At the Sirai pre-release event, which took place on Monday, Vetri Maaran, whose assistant Suresh Rajakumari is making his debut with the Vikram Prabhu starrer, spoke in high regard of the first-time filmmaker.
To explain Suresh's patient nature, Vetri Maaran went back to the days when the former was his assistant and narrated an incident. "Once, one of my office boys was beaten by the four or five boys from the area because of some issue. When the issue was brought to Suresh's attention, he very patiently heard what the office boy had to say. Ideally, he would have had to bring it to my attention. But realising that doing so would only result in me either chiding our office boy, which in turn would have made him feel let down, or initiating police action against the local boys, which in turn would have ruined the good relationship we have with our neighbours, he handled it tactfully. He took our office boy to the guys who had attacked him and reasoned out the issue, thereby ironing out the problem. I did not get to know about this from him but from others."
Even before the film's release, SS Lalit Kumar, who is producing Sirai under the Seven Screen Studio banner, has presented Suresh with a car. Speaking about his gesture, Vetri said that the producer's move comes from the confidence he has placed in the filmmaker. "Suresh is a very balanced person. You cannot find another balanced person like him. Be it any situation, he will very patiently and calmly handle it. More importantly, he will be just and ethical. He will stand by what is right. Even if I do something, he will not accept it because I am doing it. He has exceptional people management skills. The producer is presenting a car to Suresh even before the film's release, and I think his people management skills and his ability to handle pressure are the main reasons that enabled him to make this film well."
Apart from Vikram Prabhu, Sirai also stars LK Akshay Kumar, son of SS Lalit Kumar, in the lead role. Anishma Anilkumar and Anantha play key roles in Sirai's story, which is by Tamizh, the director of Taanakkaran. Sirai marks a reunion for Tamizh and Vikram Prabhu after Taanakkaran, which was Tamizh's directorial debut and, coincidentally, another film based on the police. The film is also the directorial debut for Suresh Rajakumari. He has written the screenplay of the film along with Tamizh.
LK Vishnu Kumar is serving as the co-producer for the film, with Arun K and Manikandan serving as the executive producers and Arosam serving as the creative producer. The crew of the film consists of composer Justin Prabhakaran, Madhesh Manickam as the director of photography, Philomin Raj as the editor, and Raghava Sanjivi as the production designer. The film is gearing up to hit theatres on December 25.
