“My job is not to boost Srikanth’s image”

Actor Srikanth was last seen on screen in Kizhakku Kadarkarai Salai with Bhavana but the movie came a cropper at the box office. He had then signed Im to be directed by Sasi of Sollamalae fame. This project required him to sport long tresses and when he was just about ready to don the role he was dogged by issues in his personal life.

This forced the director to shelve the project and go ahead with his next venture titled Poo.

Now with Srikanth having come out of the quagmire, director Sasi has decided to include the actor in his upcoming Poo which is set in a village milieu. Srikanth is one of the few actors among the younger crop who is yet to be featured in movies set in a rural backdrop except for Joot where he plays a villager but again the film was largely set in and around Chennai. When questioned about Srikanth being cast as a villager Sasi says that story is the main hero in his films and he will not make any changes in the script to boost the image of any hero.

Sasi also adds that the film’s story is an adaptation of a novel by Sa.Tamizh Selvan and the director insists that he has even received praises from the author for his flawless adaptation which is usually not the case when a story is being used in a visual medium as most directors tend to alter the script too much to suit the audiences’ cinematic sensibilities. Poo has Malayalam actress Parvathi making her entry into Tamil. Let’s hope Tamil cinema gets an honest literary adaptation.