ÂYogi speaks out
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,September 28 2009]
ÂLife in slums has changed a lot. There are many graduates and IT workers living there. We have chronicled the travails of a youth living in one such Chennai slum in Yogi, says Ameer.
The filmmaker, who is playing the lead role in ÂYogiÂ, directed by Subramaniam Siva of ÂThiruda Thirudi fame, says: ÂI am comfortable directing movies. My movies ÂMounam PesiyadhaeÂ, ÂRam and ÂParuthiveeran were well-received. But Subramaniam Siva insisted that I do the lead in ÂYogiÂ. I took it as a challenge. I had rigorous workouts, reduced my weight and followed a strict diet to prepare myself for the role.Â
Interestingly, ÂYogi is produced by AmeerÂs home production Team Works. ÂWe chose to do a movie around Chennai hutments, a hitherto unexplored area. The protagonist Yogeswaran alias Yogi leads a happy-go-lucky life and the events that he comes across in his life make up the story, the filmmaker-actor says.
The biggest challenge that Ameer faced on donning the greasepaint was from the director in him who awoke every time he stood before the camera. ÂThankfully Subramaniam Siva took charge. He made me feel at ease and extracted the best out of me, says Ameer. About the delay in the movieÂs release, he says, Âit is no easy task to shoot in various slums of Chennai. We had to wait patiently for several weeks, even to shoot one scene and incurred huge costs. The whole team, however, worked hard. All credit to the technicians who managed to shoot the movie without much hassles. Yuvan Shankar RajaÂs music is another highlight of the film.Â
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