Dinesh's 'Irandam Ulaga Porin Kadaisi Gundu' Press Meet | Pa.Ranjith | Anandhi | Riythvika | sicp
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Date: 2019-11-21

Dinesh's 'Irandam Ulaga Porin Kadaisi Gundu' Press Meet | Pa.Ranjith | Anandhi | Riythvika | sicp

Produced by director Pa Ranjith, the film’s cast has ‘Attakathi’ Dinesh, Anandhi and Riythvika

A worker at a scrap dealership, who toils day-in-and-day-out, enters into a conflict with his boss over the pittance of a wage he is being paid. It leads to a struggle, and a revolt by workers. But if you thought the problems ended there, the scrap workers unearth an unexploded ordnance, a relic from the second world war that threatens to erase their very existence.

This seems to be the intriguing storyline behind Attakathi Dinesh-starrer Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu. The trailer for his upcoming film was uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday.

The video opens with tense music leading us into a compound where the scrap dealership operates. We are then shown blood that is spattered across the ground. Dirt and rusty nails are dumped all over it, and it is business as usual. A voice over, which happens in the backdrop of a village temple festival, seems to suggest that the story is set in Ponneri (or Tondaimandalam, a reference to the Pallava-era period). A brute scrap dealer exploits his workers for low wages, and abuses them physically when they ask for a raise. Meanwhile, the workers discover the bomb and what follows forms the rest of the storyline.

Produced by director Pa Ranjith, Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu’s cast includes Anandhi, Riythvika, Ramesh Thilak and Munishkanth among others. Directed by Athiyan Athirai, the film’s cinematography is by Kishor Kumar while Tenma scores the music. The film is expected to release soon.

From working at a scrap shop to directing 'Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu', filmmaker Athiyan Athirai has taken the long route to prominence in Tamil cinema

There is no bigger struggle than toiling to get by in life.

Yet for many, says Athiyan Athirai, an operose journey in life is no guarantee of climbing the ladder of social upliftment.

“Compared to them, the hardships that people like me in the film industry endure is nothing. It is one reason why I do not prefer to talk about how I have struggled for opportunities,” says Athiyan, 36, the director of Pa Ranjith’s second production venture, Irandam Ulaga Porin Kadaisi Gundu, scheduled for release in November.

Born in Siruvalayam village, Villupuram district, Athiyan (his last name is his partner’s first name) — a post graduate in Tamil language — followed his dream of making it in Tamil cinema and landed in Chennai nearly 10 years ago.

He recollects that he spent five months chasing filmmakers for opportunities. When he did get one, he managed to get himself fired in under 15 hours.

“I learnt that we observe people in cinema from a distance, and that is why they appear different. Up close, when you learn their pluses and minuses, there will be problems,” Athiyan says, revealing the reason why he was let go.

“I called the director thozhar (comrade). He was aghast that I did not call him ‘Ji’ instead. He told me ‘You’re a leftist. I cannot get any work done out of you’ and fired me,” he adds.

War and politics

Though his film’s trailer may have given us all the impression of a “serious film”, Athiyan clarifies that Gundu fits into the black comedy genre.

“You will be laughing from beginning to end. It is a film about the working class and, yes, it does speak politics. But it is also a travel movie, and it has a message that will resonate anywhere in the world... be it Kerala, Karnataka or Colombia,” he says.

A distaste for subjects as plain as vanilla was what made Athiyan despise the inner workings of Tamil cinema. That said, discussing politics in mainstream films too has not gone over well with the ruling class. Athiyan does not mince words when asked on the calls to rinse cinema clean of politics.

“Nothing in this world is clear of politics. There is politics in not wanting politics to be discussed in films. The ruling class uses the courts, police and military for safekeeping the laws that benefit them, which is then used to protect its interests and estate. It is natural, then, for them to fear contrarian views. For centuries and across civilisations, the ruling elite have lived off the blood and sweat of others. But change is important. And unless you change with the society, you will be thrown out in favour of a new social hierarchy. We have already witnessed this in our history,” he says.

Gundu has Attakathi Dinesh and Anandhi in the lead alongside Riythvika, Ramesh Thilak and Munishkanth among others.

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