PremiumChiyaan Vikram shot for Thangalaan despite suffering a major injury, reveals Pa Ranjith
Thangalaan, the Chiyaan Vikram starrer directed Pa Ranjith, is gearing up for its release. At the recently held audio launch event, the filmmaker opened up about their journey with the film.
Chiyaan Vikram and Pa Ranjith on the sets of Thangalaan
Last Updated: 11.04 AM, Aug 06, 2024
Thangalaan, the period action drama marks the first onscreen collaboration of Chiyaan Vikram and director Pa Ranjith. The project, which was delayed multiple times previously, is now finally set to hit the theatres on August 15, 2024, on the special occasion of Independence Day. At the recently held Thangalaan audio launch, director Pa Ranjith extensively spoke about making the film and revealed leading Vikram shot for the film even after suffering a bad injury.
Vikram shot for Thangalaan with an injury, reveals Pa Ranjith
In his emotional speech during the Thangalaan audio launch, director Pa Ranjith revealed that Chiyaan Vikram shot for the highly anticipated film even after suffering a major rib injury. This incident happened when the team decided to reshoot a fight sequence after wrapping up the entire filming process of the period drama. Despite suffering the injury and going through so much pain, the leading man continued shooting for the action sequence, which eventually came out well.
According to Pa Ranjith, he was feeling very emotional and guilty about putting Chiyaan Vikram through such physical stress. At some points, the filmmaker found it hard to watch the actor perform and ended up asking his assistants to check on the actor instead. Ranjith revealed that he approved the scenes by just watching the rushes on the monitor and never dared to look directly at the actor perform. The filmmaker later apologised to the National Award-winning actor for ‘torturing’ him so much.
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Chiyaan Vikram plays the titular role in Thangalaan. Parvathy Thiruvothu, Pasupathy, Malavika Mohanan, Daniel Caltagirone, Harikrishnan Anbudurai, and others play the other pivotal roles. GV Prakash Kumar has composed the songs and original score. Kishor Kumar is the director of photography. Selva RK handles the editing. Thangalaan is jointly produced by Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Productions and Studio Green.
The period action drama is expected to be streamed on Netflix after completing its theatrical run.