Director Shankar is known for his larger-than-life canvases on the big screen. Now, it looks like his former associate Mathivannan (who assisted him from Mudhalvan to Sivaji ) is following his footsteps with his debut venture 'Aridhu Aridhu'. The movie, which was shot for 40 days in Australia has a huge cast of Australians and a technical crew from there as well. “We shot in Melbourne in the heart of the city and a lot of research and planning went into getting the right locations and permissions,” says Mathivannan. And bearing the brunt of the costs for this debut venture of a new director and new lead pair, Harish and Uttara, is J Jayakrishnan of JK Creations. “I've completely beleived in the story and a foreign locale was necessary,” says the producer.
“It's a film about terrorism, told in an entertaining way and no guns have been used,” says Mathivannan. Narrating an incident in Australia, Mathivannan says, “We shot an anti-terrorism demonstration scene with 500 Australians. Though we had permission, a cop stopped us and told us not to make any noise. So we shot it in silence, using lip sync and added the dubbed voices later. He was very impressed by the orderliness of the unit,” beams Mathivannan. While Harish is studying Visual Communication in Loyola, heroine Uttara is a New Zealand-based Tamilian who has never been to Tamil Nadu. “But she speaks fluent Tamil,” assures the director.
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