Director Chidambaram rose to prominence across India with the 2024 survival thriller Manjummel Boys. The use of the 'Kanmani Anbodu' song from the 1991 Kamal Haasan starrer Gunaa in the survival thriller earned appreciation not just from the general audience but also from Kamal and the film's director Santhana Bharathi.
Back when Manjummel Boys became a sensation, Kamal met the team behind the film, including the director and the cast, and expressed his appreciation for it.
Recently, Chidambaram revealed that he got to watch a clip from Kamal's unfinished film Marudhanayagam. Speaking to Galatta Plus, the filmmaker said that he watched a 10-minute clip from the 4K restored version of the film on the big screen with Kamal Haasan.
Recounting the experience of watching Marudhanayagam in 4K with the superstar, the filmmaker said, "It was crazy."
He went on to add, "There is some footage of it online. However, the remastered 4K version has more content, and I think Mahesh Narayanan edited it. It was a great scene," the director added.
Marudhanayagam was announced way back in 1997 at a big event featuring Queen Elizabeth II as a special guest. Kamal co-wrote the script for the film alongside famous novelist Sujatha. It had a proposed budget of around 80 crore, positioning it as one of the costliest and most ambitious film projects in India at the time. However, the film from director-producer-actor Kamal Haasan had to be shelved because of budget constraints.
Recently, Kamal expressed his interest in reviving the film. Speaking to a reporter at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, the actor said, "I have interest in reviving it. With today's technological advancements, I hope that this is also possible."
Coming back to Chidambaram, the director's latest film Balan: The Boy has opened in theatres to positive reviews from critics and audiences.
