had paired with him in a number of films. "When will you act as my mother?" he had asked her once in a lighter vein. "In this film she would act as a mother, a beautiful mother, but not as my mother."
Director Vasu said the shooting would start on March 15 at the Ramoji Rao Film City, Hyderabad. Though it is a remake of "Katha Parayumbol", some changes have been made in the story. The Tamil story revolves around Rajini. He would appear only after two or three reels, but his introduction would be grand. Prabhu also would play an important role. Meena would act as the wife of Pasupathi and mother of two children. Nayanthara pairs with Rajini.
The cast also includes Vadivelu, Geetha, 'Nizhalgal' Ravi, Vijayakumar, Thyagu, Chinni Jayanth and Vaiyapurii.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Rajini speaks on 'Kuselan'
Superstar Rajinikanth revealed that he dons a very important role in 'Kuselan'. However, he said that, as per the story, “Pasupathy’s role is 50%, Vadivelu gets 25% and 25% for me”. He added that the movie revolves around his character.
He spoke on the occasion of the pooja of ‘Kuselan’ held today morning in AVM studios. “The character Ashok Raj will be a turning point in my career”, the Superstar told the press persons gathered in a large number. He said in a lighter vein that Meena, who first acted as a child in his film and as a pair later, dons the role of a mother in this film. He quickly added with laugh that, “Not as a mother to me. She acts as a mother of two children”.
He also informed that the emotional climax would be on par with 'Chandramukhi'. He expressed his confidence that the movie would come out very well.
Director P. Vasu said that the movie is Rajini’s movie and that no one needs to have any doubt about it. His character has been shaped to fulfill the expectations of his fans, he added.
It is learnt that Rajini has two fights and two duets in the film.
Hundreds of press persons including cameramen and videographers gathered in the spot. Two TV channels telecasted the event live.Kuselan From Wikipedia
Kuselan is a forthcoming bilingual drama film to be directed by P. Vasu, who with Kuselan, will direct his fifth feature film with Rajnikanth. Rajnikanth, playing a guest role, is the one of the few common actors in the bi-lingual, the others including Nayantara and Meena, which is to be made into Tamil as Kuselan and Telugu as Kucheladu respectively. Various other regional actors have been signed up for the film, with Pasupathy, Meena, Prabhu Ganesan, Vadivelu and Livingston playing roles in the Tamil version, whilst, Jagapati Babu, Sunil and Brahmanandam portray roles in the Telugu version. Whilst, G. V. Prakash Kumar and Arvind Krishna have confirmed their parts as members of the technical crew, the rest remain unselscted, as does the role of the heroine. The film which is expected to be released in August 2008, will be produced by prominent director, K. Balachandar for the Tamil version and Ashwini Dutt for its Telugu version. The film is a remake of the Malayalam classic, Kadha Parayumbhol.
Development
Following P. Vasu and Rajnikanth's blockbuster, Chandramukhi in 2005, Vasu had been keen to re-cast Rajnikanth in another role and prior to signing Kuselan, he had narrated a story entitled Vettaiyan, which would have been a sequel of a character featured in Chandramukhi.
Early in 2008, Rajnikanth signed up for S. Shankar's Robot, making it highly unlikely he would sign up to another film for a couple of years, due to Shankar's tendency to take two years shooting his films. However, in a sudden turn of events, Kuselan was launched at the Taj Coromandel in Chennai on January 14, 2008 coinciding with Pongal. The director, P. Vasu signed up Rajnikanth and Pasupathy to portray the lead roles, while noted director K. Balachandar agreed to produce the Tamil version of the film along with G.P. Vijayakumar's Seven arts Productions, while Aswani Dutt agreed to produce the film in Telugu with Rajnikanth and Jagapati Babu in the lead roles. The film was announced to be remake of Malayalam film, Katha Parayumbol which was written and starred in by Sreenivasan, whilst Mammooty essayed a guest role in the film.
Vasu made it clear that Rajnikanth would not be doing an honorary role in the movie which Mammooty had portrayed, but will play a full role, describing that the "The whole story revolves around him [Rajnikanth]". The film's launch was helted on March 7, 2008 at the AVM Studios in Chennai with the leading artistes present.
