Simbu's confidence unlimited

It’s amazing what confidence can do to a person and how far it can take him on the road to success. A casual chat with director Simbu Devan makes you realise that it is probably the most essential trait that one needs to taste victory.
After daring to experiment with his first two films — Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi and Arai En 305il Kadavul, Simbu Devan is now busy with his latest project Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam, which is being promoted as the first Tamil cowboy film in 38 years.Flashing a smile, he says, “My film is ready for release. We are looking to release it during the final week of March. The idea is to release it after the exams so that children too get to enjoy it.”
His voice and tone indicate that he is thoroughly satisfied with the way work on his project is progressing. Draw his attention to it and he gives all the credit to his team.
“I have a fine team and a good producer, Kalpathi S Agoram. All my artistes, including Lawrence, Padmapriya, Lakshmi Rai, Sandhya and M S Baskar, have done a fine job,” he says.
“For instance, M S Baskar plays a Red Indian in this film. I wanted him to speak a language that was similar to the language of the Red Indians. Baskar is not only a gifted actor but also a dubbing artiste. He was so passionate about what he did that he started developing the imaginary language that we gave him. He began coining new words, which sounded phonetically right. For example, ‘kambals’ in his language means to kill while ‘malichu’ means manichidu (to forgive). This imaginary language we created has become a big hit. He became so proficient in this imaginary language that he actually began correcting other artistes and unit members on the sets!”
He continues, “In fact, after seeing the amount of effort that has gone into developing it, we are even considering bringing out a small booklet of words from this imaginary language. We are exploring the possibility of distributing these booklets to children,” he says.
“My other actors too put in a lot of effort. Lawrence actually performs a stunt in the film in which he throws a gun a couple of times before catching it with his left hand to fire a shot. The whole stunt looks brilliant and appears on screen for just four or five minutes. But to master that, he had to practise for almost six months. Now, is it any surprise that I’m lauding my team?” he signs off.
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