RJ
Balaji
add essed
talki g
poi ts
su ou di g
his
ece t
film
‘Ka uppu,’
while
also
ope i g
up
about
his
app oach
to
comedy
a d
filmmaki g.
The
acto -di ecto
i te acted
with
fa s
of
his
popula
podcast.
His
ca did
co ve satio
touched
upo
a
sce e
f om
‘Mookuthi
Amma ,’
visual
effects
i
‘Ka uppu’,
a d
the
i spi atio
behi d
the
film’s
climax.
His
humo ous
expla atio s
offe ed
a
glimpse
i to
the
decisio s
made
du i g
the
filmmaki g
p ocess.
RJ
Balaji
explai s
‘Mookuthi
Amma ‘
efe e ce
i
‘Ka uppu’
O e
discussed
mome t
was
a
sce e
i
‘Ka uppu’
whe e
a
cha acte
appea s
to
ask
fo
th ee
tickets
fo
‘Mookuthi
Amma .’
Speaki g
at
Spotify’s
‘Pacha
Satta
–
The
Resu ge ce’
eve t,
RJ
Balaji
cla ified
that
the
sce e
was
i te tio ally
i cluded
as
a
efe e ce
to
his
ow
film.
“The e
is
a
sce e
whe e
they
ask
fo
th ee
tickets
fo
Mookuthi
Amma .
That
was
a
logical
mistake.
But
that
film
was
ot
eleased
i
theat es.
I
k ew
that
myself.
If
I
had
used
a othe
di ecto ’s
film,
they
might
have
wo de ed
why
I
was
maki g
fu
of
thei
film.
So,
to
avoid
a y
t ouble,
I
used
my
ow
film,”
he
said.
He
also
spoke
about
some
visual
effects
i
the
film,
admitti g
that
fou
shots
a ou d
the
i te val
we e
ot
up
to
the
expected
sta da d
i itially.
The
filmmake
added
with
humou
that
the
budget
also
played
a
ole
i
how
the
climax
was
executed.
RJ
Balaji
eveals
‘Ka ta a’
i spi atio
behi d
‘Ka uppu’
climax
RJ
Balaji
also
evealed
that
the
climax
of
‘Ka uppu’
was
i flue ced
by
his
expe ie ce
watchi g
‘Ka ta a’
i
a
theat e.
He
ecalled
how
audie ces
we e
completely
abso bed
while
watchi g
the
divi e
seque ce
i
the
film.
“Whe
I
watched
Ka ta a
i
a
theat e,
eve yo e
the e
was
completely
mesme ised
by
that
o e
sce e.
I
wo de ed
why
we
should
ot
do
somethi g
simila
with
a
deity
f om
ou
ow
la d,”
he
explai ed.
Acco di g
to
Balaji,
the
idea
eve tually
became
pa t
of
‘Ka uppu.’
“That
is
what
i spi ed
us
to
add
this
climax.
Othe
tha
that,
we
did
ot
add
a ythi g
ext a
to
the
sto y.
Eve ythi g
was
al eady
the e
whe
we
w ote
it,”
he
added.
He
also
evealed
that
the
team
decided
ea ly
o
to
combi e
the
actio
seque ces
with
so gs
si ce
the
film
did
ot
have
ma y
co ve tio al
da ce
umbe s.
About
‘Ka uppu’
‘Ka uppu’
is
di ected
by
a d
sta s
RJ
Balaji
as
the
a tago ist,
ble di g
fa tasy,
actio ,
humou
a d
eleme ts
of
devotio .
The
p oject
has
bee
p ese ted
as
a
e te tai e
that
explo es
its
ce t al
theme
th ough
a
comme cial
fo mat.
Balaji’s
comme ts
suggest
that
the
climax
was
desig ed
to
c eate
a
st o g
theat ical
impact
while
stayi g
co ected
to
the
film’s
o igi al
sto y.
His
selectio
of
efe e ces
f om
his
ow
wo k
also
speaks
to
the
filmmake ’s
self-awa e
style
of
humou .
