Arundathi of Naaigal Jakiradhai fame is confident that Arthanari will be a milestone in her career. She tells DC, “The film highlights societal evils in a unique way. Ramkumar plays the male lead and I play an upright police officer.
The word ‘arthanari’ (literally, ‘half-woman’) refers to the mythical transgender form in which both Shiva and Shakti share equal space. Likewise, the director has balanced this film beautifully that both my co-star and I have equal scope to perform.”
The film also features Nasser and Naan Kadavul Rajendran. While Rajendran plays a negative role in this, Nasser plays one of the good guys. Sundara Elangovan, a former associate of director Bala, directs Arthanari, while Selvaganesh of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame is the music composer. The search is always for a role that grips her, and she has found one such script with Elangovan. “I have become selective and I am cool playing heroine-oriented subjects too. But I often wonder why directors approach me with the same old themes (laughs). I believe that a film should entertain. A film can be realistic as well,” she signs off.
