Actor Vishal's directorial debut, Magudam in Tamil and Makutam in Telugu, has opened in theatres worldwide on Friday. The film, which was initially set to be helmed by Ravi Arasu, moved on to Vishal, marking his directorial debut, after the former quit due to creative differences.
Vishal stars in three roles in Magudam, which also stars Dushara Vijayan and Anjali in prominent roles. The film has opened in theatres alongside actor Suriya's Vishwanath and Sons. Post midnight on the day of the film's release, Vishal penned a lengthy emotional note on the film.
On the challenges he faced and what keeps him motivated, Vishal wrote, "I will not give up. Yes, I will not give up. Never ever. I AM VISHAL, “GOD's CHILD”. The more the challenges, the more I will rise because I stand to look at the mirror without hesitation and shame because I do my job with grit and determination and will power and will always go that extra mile to fulfil my job as an actor to all these lovely audiences worldwide who I consider as equal to God because it’s them that made me what I am today in the film industry and in the society at large."
Further, he wrote about his 35-year-long journey culminating to this point in his career, where he wears the director's cap apart from that of an actor. "I bring myself today in front of you all my 35 years of dream come true as DIRECTOR officially for the first time in our film MAGUDAM/MAKUTAM. Done my job. Waiting to show you all what we all worked on for the last 14 months. Worldwide release. Bring it on. Let the shows begin. God bless." (sic)
Jayaprakash, John Vijay, Ajay, Vamsi Krishna, Abu Salim, Arjai, Vj Jhansi, Padam Kumar, Sabhumon and others star in supporting roles in Magudam. Pon Parthiban has written the dialogues for the film, along with Anandh Kumaresan writing the dialogues in Tamil and Rajesh A Moorthy writing the dialogues in Telugu. The crew of the film includes NB Srikanth as the editor and G Durairaj as the art director. Late director-producer RB Choudary's Super Good Films banner is the producer of Magudam.