National Award-winning Tamil filmmaker Vetri Maaran's latest film, Viduthalai: Part 1, continues to be the talk of the town after it opened in cinemas worldwide on March 31. The period crime drama film produced by Elred Kumar's RS Infotainment banner stars comedy actor Soori in his debut as a hero and 'Makkal Selvan' Vijay Sethupathi in an extended cameo as a revolutionary leading a separatist group, with music composed by 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja. With Viduthalai now out in theatres, associate director Jagadeesa Pandiyan, who has worked with Vetri Maaran, has now opened up during an exclusive interview with Galatta on the filmmaker's plans for the first of the two-parter film's OTT release.
Regarding how Vetri Maaran keeps working on the editing till the last minute of the film's release, Jagadeesa Pandiyan has informed about the hit director's plans to present an extended version of Viduthalai: Part 1 on OTT. He said, "Vetri sir himself has said that he can make this film better if he had three more days. The film you've watched is the 200th version. I'm not trying to exaggerate, but the film has been edited to that extent. Either we will tell something about the film or a famous personality or his friends will watch it and he will tell them to come in the evening and see it again. What I watched yesterday, will not be there today. And, what I watch today, will not be there tomorrow."
Speaking about Viduthalai: Part 1's premiere on streaming, Jagadeesa Pandiyan revealed, "He (Vetri Maaran) has begun work on the OTT release and it will be a different version of the film. When I say it will be a different version, the film will be the same and there will be additions. He creates the film on the editing table. Despite having written the script, shot the film, and done all the work, he will always keep us on our feet and say that the story is yet to click with him. He will say this on the editing table 15 days before the film's release. His judgment at the choice of scenes to be in the film and the manner in which they need to be presented (will be sharp). I've been observing the way he works from his first film. Even if we tell him that a scene is really good, he will not show any excitement. There will be talented actors doing their job climbing hills during the shooting, but he will say those visuals will not be there in the film. But, he will include those reactions in some other scene, and all of this is his calculation. He has that knowledge."
Watch associate director Jagadeesa Pandiyan talk about Vetri Maaran's Viduthalai: Part 1 below:
