Eesan to hit screens on December 17

After the path-breaking Subramaniapuram and the super hit Naadodigal (made in Telugu as Sambo Siva Sambo), director-actor-writer M. Sasikumar is back with his next directorial venture titled Easan. Reportedly the film is a thriller based on Chennai’s night life. The shooting is almost complete and the film will grace theatres on December 17.

Music composed by James Vasanthan was released recently. After completing Easan, Sasikumar will star in Samudrakani’s next. Interestingly Easan has 15 important characters, including Vaibhav, Samudrakani, Abhinaya, debutante Aparna, Mahanadhi Tulasi, Niranjan and Nammo Narayana.

The film will also mark the onscreen debut of producer Alagappan and Malayalam director Blessy. “There are no heroes or heroines in the film; there are only characters and all the characters play important roles,” Sasikumar said in a press meet recently.

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Sasikumar banned entry into pub

Sasikumar said that he was not permitted entry into a five star pub because he did not have a pair. There are night club scenes in the film Eesan directed by Sasikumar. Until the commencement of the shooting of this film, Sasikumar has never been to a night club.

Sasikumar while speaking about this said,” Till the commencement of this film, I have never had the experience of night club. So cameraman Karthik, Samudrakani and I had been to a five star night club. But the security said that we cannot go inside without a girl friend or lover.

So we were disappointed. So we went in search of another pub. We were sitting there up to 11 pm. But there was no partying there. So since we had heard that the parties will begun only after midnight, we were waiting.

The waiter came and told us that they are going to close down the pub. We asked him whether there will be party. He replied that parties will be there only on Friday and Saturday and since this is Sunday, there will be no party. So this was also an experience.”

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Director Sasikumar’s ‘Easan’ music launched in style

Director Sasikumar has made huge fans to follow him just with his single direction of ‘Subramaniapuram’. After couple of years, he is back with ‘Easan’. This time, the complete film is set in backdrops of Chennai City as the story revolves around the good and bad shades of Chennai.

Recently the film’s audio was launched at Sathyam Cinemas that had coming together of filmmakers from various regional film industries. Director Renjith of Malayalam film industry, Yograj Bhat of Kannada film industry, Bollywood’s Anurag Kashyap, director Ameer and Bala were present along with ace filmmaker K. Balachandran.

Every filmmaker who spoke on the occasion appreciated Sasikumar’s ability to create a revival in Tamil cinema. Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap announced that his next film in Hindi based on the same concept of ‘Subramaniapuram’. Singing praises of Bala’s ‘Naan Kadavul’, he said, “Soon after watching the film, I went to the same locations where he shot the film and was driven crazy to see there were no places to fix the camera and how come Bala achieved it.”

The film has the musical score by James Vasanthan, who previously scored music for Sasikumar’s ‘Subramaniapuram’.

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Director Sasikumar becomes hero again

Sasikumar after acting in Nadodigal is directing a film titled Eesan. But he is not acting in this. But he will be doing the lead role in the film titled Poraali. Sasi Kumar while speaking said,” Eesan is a city subject.

People are asking about this. In a city, good will happen as well as bad. But we cannot speculate when this will happen. This is the crux of the film. Vaibhav, Samudrakani, Nadodigal Abhinaya and Aparna are in the cast.

Apart from them some of the characters will come and go. The audio is to be launched next month. The film is to hit the screens during the month of December.

The story of this film was ready during the shooting of Nadodigal itself. It was decided at that time itself that Abhinaya will act in this film. Next I am doing the lead role in the film Poraali directed by Samudrakani. The shooting of this film will commence in the month of January.”

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‘Easan is not based one particular incident in Chennai, but many’ – Sasikumar

Sasikumar has sharp details in all his films. Be his very debut directorial ‘Subramaniapuram’ or his other production ‘Pasanga’, he had something to touch on grounds of reality. This time, it will be better than his best. Yes, Sasikumar has jumped into a different ground of making his next film. It will not be a village based film as he focuses into the night life of Chennai.

Couple of songs and trailer screened during the audio launch of ‘Easan’ had raised some questions amongst the special invitees. During one of the pub songs, it is seen that a girl is being harassed by couple of guys in the pub. So is it based on the same incident that happened before few years in Chennai?

Ask Sasikumar and he says, ‘Not at all. It is not based on such an incident. But various incidents that has been shocking the city… I want to make it clear that the film is not only about the night life of Chennai, but it touches various grounds. Just as the audiences walk out of theatres, they will be shocked.’

With such a confident statement from Sasikumar, we can expect that he has something big in store for this time as well.

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