Titled Maayakkannadi, his new movie, has Navya Nair playing the lady lead. Why he chose Navya when most of the leading ladies of Tamil would have been willing to work with him? Well, the answer is quite simple; this is not the first time that they are working together. They have recently worked for an offbeat film called Aadum Koothu which is reportedly being touted as material good enough for film festivals, of course, there will be a theatrical release after the film finishes it’s round of the festivals. This previous experience of having worked together might have prompted Cheran to go for Navya.

Experiments with looks
Cheran is said to have experimented with his looks too. He is all set to appear before the audience as a typical fashion conscious youth. Now, will this suit Cheran? Knowing the amount of care that he takes into every detail of a film, one can trust him to look just right for this character. The film is said to be shaping out really well. But the ride has not been all that smooth for Cheran who had been beset by problems on and of the sets.

An unwanted publicity
On location, it was the incident involving Navya and a side artiste Priya. A quarrel that started over a silly matter of cell phone usage and finally ended in Cheran slapping the side artiste to keep his heroine happy. This created unwanted publicity for the movie. But as they say ‘ any publicity is good publicity’. But this incident was very much avoidable, as Cheran must have felt later.

Sleepless nights
But this was just the smaller of the issues that have been haunting Cheran. Nisha, the girl who had publicly accused Cheran and director Thangar Bacchan of cheating her with false promises of film offers and eventually raping her, is in the news once again. The issue had been lying low for some time, but it seems to have surfaced again and this could be a serious headache for Cheran and his associate. The accusations true or false are certainly giving Cheran a few sleepless nights.

Yet, positive vibes
We hope that this does not reflect in his upcoming movie. That apart, the movie seems to be getting very positive vibes from all around. Cheran was the director who proved with his films that there is no such thing as a formula and that good films will be accepted by the audience, irrespective of the starcast or absence of songs and fights. Hope that his success continues in the same vein.

Maestro is there…
The music of the movie is sure to enchant, as it is being done by none other than Ilaiyaraja, who was reportedly very impressed with the script. Veteran Panchu Arunachalam’s son Srinivasan is producing the movie under the banner of Chellamai Celluloid. Dwarakanath handles the camera for the movie.

All together a very impressive team headed by a confident leader. Success may just be waiting to happen. All the best.