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UP, CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE MAN BEHIND THE WORLD’S FIRST NON-LINEAR SINGLE SHOT FILM

An actor, producer and an ace director, Radhakrishnan Parthiban wears many hats with equal passion, poise and panache. He has directed over 15 films, produced 13 films and has acted in more than 70 films and is raring to go. The award winning talented actor has made his mark in critically acclaimed films like Pudhiya Paadhai and Housefull that won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Parthiban also won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award for Otha Seruppu Size 7, besides receiving many other accolades and recognition. His latest Tamil hit film Iravin Nizhal that released on July 15 this year is world’s first non-linear single shot film and has been not just the talk of the town, but catching everyone’s eyeballs across the world.

1. Tell us about Iravin Nizhal?

Doing these kinds of films needs utmost patience; however there’ll be many of them who test our patience. I did this movie after so much hardship. It took almost ten years of scripting and two and half years for production design. My regular routine work for this movie started early morning and went uptil late night. We rehearsed with 340 people for 90 days. It’s a big budget movie of 23 crores.