‘Koovam’ recreated in Chennai for ‘Velaikkaran’

Actor Sivakarthikeyan’s much expected ‘Velaikkaran’ is all set to hit the screens on December 22 for the Christmas festival weekend. The film directed by Mohan Raja has acquired a clean U certificate without any cuts. 

In the recently held audio launch event, the makers screened an Audio-visual of the creation of the much hyped slum set for the film and it has given a mind-blowing experience. It has been designed by the top Art director Muthuraj. 

Speaking about the set, Muthuraj said ” A major portion of the story happens in a slum area where the hero and his friends are born, brought up and live. It was producer R D Raja who first told me ‘let us create the entire slum set up’. I went and saw 10-15 real slums to observe their set ups and lifestyle and did extensive research on it. Then we started the set work and it took around 50-55 days to just finish the set and get it ready for shooting. We actually created the whole locality where people of all kinds of labour and religion live. Each and every house will have a characterisation and a purpose. We also made sure the houses and the locality is cramped to bring more realism. We used real garbage,used plastic bottles, plastic covers and many such items to bring out the authenticity of the geography. We also created a ‘Koovam’ around the locality to depict the lifestyle of a slum. The whole set was around 7.5 acres in area. We shot for around 50 days in this set. Without the producers’ immense support and cooperation this vision would not have been possible at all. ‘Velaikkaran’ will definitely take Sivakarthikeyan to the next level. Director Mohan Raja’s script, writing and detailing was fabulous. I am sure the audience will love ‘Velaikkaran’ and appreciate our monstrous efforts “

‘Velaikkaran’ has Ramji’s cinematography, Anirudh’s music and Ruben’s editing. RJ Balaji, Sneha, Robo Shankar, Sathish and Vijay Vasanth have played important characters in the movie.