Intimidated for the second time by the Tamil Film Producers Council’s ‘Regulation Committee’ with regard to the release of his upcoming flick Silukkuvarpatti Singam, actor and producer Vishnu Vishal has slammed the council saying vested interests were sabotaging its reputation.
The TFPC has once again failed to streamline Tamil film releases. Felling his patience might be misconstrued as weakness, Vishnu has gone one step ahead to put an end to his problems by bringing biggie Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant banner to release SS throughout Tamil Nadu. This will obviously fetch him far more theatres and screens. The actor also lashed out at the Producers Council in a series of tweets.
Vishnu Vishal speaks to DC. “This happened to me when my earlier film Raatchasan was to hit the marquee on October 5. Gnanavelraja sir’s Nota came in at the last minute. Again, the ‘Release Regulation Committee’ of TFPC gave me the first approval letter for Silukkuvarpatti Singam release on December 21. All of a sudden more than five films are in the fray on the same day. How will we get enough theatres then? Why would there be any committee? We can as well follow the old method. I am not blaming TFPC head Vishal for the situation, but people are not allowing him to discharge his duties. Ego has been created which has resulted in a rift among producers. I was confident that my patience would pay off! Yes, today Red Giant is in the loop and impressed with the content after watching the film, Udhayanidhi sir has come into the picture and will be releasing it through his banner,” the actor quips.
He adds quickly, “Atharvaa’s Boomerang went out of race. I spoke up for them also. If you ask the other producers who are releasing their movies on December 21, everyone including the makers of Maari 2, Adanga Maru, etc. has their own stories to narrate. The only way to sort this issue out is to follow the rules strictly.”
On Silukkuvarpatti Singam, which is set against the backdrop of Dindigul, he says, “It is a pucca family entertainer with Regina Cassandra essaying as my pair. Oviya appears in an extended cameo. Directed by debutant Chella Ayyavu, I play a happy-go-lucky constable Sathyamoorthy who loves his doing petty jobs like fetching tea and snacks for others. How he gets involved with a big case and catches the dreaded rowdy forms the crux.”
On handling humour, thought to be a tough area for him, Vishnu says, “Yes, that’s why I don’t want to experiment in the comedy genre in other producers’ films. I do it only in my own production ventures. People who have seen sneak peek of SS said that my comic timing and sense were perfect in the film. I have also sported six different looks in the movie.”
The Mundasupatty actor says he realised his strength after portraying a serious role in Raatchasan. “ I want to do four films with strong content and one light hearted film after that.”
The actor has solid films in his kitty, including Prabhu Solomon’s Tamil, Telugu and Hindi trilingual forest film on elephants where he plays a mahout, Jagajala Killadi with Ezhil and long pending Seenu Ramasamy’s Idam Porul Yaeval and a few sequels to his earlier hits.
