Ameer plays a cameo in his AD’s film

Director Ameer, who launched his next film, Santhanadevan, in January, has now played a crucial cameo in his assistant Gopal’s debut film, Achamillai Achamillai. The film, Ameer says, tackles an important social problem that is felt in Coimbatore and Tiruppur. “However, the director has presented this in an entertaining manner. I play a farmer, and my character appears for around 10 minutes,” he says.
The director-actor also reveals that he has taken on the role of a producer of the film, after being impressed with what Gopal had shot.“He had initially self-funded the project and shot 70% of it. He then reached out to me and requested me to produce and release the film. I was hesitant but he just told me that I could take a decision after seeing what he had shot till then. I was impressed with the sincerity and the social thought that was at the core of the film and decided to get on board,” he elaborates. The director also met K Balachander’s daughter, Pushpa Kandaswamy to get the rights for the title, which is the same as that of KB’s National Award-winning film.
Quiz him about his own film, and the Ameer informs that he will start shooting Santhanadevan, which also stars Arya and his brother Sathya, from next. “We are yet to finalise two of the three female leads. We are planning to release the film for Pongal 2018,” he adds.