Actor Karthi and producer Lakshman Kumar of Prince Pictures are overwhelmed as Sardar has turned out to be a blockbuster. Following the film's success at the box office, producer has extended a nice gesture to the film’s director PS Mithran. Sources close to the unit of the Karthi starrer said that producer Lakshman Kumar, who is thoroughly pleased with the success of the film, has presented the film's director PS Mithran a Toyota Fortuner.
Sardar, which released on October 21, has turned out to be a hit across Tamil Nadu. According to trade reports, it has earned about Rs 85 crore, worldwide and is inching towards Rs 100 crore club. In fact, the resounding success of the film had recently prompted its makers to announce a sequel to the film.
Why Karthi said YES to Sardar
Speaking at the trailer launch event of the film, Karthi said: "When producer Lakshman made me meet director P. S. Mithran, the latter casually narrated a one-liner to me. Mithran told me that in the eighties, when the Indian government was looking to set up a team of spies, they tried to train some of those in the military to act. However, despite a lot of effort, those in the military couldn't act. That was when the think tank thought, 'Why should we strain so much? Why should we not take a theatre actor and put him in the military?' So, a theatre artiste was recruited and a team trained him and sent him to Pakistan."
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"That idea itself was stunning. A theatre artiste being converted into a spy. It was interesting. On learning about this, I asked Mithran to write the script. After a couple of revisions, Mithran came back and told me that the script had taken shape but that it had changed into a double action script. Mithran said, 'This story requires double action. Otherwise, it can't be done.' So, that was how 'Sardar' began," he added.
About Sardar
Sardar, which had Karthi playing two characters with one of them being the role of a spy, also had a crucial socially relevant message on the significance of water. Apart from Karthi, the film also featured Chunkey Pandey, Laila, Rajisha Vijayan and Raashi Khanna among others. Music for the film was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar and cinematography was by George C. Williams.
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