Manoharudu is a Tamil upcoming movie which is about to be released on Diwali. The movie has been retiled as ‘I’. This is expected to be an action packed romantic thriller. This movie casts Vikram and Amy Jackson in lead roles. The title of the movies means king, beauty and poison. With latest teasers and wallpapers that have been released the title suggests about the role of Vikram, lead actor, in the movie. Shankar’s directed this movie is expected to break all records. The posters also reveal the perfection that has been granted by the director to the film.
Storyline of the Upcoming Blockbuster
From the teasers and reports on the movie the storyline seems to revolve around revenge. It mainly seems being related to a scam. Most sources have guessed it to be a health care scam movie. The action and drama are superb. The makeup worn by the artists and specially Vikram is mind blowing. The major attraction of this film seems to be the action, comedy and drama. Vikram also shares a few fight sequences with Mr. Asia 2014 Sayed Siddiq. This movie is being expected to be a major block buster and is expected to elevate the heights of Tamil cinema.
Filming and Music
Filming of the movie ‘I’ started in 2012 with poster photo shoots. After that the crew moved on to China for the shoot of a few stunt scenes. Most of the shooting has been carried out in China, Bangkok, Kodaikanal, Jodhpur, Pollachi and Chennai. A lot of effort has gone into shooting this movie. A 5 min song starring Amy Jackson was shot in 40 days. Apart from this actors have worked even harder for the movie. Vikram will be seen as a 50kg man in the first half and as 110 kg man in the second half of the movie. The songs are soothing and have a charismatic approach. A.R. Rahman has left a melody in all the songs. The music launch happened on 15th of September. Arnold Schwarzenegger was also present at the music launch of the movie.
Cast and Crew
The lead roles have been assigned to Vikram and Amy Jackson. Malayalam superstar Suresh Gopi is also a part of the movie. Other essential roles are played by Ramkumar Ganesan and Srinivasan. Apart from this Santhanam and Upen Patel are in supporting roles. Crew consists of director Shankar, producer Venu Ravichandran, D. Ramesh Babu, and Shankar. The screenplay and dialogues are done by Subha. Music direction has been done by A.R. Rahman. The movie is edited by Anthony and cinematography is done by P.C. Sreeram.
Budget and Marketing of the Blockbuster
Manoharudu is a heavy budget movie. The overall budget ranges about 1.85 billion. This mega budget film has turned out to be the costliest movie in Indian Cinema industry. The shooting of this movie has been completed after 2 years and eight months of extensive shoot. The makeup artists were paid two lakhs per day. Lots of pancakes have been used in this movie. Apart from this Vikram has worn heavy makeup. Marketing of the movie is on heights these days. The official motion teaser released in September this year crossed over one million views in just first three days.