Lakshmy Ramakrishnan

Ready to return to Tamil cinema after a 16-year hiatus, Madhoo admits the industry has become better equipped with technology but rues how the soul of some films gets lost in the "gloss and fanfare".

From a bus conductor to one of the most admired and worshipped actor in the world, the story of Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, later rechristened Rajinikanth, could very well make a good script for a blockbuster movie.

With Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's Aarohanam, you can proudly bid adieu to cliched Tamil cinema and wait patiently for many such films to come and sweep you off your feet.

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, director of Tamil drama Aarohanam, which will release October 26 after months of delay, feels her biggest reward will be the audience's response.

Veteran Tamil actress Lakshmy Ramakrishnan has moved to direction with Aarohanam, a low budget film about a free-spirited woman that was loved by critics but is yet to reach the big screen. That it was made in just Rs.33.5 lakh actually worked against the film, she says.

Ready to return to Tamil cinema after a 16-year hiatus, Madhoo admits the industry has become better equipped with technology but rues how the soul of some films gets lost in the "gloss and fanfare".

From a bus conductor to one of the most admired and worshipped actor in the world, the story of Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, later rechristened Rajinikanth, could very well make a good script for a blockbuster movie.

With Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's Aarohanam, you can proudly bid adieu to cliched Tamil cinema and wait patiently for many such films to come and sweep you off your feet.

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, director of Tamil drama Aarohanam, which will release October 26 after months of delay, feels her biggest reward will be the audience's response.

Veteran Tamil actress Lakshmy Ramakrishnan has moved to direction with Aarohanam, a low budget film about a free-spirited woman that was loved by critics but is yet to reach the big screen. That it was made in just Rs.33.5 lakh actually worked against the film, she says.