Casting
Despite from the role of Rajnikanth, Vasu intended to use entirely different casts in either version of the bilingual film. Upon announcement, actor Livingston, Manobala and Santhana Bharathi were added to the cast of the Tamil version, along with Vadivelu and Santhanam who pipped Vivek and Goundamani to land the roles and furthermore, yesteryear director S. P. Muthuraman agreed to play a guest role in the film. However the selction of the heroines in the film is still ongoing. Despite Trisha Krishnan's request to appear opposite Rajnikanth, Nayantara accepted the role,however finding a female lead opposite Pasupathy was more difficult for the director, with Simran Bagga,Tabu and Sneha all being considered for the role in the Tamil version.However, Meena who played the role in the original, was offered the role in early February 2008 and accepted it. It has also been indicated that several prominent Tamil actors, most notably Kamal Haasan ,Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Vikram, Madhavan, Silambarasan, Arjun, Sathyaraj, Trisha Krishnan, Shriya Saran, Sneha, Tabu and Namitha have been approached to be a part of a song in the project.[Indications later revealed that five actresses would appear opposite Rajnikanth in a song with the selected being: Nayantara, Mamta Mohandas, Kushboo and Sneha so far.
In the Telugu version, comedian actors Sunil, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani and Venu Madhav all signed up to play the roles of Jagapati Babu's fellow villagers.Ileana D'Cruz recently turned down an offer to act in the film, citing date problems.Like the Tamil version, it has also been indicated that several prominent Telugu actors, most notably Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun and Ileana D'Cruz have been approached to be a part of a song in the project. Technicians confirmed in the two films are G. V. Prakash Kumar who will operate as the music composer, whilst Arvind Krishna will be the cinematographer for the bilingual.
Development
Following P. Vasu and Rajnikanth's blockbuster, Chandramukhi in 2005, Vasu had been keen to re-cast Rajnikanth in another role and prior to signing Kuselan, he had narrated a story entitled Vettaiyan, which would have been a sequel of a character featured in Chandramukhi.
Early in 2008, Rajnikanth signed up for S. Shankar's Robot, making it highly unlikely he would sign up to another film for a couple of years, due to Shankar's tendency to take two years shooting his films. However, in a sudden turn of events, Kuselan was launched at the Taj Coromandel in Chennai on January 14, 2008 coinciding with Pongal. The director, P. Vasu signed up Rajnikanth and Pasupathy to portray the lead roles, while noted director K. Balachandar agreed to produce the Tamil version of the film along with G.P. Vijayakumar's Seven arts Productions, while Aswani Dutt agreed to produce the film in Telugu with Rajnikanth and Jagapati Babu in the lead roles. The film was announced to be remake of Malayalam film, Katha Parayumbol which was written and starred in by Sreenivasan, whilst Mammooty essayed a guest role in the film.
Vasu made it clear that Rajnikanth would not be doing an honorary role in the movie which Mammooty had portrayed, but will play a full role, describing that the "The whole story revolves around him [Rajnikanth]". The film's launch was helted on March 7, 2008 at the AVM Studios in Chennai with the leading artistes present.
Casting
Despite from the role of Rajnikanth, Vasu intended to use entirely different casts in either version of the bilingual film. Upon announcement, actor Livingston, Manobala and Santhana Bharathi were added to the cast of the Tamil version, along with Vadivelu and Santhanam who pipped Vivek and Goundamani to land the roles and furthermore, yesteryear director S. P. Muthuraman agreed to play a guest role in the film. However the selction of the heroines in the film is still ongoing. Despite Trisha Krishnan's request to appear opposite Rajnikanth, Nayantara accepted the role,however finding a female lead opposite Pasupathy was more difficult for the director, with Simran Bagga,Tabu and Sneha all being considered for the role in the Tamil version.However, Meena who played the role in the original, was offered the role in early February 2008 and accepted it. It has also been indicated that several prominent Tamil actors, most notably Kamal Haasan ,Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Vikram, Madhavan, Silambarasan, Arjun, Sathyaraj, Trisha Krishnan, Shriya Saran, Sneha, Tabu and Namitha have been approached to be a part of a song in the project.[Indications later revealed that five actresses would appear opposite Rajnikanth in a song with the selected being: Nayantara, Mamta Mohandas, Kushboo and Sneha so far.
In the Telugu version, comedian actors Sunil, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani and Venu Madhav all signed up to play the roles of Jagapati Babu's fellow villagers.Ileana D'Cruz recently turned down an offer to act in the film, citing date problems.Like the Tamil version, it has also been indicated that several prominent Telugu actors, most notably Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun and Ileana D'Cruz have been approached to be a part of a song in the project. Technicians confirmed in the two films are G. V. Prakash Kumar who will operate as the music composer, whilst Arvind Krishna will be the cinematographer for the bilingual.
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