Director Karthik Subbaraj, who worked mainly in Tamil
cinema and is known for his movies like Pizza, Petta, talked about his action
comedy film Jigarthanda DoubleX and said he is happy to see the kind of
response the movie is receiving from the audience.
He stated, “The movie got released this November 10 on
the occasion of Diwali. Since the day of release, we have been getting a
positive response. We as a team are very happy and overwhelmed with how the
audience is reacting to this film.”
The story is set in 1975. It is a prequel to Jigarthanda
(2014) and stars Raghava Lawrence and SJ Suryah. Lawrence is seen as a
gangster, who wants to challenge Tamil cinema’s traditional perceptions of skin
colour.
SJ Suryah plays a director in the film, who was
Satyajit Ray’s former assistant and aspires to make a film with Lawrence’s
character.
Jigarthanda Double X also stars Nimisha Sajayan,
Naveen Chandra, and Shine Tom Chacko in pivotal roles.
Earlier, producer Kaarthekeyen Santhanam said, “We had
a fruitful and extensive shoot spread across many locations for this big
project. We are eagerly looking forward to releasing Jigarthanda Double X for
Diwali this year.”
Director Karthik Subbaraj shared, “The film is a
creatively satisfying experience for all of us. We had shot Jigarthanda Double X in some of the most
exotic locations. I am sure we are going to present a very exciting experience
to the audience. I sincerely thank my actors, technicians and all others who
supported this huge project.”
The movie is an action gangster genre just like Jigarthanda, written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj.
National award-winning cinematographer Tirru, who
shares a great rapport with Karthik Subbaraj and worked together in films such
as Mercury and Superstar Rajinikanth-starrer Petta, is the Director of
Photography for Jigarthanda Double X.
Music for the movie is by Santhosh Narayanan who has
scored for Jigarthanda and has been part of most of Karthik’s earlier movies as
well.
ANI
