Raveena returns to Tamil cinema after two decades with Vijay Antony's film
's new courtroom drama, Lawyer . This will be the third Tamil film for the actress, who had previously acted in Arjun Sarja's Saadhu (1994) and Kamal Haasan's Aalavandhan (2001).
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The film's director,
, tells us, 'I loved Raveena ma'am's performance in Shool (1999), and we needed an actor with her dynamic presence for our film. She and Vijay Anyony sir will have equally important roles in this film.'
Elaborating on how he approached the actress for this role, the director says, 'After Gentlewoman came on OTT, many from Bollywood called me. Since I studied at FTII, I have friends who are working in Bollywood, and that's how I reached out to her.
I told her that she'd get an idea of my work once she sees Gentlewoman , my debut film. After she saw it, I immediately narrated this film's story and she was also interested' Joshua shares that there won't be any love angle in Lawyer and adds, 'It's a slice-of-life story of a first-generation lawyer.
It focuses on the struggles of a law school graduate, played by Vijay Antony, and issues of the working class.'
The director claims that his film will show how a real courtroom functions.
'Usually, courtroom dramas deal with criminal cases, but this film deals with a civil case. It discusses a working-class issue taken up in a labour court. The courtrooms showcased in Indian movies are far removed from reality. Films like Visaaranai showcased how the police system functions, but I haven't seen many films showcasing the proper functioning of a court,' he says.
Apart from playing the protagonist, Vijay Antony will also be bankrolling and composing music for the film.
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Joshua shares, 'He contacted me after seeing Gentlewoman and said that he liked my perspective and wanted to work together.
Reflecting on his experience helming a two-heroine subject as his debut project, he says, 'A lot of trade people asked us, 'Who will come for a two-heroine film when no one even comes for a hero's films.' But the film got 50 per cent profit even though many other films released along with it.'
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