Director
Bala
who
has
dished
out
heart-rending
movies
like
Sethu,
Nandha,
Pithamagan
and
Paradesi
is
known
for
extracting
National
Award
winning
performances
from
his
actors
and
actresses.
For
an
actor/actress,
it
is
not
easy
to
impress
a
director
like
Bala
but
actress
Varalaxmi
has
managed
to
do
much
more
than
that.
Varalaxmi
of
Poda
Podi
fame
is
currently
working
on
Bala's
Tharai
Thappattai
which
also
marks
Isaignani
Ilayaraja's
1000th
film.
On
the
sets
of
the
film,
Varalaxmi
has
done
so
much
so
that
Bala
was
said
to
be
in
tears
and
has
also
gifted
his
heroine
a
watch
with
a
golden
chain
which
is
worth
more
than
1.5
lakhs.
While
filming
an
important
sequence
in
which
Varalaxmi
had
to
be
subjected
to
gruesome
assaults
by
the
baddies,
the
heroine
had
dislocated
her
collar
bone.
In
spite
of
excruciating
pain,
she
has
carried
on
with
the
shoot
and
also
never
spoke
about
her
discomfort
citing
that
it
may
interrupt
the
shooting.
When
the
same
scene
had
to
be
shot
the
next
day,
Varalaxmi
has
reportedly
given
her
best
despite
being
in
great
affliction.
After
the
shot
when
Bala
was
finally
informed
about
her
condition,
the
maverick
filmmaker
couldn't
hold
back
his
emotions.
After
gifting
Varalaxmi
his
expensive
watch,
Bala
has
gone
on
to
say
that
Varalaxmi
will
definitely
walk
away
with
the
National
Award
for
her
outstanding
performances
in
Tharai
Thappattai.
The
film
which
also
has
Sasikumar
is
about
folk
dance
and
various
other
traditional
art
forms
of
Tamil
Nadu.