Gone are the days when a film’s success depended on an item number by a galm girl making a special appearance. today, there is so much competition that the heroine herself wants to do the item number! Earlier producer Manickam Narayanan, hired a vacant showroom in Saidapet to shoot for a song for his film Mundhinam Partheney with newcomers. Art director Thotta Tharani converted the showroom into a beautiful modern dance school with wooden flooring and paintings on the wall to give it a chic look.
Says director Magizh Thirumeni, a former assisstant of Gautam Menon, who is debuting with this film. ” The heroine of the film Ekta Khosla, plays a dance instructor, who runs a salsa school. We wanted to work out a new soncept cong for a fantasy number and Ekta was game for it.” Thirumeni says everything fell into place as it was a rap number in Tamil and English, written jointly by actress Rohini and singer Suchitra, and sung by Haricharan and Suchitra.
Ekta, did a very erotic salsa routine. Says choreographer Ramash, known for his erotic dance number Theenda Theenda…. in Thulluvatho Ilamai, ” as the song itself was in Tamil and English, and the music of Thaman [music direcotr of Moscowin Kaveri] had the right rhythm and beats, we had some sensous movements, and Ekta who is slim and tall, moved amazingly to the beats. ” Ekta who was chosen as Miss Beautiful Hair at Miss India 2006,later became a popular model.
She has done a film each in Kannada and Telugu, and is now looking foward to Mundhinam…. as her big ticket to stardom. ” I thought the concept of the song was terrific as though it was a fantasy number, and it was done in a very dignified manner, without any vulgarity or crassiness,” says the actress. Thirumeni concludes, “my film is a beautiful love story and deatures new comers Sanjay and Ekta, with soothing music by Thaman S.