Thriller seems to be
Arulnithi’s fave genre, for the actor’s next film is also one! Even as his films with Innasi Pandiyan (Diary) and Eruma Saani Vijay Kumar Rajendran are in the works, the actor has completed shoot for
Dejavu
, in which he plays an investigating officer. Directed by debutant Arvindh Srinivasan, the movie chronicles what happens during a single day and night.
Though Arulnithi has done thrillers in the past, Arvindh says the screenplay of this project will make it different from the rest of the actor’s work. “He chooses a lot of offbeat scripts, and Dejavu is one among them. Even though he has played a cop before, he is sporting a new look in the film. The thriller genre is quite vast, and Arulnithi has been a part of different kinds of them. This one, too, has a unique screenplay that should keep the audience hooked. There is no time for setting the mood as the story starts off immediately,” says the director.
Roja actress
Madhoo
, Smruthi Venkat, Achyuth Kumar, Mime Gopi, Kaali Venkat, and Chethan are part of the film. “Madhoo is playing the role of a cop, a first for her. She was thrilled about the idea and got on board,” he says, adding, “The screenplay revolves around Smruthi’s character. She is not paying anybody’s pair... it’s an interesting role. Achyuth Kumar is a novelist in the film.”
The film has no songs, Arvindh tells us. “There wasn’t any need for it and I didn’t want to include songs just for the sake of it. But we have a gripping background score by Ghibran,” says the director.
The film has been shot as a bilingual, with
Naveen Chandra leading the cast in the
Telugu
version. “We shot the Tamil version first and then began the Telugu one. We just have a couple of days of shoot left for the Telugu version,” says Arvindh, adding, “Actually, we wanted this to be trilingual, with a version in Hindi as well. But owing to the pandemic, we couldn’t work things out. But now that we are confident the film has come out well, plans of making this project in Hindi are in the works.”