DIRECTOR PRABU SOLOMON INTERVIEW

To put it strongly, Kumki is set in a fresh backdrop. It is going to be a chronicler of something that has not been done before and after this if someone attempts on such lines, there would definitely be a remark that it has already featured in Kumki. And Kumki can never be slotted in any specific format. I have seen the films innumerable times at the edit desk but don’t feel the tedium at all. It is in fact getting more interesting I should say.

Also, Kumki is going to be a musical film and is going to be shaped up with music. I have done the screen play through music after a long time. Within ten minutes of commencement of the film, the musical mood will absolve you and the travel will be a gliding one till the end credits roll. We are going for a live orchestration; it is long since we used brass and horns as everything has become electronic these days. We have broken all that and are going wider for music in this film. We are not hurrying at all and post production would take its own course.

Again Sukumar is from my Myna team. When I told him about the destination of my story and wanted only natural lighting which is either early morning or towards evening. We never shot the film in top light. Love is the mood of the film. So I wanted all the frames to be like a greeting card. That’s when music will work out. Sukumar has come into my groove and will do what I ask as he understands me. He can do wonders and can work in any kind of film.

Location plays a big part in Kumki and is the actual hero of the film be it the songs or the backdrop or the village. For the Sollittaale song which was shot in Jog falls, we waited for six months. To reach the camera to the spot in the rain was a tough task. My co-directors and film fraternity told me about the difficulties. But I took it as a challenge.  We did not want to do a superficial job. We took the equipments to 1700 feet down and recorded. To reach the spot, it used to take two and a half hours and there were times when we had taken the equipments in dark. But today when I see the product in big screen, all the troubles have vanished and I am excited about the result. Ayyayyo Anandame song was shot in Kerala and Orissa border. For Onnum Puriyalai song, we covered all the yellow flowers. The detailing of the song took time to zero in on the locations. The village will appear green during the opening sequence, then it slowly turns dusty brown and during climax, the field will be ready for harvesting. So we had to wait for such seasonal change. Hence waiting for the location took its own time.