Atharvaa rides superbike at 180kmph

Director Yuvaraj Bose���s Irumbu Kuthirai, produced by AGS Entertainment, has caught the attention of film buffs not only because its trailers are slick, but also because the film has a theme that hasn���t been explored in Tamil films before. The film, which has actor Atharvaa in the lead, revolves around bike racing.
Talking about the film, Atharvaa says, ���This film is about two groups of bikers who compete with each other.Initially, I play a pizza delivery boy in this film, which is set in the Pondicherry and Mahe regions. However, we also shot extensively in Italy for the film, which is a classy commercial entertainer.���
The film, which is based on a real-life incident, will feature some action-packed bike racing sequences. Atharvaa, in particular, had to undergo training by a team of experts from Italy for some of the sequences as the races feature extremely powerful superbikes.
Says Atharvaa, ���A team of around 15 professionals from Italy trained me. Whenever I had the time, I would train there with them, in fact, I did that even between shots. We started training with smaller bikes and then moved on to the superbikes. I���d ridden a superbike before, but had not handled it in a professional manner. Handling it requires a lot of concentration. One needs to be really careful, and I did just that. For a certain sequence, I had to ride the superbike at 180kmph and that too, without glasses. My eyes started watering when we hit 80kmph. Also, the weather there was freezing as we shot this sequence in Italy in November.���
The actor says he is grateful to the producer for sparing no effort in making this film. ���I need to thank my producer Aghoram sir, without whom this film wouldn���t have come out so well. In fact, he is the one who came up with the superbike suggestions.���