Actress-filmmaker
Lakshmy
Ramakrishnan's
next
Tamil
directorial
will
be
based
on
the
experiences
of
people
during
the
devastating
Chennai
floods
which
left
the
city
ravaged
last
year.
"Since
the
beginning
of
this
year,
I
have
been
working
on
the
script.
My
film
will
not
be
about
the
floods,
but
it
will
be
based
on
the
experiences
of
people
who
stood
by
each
other
and
broke
all
barriers
during
the
time
of
crisis," Lakshmy
told
IANS.
Busy
with
the
pre-production
work,
Lakshmy
plans
to
begin
the
set
work
on
the
project
from
July.
"The
story
will
be
about
the
aftermath
of
the
incident
on
an
emotional
level.
I
want
to
explore
the
humanistic
angle.
I
could
have
roped
in
a
star
and
made
this
a
heroic
story,
and
in
order
to
do
that
I
didn't
want
to
exploit
the
natural
disaster
angle," she
said.
"This
is
not
about
one
man
or
a
hero
saving
hundreds
of
people.
This
story
is
about
human
bonding
and
how
it
evolves
against
the
backdrop
of
an
incident
of
this
scale," she
said.
Lakshmy
was
inspired
to
make
this
film
after
getting
intrigued
by
real-life
experiences
that
she
heard
from
close
family
members
and
people
from
different
walks
of
life.
The
project
will
be
facilitated
by
high-end
visual
effects
(VFX)
work.
"I'm
already
in
talks
with
a
big
VFX
company
and
they
are
kicked
about
the
idea.
Although
they
haven't
worked
on
films
so
far,
they
are
excited
to
partner
with
me
on
this
project,"
she
said,
adding
that
she
has
already
begun
her
casting
process.
Lakshmy
is
in
talks
with
Ashok
Selvan,
Priya
Anand
and
veteran
actor
Nasser.
"Ashok
is
quite
excited
about
the
project
but
he
is
yet
to
come
on
board.
Although
I
discussed
the
idea
with
Nasser
sir,
I'm
yet
to
pass
on
the
script.
But
I
am
sure
he
will
be
interested
to
be
part
of
the
film,"
she
said,
adding
that
she
has
also
approached
actor
Vijay
Sethupathi,
besides
a
few
popular
stars.
While
she
plans
to
go
on
the
floors
soon,
she
hopes
to
shoot
the
flood
scenes
during
monsoon
later
this
year.
"Even
if
we
were
to
create
the
rain,
it
would
make
sense
to
shoot
during
the
monsoon
climate
to
make
it
look
authentic.
In
the
interim,
we
will
shoot
some
scenes
in
the
set
and
hand
over
the
material
to
the
CGI
department,"
she
said.
The
rest
of
the
cast
and
crew
will
be
finalised
soon.
On
the
acting
front,
she
is
busy
with
a
slew
of
Tamil
and
Malayalam
projects.
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