Singer Chinmayi has provided the talking voice of the female lead, reprising her role from the Tamil version and the Telugu simultaneously made version where she dubbed for actresses Trisha Krishnan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu respectively. Prabhu and Anthony Gonsalves, respectively. Rahman, while the cinematography and editing are handled by M. The film is a remake of Menon's own Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and features reused soundtrack and film score composed by A.
There was a crazy lover) is a 2012 Indian Hindiromantic drama film, written and directed by Gautham Menon, featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson in her Bollywood debut, and in lead roles. I hope people will love and cherish those moments.Ekk Deewana Tha (transl. It is a moment driven film like Vinnaithandi. What are your expectations from Neethane.? I would like to be a little more involved.
Right now, two films are under production. I wish I could give more time to the production house though I have capable people running it. How tough is it to work as a producer and a director? The films I produce are the ones I would go to the theatre on the first day and watch. I wouldn't watch every film that releases. I want to make the kind of films I like to watch in a theatre. The second half is almost from her point of view.ĭid you start Photon Kathas to make the kind of films you believe in? Samantha plays a very strong female character and the film is about her and driven by her. They are based on women I meet in real life. When I write the script, I make sure that my female characters are strong. Your female characters, whether it was Jyothika in Kakha Kaakha or Sameera Reddy in Vaaranam Aayiram or Trisha in VTV, they are quite independent and strong unlike female characters in most Tamil films. With Simbu and Jiiva, it is more spontaneous, and they just listen and perform. He keeps asking me what I want from him and takes it from there. Working with Suriya is easy because he puts in everything to get the shots right. Obviously, directing Kamal was a dream-come-true for me. Is there any difference in directing senior actors like Kamal Haasan and Suriya, and youngsters like Simbu, Jiiva etc? They give more than 100 per cent to their work. It is always a pleasure working with actors like Suriya, Jiiva, Samantha, Nani, etc. Above all, she is very good in all the three languages and got the lip sync perfectly right. This time, I didn't have to explain the scenes much she gets the emotions quite fast. She has grown tremendously as an actor from when she started off in Ye Maya Chesave. In this story, you have Samantha in all the three versions. Image: A scene from Neethane Enn Ponvasantham I will complete it only after the release of the Tamil and Telugu versions. I have put the Hindi version on hold right now. Both Jiiva and Nani have good markets in their own languages. The idea to shoot in three languages was to exploit all the markets. Why did you decide to shoot the film simultaneously in three languages? All of them did their home work well so that the film looked good. Even Santhanam looks different in college and as a 25-year-old. You will see that there is a marked difference between the way they look in school, college and in the mid-twenties portions. When I asked Jiiva to lose weight and look lanky, he did that in no time. They are ready to put in a lot of hard work. It was difficult, but then working with good actors makes your work easy. Image: A scene from Neethane Enn PonvasanthamĪs your story spans from school days to the age of 25, the actors have to look like school kids too. It's a simple love story which people can identify with, like their own love stories. Varun and Nithya fight and break up even when in school. It's about people who find each other and at some point, because of ego or the choice of careers, they drift apart. Though it's the story of Varun and Nithya, it could be anybody's story. The difference between VTV and Neethane Enn Ponvasantham is that the latter spans three periods in the life of the lovers - school, college and at 25. Is Neethane Enn Ponvasantham like Vinnathandi Varuvaya? People love to watch good love stories and I love to tell love stories! It's basically an inspirational love story which anybody can relate to. Then, we decided to make it a bilingual, Tamil and Telugu. We were supposed to do a Telugu film with Ram.