Now Vishal is all set to return with a bang Thoranai. It is said to be a ‘search drama’ “You could describe it so,” laughs Vishal. Thoranai is the story of a man who comes to the city looking for his lost brother. Surprisingly, the debacle of Sathyam hasn’t deterred its hero from teaming up with a first-time helmsman once again. “I’ve always been working with new directors. And I stand by Rajasekar. I feel he worked to the best of his ability,” he reasons. Sad that his best wasn’t good enough! But at some point the output ought to have rung a warning bell — after all Sathyam was a home production. “Let’s be practical. We are filmmakers, not astrologers.”Vishal avers that he goes by his gut feeling when accepting or rejecting an offer. “Intuition decides my career moves,” he smiles. Vishal prefers to work in one film at a time. “Working in a film is like being with a girlfriend. You have to be loyal to it till it lasts,” he laughs aloud. Before Sathyam he had plans of donning the director’s cap. “But post Sathyam I decided I needed more time.”
Much of the shooting of Thoranai is taking place in Hyderabad. Incidentally, the film is a bi-lingual — it will be called Pista in Telugu. Working in two languages simultaneously should have its advantages, “Yes … and disadvantages too,” he smiles. “The work is two-fold as we shoot with a different cast (except of course the main players) for each language and we have to find a script that would appeal to the tastes of filmgoers in both the States. The advantage is that you cater for a wider audience and hence the popularity is more.” The Thoranai unit is moving to Ladakh for shoot. “I’m excited. I’ve always wanted to shoot in the Himalayas,” says Vishal. With a home production backing him to the hilt, anything is possible.
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