Meet the team of ‘Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum’
The Hindu
Debut director Arisil Moorthy, along with lead actors Ramya Pandian and Mithun Manickam, discuss their Tamil film Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum
Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum (RaRa), more than anything, is a coming together of people who have been through a journey of their own, starting with its director Arisil Moorthy.
Arisil’s stint as assistant director includes films such as En Swasa Kaatre (1999). In the 20-odd years that transpired in between, he worked with filmmaker Jayendra Panchapakesan in ad films, started his own advertisement company and then assisted in Telugu films.
But the fear of settling as an assistant set in, says Moorthy. He soon came under the wing of filmmaker Sudha Kongara during the making of Suriya-starrer Soorarai Pottru. “That is how I became associated with 2D Entertainment [Jyotika and Suriya’s production house],” he says, over a roundtable interaction along with RaRa’s lead actors, Ramya Pandian and Mithun Manickam.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
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