Vikram - The charmer in conversation

Engaging in conversation with Chiyaan Vikram is always a pleasure. The actor is back in Chennai after a long schedule of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan followed by Selvaraghavan’s untitled thriller in Ladakh.

Talk about Ladakh and the actor says, “It’s such a beautiful place. We shot for 30days till it started snowing and became difficult for the unit to bear the weather. People are so innocent and helpful. There are very few south Indians and they are mostly army men.”
A little birdie from the unit says that when the temperature fell to -14 degree, and it became unbearable, their large hearted hero drove to the city and brought shawls, sweaters and blankets for all the junior artists who were freezing.
Quiz him about his character in the film, he flashes that naughty smile and says: “Normally, I take breaks between my films to get the right look for the character I play. But this time, I went directly from Mani’s shoot to Ladakh. But I can assure you that I have a different look in the film”.
The buzz is that he plays a suave and stylish person in designer suits. His costume designer is Falguni Thakore from Mumbai and Chiyaan will wear suits, coolers, caps, jewellery and shoes from Armani, Dolce and Gabbana, Tiffany and Gucci. He also plans to go on a shopping spree in New York sometime later.
About doing three films simultaneously, Vikram says: “I have completed Raavan except for patchwork. My friends in the trade and well-wishers wanted me to do more films. So I have re-structured my working style and is doing Vikram Kumar’s 24 for producer Mohan Natarajan which will release first followed by Selva’s film”.