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'Yennai...' was meant to have traces of my past films: Gautham Menon
Filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon, who is currently basking in the
success of his latest Tamil release "Yennai Arindhaal", says the film
was meant to have traces of his earlier films because it was part of a
trilogy.
Ajith Kumar-starrer "Yennai Arindhaal" is the third film
in the police franchise after "Kaakha Kaakha" and "Vettaiyaadu
Vilaiyaadu".
"Though I'm happy with the response to the film,
I've been hearing the feedback that 'Yennai Arindhaal' has traces of my
earlier films. It was meant to be like that. Since it's part of a
trilogy, hence the reference to the other two films in the franchise,"
Gautham told IANS.
"All of us were aware of this fact, including
Ajith. The lead character in 'Yennai Arindhaal' is like an extension of
the protagonists of 'Kaakha Kaakha' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'," he
said.
Ajith played Satyadev IPS in the film, which released Feb 5 and which has been adjudged a hit.
"If
you were to take Satyadev's character, it's like the older version of
Suriya's character from 'Kaakha Kaakha'. Suriya as Anbuselvan, say
fifteen years later, could be Satyadev. All three films are about these
three policemen with similar characteristics," he added.
Also
starring Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty and Arun Vijay, "Yennai
Arindhaal" has raked in over Rs.60 crore at the box office.
Gautham also has plans for a sequel to "Yennai Arindhaal".
"Right
from the beginning, there was always a plan that in case the film does
really well and people like Ajith's character, we could get into a
sequel and take this journey forward," he said.
"Satyadev is no
longer a police officer, so the story can be devoid of all the police
activities. I would like to take up this story and I'm sure Ajith will
also be interested if I convince him with a good screenplay," he added.