Ponniyin Selvan: I Actor Chiyaan Vikram Opens up on His Unconventional Choices
Chiyaan Vikram on Playing Unconventional Roles: As somebody who grew up in a “cocoon kind of a set up”, actor Chiyaan Vikram stated cinema gave him an opportunity to stay life via characters which are poles aside from his actual self. Be it the temperamental Sethu in Sethu, social animal Chithan in Pithamagan or a person affected by a number of persona dysfunction in Anniyan (Aparichit), Vikram has constructed a repertoire for taking part in distinct and off-center characters in films. The actor, whose actual title is Kennedy John Victor, stated artwork was all the time an escape for him from his inflexible upbringing.Also Read – Ahead of Ponniyin Selvan: I Release, Canada Theatre Owners Receive Threat Mails: ‘Will Tear up Your Screen’
“I studied in the boarding school where if I didn’t go to church I’d get beaten or stuff like that. It was all very strict. I’ve been in a cocoon kind of a set up all my life. The only way I could actually express myself was through the arts, through singing or drawing. I used to try everything and drama was what got me really excited when I was in third standard,” Vikram informed PTI in an interview. The 56-year-old actor stated since childhood, he had the craving to tackle characters that had been distinctively completely different from his persona. Also Read – Ponniyin Selvan I: Prior To Upcoming Historical Drama, These Films Of Mani Ratnam And Aishwarya Rai Impressed Audience – Watch Video
“I’ve always wanted to do very different characters. Maybe it was because that’s not me. Even now, I go crazy when I’m with people I’m comfortable with or it has something to do with my craft, otherwise I’m a little closed. So I think, that could be a reason where I feel I want to explore something that’s not me and be all those people that I can never be. So, I gravitate towards those kinds of roles all the time.” It was this need to take diversified components that led him to ace director Mani Ratnam, who first labored with the actor on his acclaimed film “Raavanan”. Also Read – Ponniyin Selvan Actor Vikram Says Being Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is ‘Very Difficult’: ‘Wasn’t Just About Beauty’
Ratnam, Vikram stated, has had an amazing affect on him as a performer. “Mani came and changed the cinema on its head. As someone who has not worked with any other director, Mani learned a lot from others’ mistakes. So all of us have been blessed to work with him,” he added. The duo’s newest collaboration is “Ponniyin Selvan-I”, a movie that gave Vikram an opportunity to journey again in time. “I think every actor would love to do some historical characters or some kind of historical film. It is because you want to be a part of the past in some way,” he stated.
Based on writer Kalki Krishnamurthy’s 1955 Tamil novel of the identical title, the movie tells the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman, one of the vital highly effective kings within the south who went on to develop into the good Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I within the tenth century. Vikram performs the position of Aditha Karikalan, the crown prince and the commander of Northern troops in Sundara Chola’s reign. The actor stated his course of to play Karikalan, a personality with a darkish previous, was much like the one he tailored whereas essaying the position of Veeraiya in Raavanan. “He is like Raavanan and what I did in that. But here he’s somebody who’s that plus he’s also the crown prince. So it changes the whole canvas certainly for me and goes into another zone,” he added.
The movie additionally options Jayam Ravi as Arulmozhivarman, Trisha Krishnan as Kundavai, Karthi as Vallavaraiyan Vanthiyathevan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Nandini. Vikram stated the film turned out to be a uncommon collaborative expertise. “It’s a very rare thing to feel comfortable and not feel threatened by your co-actors. It’s very rare that you want them to excel in what they’re doing and want to keep up with that.” The actor praised the performances of his co-stars Ravi and Karthi. “Karthi carries the whole film on his shoulder. The whole story goes through his character… It’s not straight at all, there are so many ups and downs. It’s a crazy trip for him. It’s a trippy character. And Ravi’s character is again something else, very different where he’s so composed and he’s so calm but there’s so much confusion and so many things going on in his head. At the same time, he has to be princely. And so these are roles that as actors you really want to get into,” Vikram stated.
Ponniyin Selvan can be the primary pan-India mission of the actor, who has additionally labored in Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. While he has completed two Hindi movies — Raavan and Bejoy Nambiar’s David, the actor has by no means completed a Kannada film. “When you see Ponniyin Selvan, don’t think that this is a Tamil film. It is an Indian film. It is part of our culture… I was there for the dubbing of my character for all the languages, and we made sure that the movie sounds authentic in Kannada or Hindi,” Vikram stated.
Ponniyin Selvan is backed by Ratnam’s manufacturing home Madras Talkies and Allirajah Subaskaran’s banner Lyca Productions. Music maestro AR Rahman has present the music with cinematography by Ravi Varman.
— Except for the headline and excerpt, this story is taken from PTI
