Atharvaa plays a revolutionary in Rajamohan’s next

Atharvaa plays an extended cameo as a revolutionary hero named Kaali in the film Address directed by Rajamohan . “I believe Address will give me an address,” the filmmaker begins.The movie, he says, takes inspiration from a little-known episode from post-Independence India. “ Address focuses on the struggles faced by a village, situated on the Tamil Nadu–Kerala border, which wasn’t part of either state when state boundaries were formed on the basis of language in 1956. Their struggle went on till 2016!” he says.Rajamohan shares that the narrative blends a real story with fictional elements. Actress Pooja Jhaveri is the female lead, while Esakki Barath plays a boy from North Madras. Thambi Ramiah, he says, is the “knot that connects different timelines of the film”. The filmmaker stresses that shooting was logistically tough. “We had to travel eight kilometres to a village called Vellagavi from Kodaikanal. There still isn’t a bus which can take you there. So, we had to put up a tent.”The film’s story is deeply personal for the director. “I’m from the Kanniyakumari border, and people who live there face such problems regularly,” he shares.