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Pokkisham Tamil Movie, Cheran’s ‘Pokkisham’ released , The effort gone into re-creating 1970 is apparent; rupee notes, buses, stationery, calendars and magazines work to bring an authentic feel to the movie, while Cheran and Padmapriya, clearly the stars of the show, have come together to deliver a realistic, touching performance. Vijaykumar and Ilavarasu, together with a whole batch of Bengali-speakers form a perfect backdrop.
Pure romance might be a bit difficult to swallow for commercial movie-buffs but if you let yourself adjust to the pace, Pokkisham is certainly worth a watch.
The team hired old buses and totally changed the exterior and seats to make them look like those old model buses. They worked almost day and night for 4 days to get them fixed! They wanted an old fashioned house for the hero’s home. And they looked for it in areas like Mylapore where old fashioned houses are available, but the owners refused to give the house for shooting. Finally they found a house in Gopichettypalayam and recreated that old feel by replacing each and every article of the house and the look of the whole street.
Can you believe that the team got special permission to print those inland letters and acknowledgement cards which were available during 1970s? They also printed special series of the old model diaries, calendars, books, notes, posters, bus tickets, bread covers which were used in the film. Emblems of old dailies like Theekadhir and Janasakthi were got from their old office and duplicates of those news papers were prepared.
Not only the articles and places, even the look of the people needed a lot of homework. The ‘kumkum’ that the heroine once uses is the original handmade one. The bangles of the heroine, ‘dhupatti’ (long cloth used by Muslim ladies in Nagoor), hairstyle and the clothes of the hero and others in the film were all specially designed to suit that period.
Of course, the whole process must have cost a big deal of patience and money. Let’s see if ‘Pokkisham’ will be a true treasure for Tamil cinema.