Today, on the 63rd birth anniversary of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the late chief of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the first look poster of the film based on his life was unveiled. Called Seerum Puli, the film is directed by G Venkatesh Kumar and stars Bobby Simiha playing the lead.
The first look poster shows Bobby Simha, seated on a chair, his legs crossed and with him hands on a tiger beside him. This is a reference to Prabhakaran, who was always seen with a tiger he had tamed and raised.
Marking the Birthday of Hon.Tamil Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran we are glad to reveal the FIRST LOOK of our Biopic on the Elite Tamil Leader titled #RagingTiger#BobbySimha portraying the Tamil leader and is written & directed by @dirvenkatesh
#seerumpuli #HBDPrabhakaran64 pic.twitter.com/T56Qw7xaQs
— Nikkil (@onlynikil) November 26, 2018
Talking about the film, director Venkatesh said, “We are planning to make a two part film. In the first part we will be focusing on the young Prabhakaran, who is lesser known to the outside world. The film will show the life of Prabhakaran from his early adulthood and how he rose up as a rebel. And later in the second part, we will portray how he became a powerful leader of the guerrilla organisation that LTTE was, and how it took a political shape.”
“Talks are going on regarding the other cast and the technicians, so it is not yet finalized,” he added. “There are women characters in the film, but they are not like heroines, they are female tigers. So even for those characters we are searching for people.” The shoot for the film will commence January 2019.
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Venkatesh’s debut feature film Neelam revolved around the Sri Lankan civil war and was banned by the CBFC. In an interview with Silverscreen earlier, the director said that he was working on the biopic. When asked about his association with Sri Lanka, he said he has a “strong connection” with the country and will reveal it when the time comes.
The film is a biopic on Prabhakaran, who protested against the post-colonial political direction of Sri Lanka. He protested against the discrimination against Tamil people by successive Sri Lankan governments. Seerum Puli joins the list of biopics made on leaders. Earlier, biopics on former Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, late Dr. MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalitha were announced.