Actor
Arulnithi,
who
is
playing
a
cop
in
his
upcoming
film
Aarathu
Sinam,
a
remake
of
Malayalam
movie
Memories,
says
it
was
hard
to
do
justice
to
the
role
as
playing
an
alcoholic
police
officer
isn't
an
easy
task.
"There
were
two
challenges.
Playing
an
alcoholic
police
officer
required
me
to
look
drunk,
yet
express
emotions
through
my
face.
I
had
to
act
sloshed
but
be
wary
of
what
I
was
going
through
and
express
it
clearly," Arulnithi
told
IANS.
Portraying
the
character,
originally
played
by
Prithviraj,
in
his
own
style
was
a
part
of
the
second
challenge.
"When
it
comes
to
a
remake,
comparisons
are
bound
to
happen.
Hence,
I
portrayed
the
character
in
a
way
I
had
visualized
it,
in
my
own
style
and
avoided
replicating
Prithviraj's
performance."
"I
asked
myself,
'If
this
was
an
original
film,
then
how
would
I
perform,'" he
said,
adding
that
he
watched
Memories
just
a
couple
of
times
before
commencing
the
project.
Getting
into
the
skin
of
this
particular
character
was
difficult
as
well,
according
to
the
Demonte
Colony
actor.
"The
first
two
days
were
really
tough
on
the
sets.
Later
on,
my
director
helped
me
in
understanding
the
character
better
and
pushed
me
to
perform
subtly," said
Arulnithi,
who
feels
the
soul
of
the
movie
should
be
left
alone
while
remaking
any
flick.
"Tamil
audiences
have
started
to
watch
Malayalam
films.
Most
people
have
watched
'Memories',
and
so,
it
was
important
for
us
to
not
tamper
with
the
soul
of
the
original.
We
didn't
risk
changing
many
things
in
a
remake,
still
brought
some
nativity
to
suit
Tamil
audiences,"
he
said.
Also
starring
Aishwarya
Dutta,
Aishwarya
Rajesh,
Robo
Shankar
and
Radha
Ravi
in
important
roles,
Aarathu
Sinam
is
directed
by
Arivazhagan.
The
film
will
have
its
worldwide
release
on
February
26.
Arulnithi
was
supposed
to
work
with
director
Arivazhagan
in
his
previous
outing,
Vallinam.
"We
were
in
talks
for
'Vallinam',
but
things
didn't
fall
in
place.
Since
then
we've
been
in
touch
and
were
tracking
each
other's
work.
This
project
was
offered
to
me
by
producer
Murali,
and
both
of
us
felt
Arivazhagan
will
do
justice
to
it,"
he
added
before
signing
off.
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