Amala Paul will essay the role of a forensic surgeon in her new Tamil movie. Directed by debutant Anoop Panicker, the movie is based on true events and involves a real-life case handled by former Kerala Police surgeon Dr B.Umadathan.
A ToI report quotes Abhilas Pillai, the scriptwriter of the movie, who said that the movie would probably be the first in India to have a forensic surgeon as the protagonist. “Amala Paul plays the role of Dr.Bhadra, who is the chief police surgeon in Tamil Nadu.”
About Dr B.Umadathan, Pillai says “He was like a mentor for us while researching and writing the script. He has been pivotal in the investigations for thousands of cases in his career including the Abhaya case and is still being consulted after his retirement. Anoop and I discussed the story with him for almost six months. We even went to the medical college to see the work of the forensic surgeons before scripting.”
While admitting that the director and he had worked on the script for close to two years, Pillai says that almost 60% of the technicians have been the ones who worked on Ratsasan. Interestingly, Amala Paul was also part of the movie and had played the female lead.
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Currently, in the process of finalizing the cast, the makers said that they are in talks with the prominent actors of the industry. About his decision to make the film in Tamil, the director says “I did my filmmaking course in Chennai and had also assisted a few debutant directors in the Tamil film industry. So this was the natural route.”
The makers are planning to start the shoot by March. Chennai and Coimbatore will serve as the main locations for the movie. The film is jointly produced by AJ Films and White Screen Media.