Theeviram

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Theeviram is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language drama thriller film directed by Michael Muthu on his directorial debut. [1] The film's main theme revolves around terrorism and how young boys are being radicalised and brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers. [2] The film was set in the backdrop of Chennai.

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In January 2017, the film project was announced by veteran theater actor Michael Muthu as his maiden directorial full-fledged feature film venture, and he revealed that it would be a bilingual film titled The Way Things Are in English and Theeviram in Tamil. [3] Muthu had previously made an attempt to make his directorial debut in 2002, but the project, which was titled The Girl, failed to materialize, and the project was subsequently shelved. [4] [5]

Muthu revealed that the story he narrated was specifically meant to be for a theatrical play, but he later changed his mind to convert his script into a full-length feature film after realizing that the theme around the three stories had vast potential to be presented in a more meaningful way through film mode. [4] Initially, Muthu proposed plans to shoot the film entirely as an English-language film. Sameer Bharat Ram, who was on board to produce the film under his production banner, Local Talkies, convinced Muthu to shoot the film in Tamil as well. [4] The filmmakers conducted rehearsals and auditions for a duration of 30 days to find suitable cast members prior to the commencement of the principal photography of the film. [4] It was revealed that Muthu was adamant on implementing cost cutting approach and he decided to arrange rehearsals for actors in order to curtail irrelevant cost during shooting. [6]

Filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon was roped in to play a National Investigation Agency (NIA) police cop, and his characterization was developed to incorporate and fit in as a tailor-made element for the climax of the film. [2] Reports surfaced about Gautham Vasudev Menon having grown beard and mush for the role in the film project. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Theeviram". Amazon Prime Video. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gautham Menon turns NIA cop for Theeviram". The Times of India. 2017-11-22. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  3. ↑ Rajendran, Gopinath (2017-05-13). "Michael Muthu now a part of 2.o". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ravi, Nandita (2017-05-19). "Mike Muthu steps off stage". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  5. ↑ "Theatre thespian Michael Muthu to debut as film director soon". The Times of India. 2017-01-16. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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