Ask
Ramesh Venkat of Eruma Sani fame about his experience directing his debut film, the horror-comedy
Odavum Mudiyathu Oliyavum Mudiyathu
, and he immediately corrects us, “This is a comedy-horror, and not a horror-comedy. It’s a horror story, but the way we’ve treated it will evoke a lot of laughs and not scare you.”
The film features several YouTube artistes from various channels, including
Vijay,
Harija
,
Gopi
,
Sudhakar,
Vignesh,
Augustine
and
Sha Ra. Ask Ramesh if there were ego clashes, and he says with a laugh, “Not at all. We knew each other for a long time. We’ve done events together, and have played cricket matches as well. We’ve visited each other’s channels to work on contents. When I pitched the idea for this film, they didn’t even ask for a narration!”
He adds, “We shot the movie entirely in Chennai — on ECR and in Valasaravakkam. Major portions have been shot in two theatres in Otteri.”
Though Ramesh has been involved in short films for a while now, he says shooting a commercial film was a different thing altogether. “We knew the technical aspect of filming and have creative ideas, but the film atmosphere was very different. I have never heard of call sheets before. I initially didn’t know that if we shoot after 6pm, it’s called double call sheet. When we filmed shots, we could place the camera anywhere and just shoot. But now, I was asked to take permission formally. It was a little different for the first 10 days, but then, I learnt the ropes and thoroughly enjoyed shooting for the film,” he signs off.
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