Produced
jointly by Vijaykant and brother-in-law Sudhish, for Captain cine creations, 'Narasimha'
has Vijaykant paired with Isha Kopikar. The model and actress from Mumbai had
earlier acted with Arvind Swamy in 'Enn Swasa Kattre' and in another film with
Prashant. A film with Kartik was signed a long time back and shooting also went
on for some time. But one never heard of the project again. Isha now re-enters
the Tamil film scene with this Vijaykant film. The supporting cast has Napoleon,
Ranjit, Thalaivasal Vijay, Venu Arvind, Nasser and Kazan Khan. N. S. Verghese,
from Malayalam films, is introduced as a villain here. Ramya Krishnan has been
roped in for a single dance number. The film is being directed by Thirupathisamy,
assistant to Suresh Krishna, who has done films in Telugu. Music is scored by
Mani Sharma. He is Chennai-based and this is his first Tamil film. But Sharma is
the leading music composer of Telugu films, and has even won the State Govt.
awards for his tunes. Cinematography is by Bhupathi, an alumnus of the film
institute. While the film's story is written by G. V. Kumar, the sets are
designed by G.K., and stunts arranged by Rocky Rajesh. The first schedule took place at Chennai after
which the unit shifted to Kerala for the second schedule. Guruvayur, the temple
city, was the location for some scenes shot that saw Vijaykant fighting with
some rowdy elements. The style of fight that Rocky Rajesh used was that of 'Kalari'
- typical of Kerala. The ambience created was one of 'Onam' festival being
celebrated and the rowdies taking on Vijaykant. It had Vijaykant appearing in
the 'Narasimha' avatar and warding away 20 stuntmen, all dressed as 'Nambodiris'.
The fights were picturised for three days. The unit shifted to Delhi and then to Kolkata. A
romantic scene was shot on Vijaykant and Isha with the Tajmahal as the backdrop.
Fifty dancers took part and it took three days to shoot the song. A fight scene,
where Vijaykant is chased by the villains, was also shot on the roads of Delhi.
Thirty jeeps and twenty cars were used for the scene. The unit members narrated
how the pedestrians and the general public stood awed by the sight of so many
jeeps and cars on the road. In Kolkata, another fight scene was shot on the hero
and villains, this time in a running tram. Four cameras were used for the
purpose. Vijaykant, Ranjit and Sharat Saxena from Hindi, took part. The 'Kalari'
fight choreographed by Rocky Rajesh is said to be one of the highlights of the
film.
Narasimha
(Vijaykant - Isha Kopikar)