Parthiban after a short slump has decided to return to what he does best, direction. The talented artiste is coming out with a commercial film titled poetically Kudaikkul Mazhai. Though love is the main aspect of the film, screenplay has been made in a new fashion, which was not used hitherto. He is playing the role of Venkatakrishnan who is an auto driver. Madhumitha from Hyderabad, debutes as Parthiban’s love interest. While talking about the film the director says, “The film has an interesting story line combined with fantasy and lovely music. A ravishingly beautiful 18-year-old girl falls for an auto driver and wants to marry him. But does he reciprocate his feelings? Watch out in the film”.
It is interesting to note that rain and telephone play important roles and the entire film was shot with a steady cam and 435 camera, using sophisticated technique. Shooting took place mostly in the night. Parthiban took care of even the minute details in the movie. He dons 6 different getups which is a perfect blend of sentiment with lively action. And to give authenticity to his different looks he had a hairstylist specially flown in from Mumbai. It took him 6 months and after seeing about 50 houses to decide upon an ideal house in Pallavaram. The art director R.K.Vijaymurugan modified the house for over a month to suit the storyline. Different aspects of the movie like the screenplay, music, camera and art direction was discussed to the last detail before shooting commenced. Karthik Raja scores music and Illayaraja has sung the song ‘Adiye Kiliye’, the lyrics of which is written by Parthiban. All promotional banners are being directly supervised by Parthiban under his ad company ‘Gossip’.
The first step of Kudaikkul Mazhai is already a success where Parthiban surprises the viewers by his speech in the movie trailers. ‘It has already gained the first position in the trailer section’, claims the director. Cinematography is by B.L. Sanjay and the stunt director is Super Subburayan. The film is produced by Parthiban’s own banner Biascope Films Framers.