Santhanam,
whose
film
Dhilluku
Dhuddu,
which
released
today
(July
7)
all
over
Tamil
Nadu,
is
a
happy
man
as
he
has
quenched
his
long-term
thirst
of
starring
in
a
horror-comedy
as
the
lead
actor.
Speaking
to
Times
of
India,
the
Inimey
Ippadithan
star
has
said
Dhilluku
Dhuddu
came
his
way
at
the
right
time.
"Ever
since
our
childhood,
we
have
been
told
ghost
stories
by
our
moms.
Even
I
grew
up
listening
to
those
stories
and
I
have
to
admit
that
I
was
scared
of
ghosts.
But
horror
movies
are
fun
to
watch.
More
than
the
scary
part,
when
somebody
shouts
in
the
theatre
when
watching
an
intense
horror
scene,
we
end
up
laughing.
I
wanted
to
do
a
horror-comedy
for
a
long
time,
and
this
film
came
my
way
at
the
right
time."
Santhanam
has
said,
his
comedy
tracks
in
the
movie
were
inspired
from
the
comical
sequences
of
popular
TV
series,
Mr.
Bean.
"The
story
revolves
around
a
love
story,
but
has
an
interesting
ghost
episode.
Motta
Rajendran
and
I
have
done
some
hilarious
comedy
scenes.
I
thoroughly
enjoyed
working
with
him.
I
have
tried
slapstick
comedy,
something
on
the
lines
of
Mr
Bean," he
told
the
leading
daily.
The
comedian-turned-hero
was
required
to
shoot
some
difficult
stunts.
"I
play
a
middle-class
guy,
Kumar,
who
resides
in
Royapettah.
His
mother
is
a
dance
master
and
his
father
is
a
fight
master.
I
did
some
research
on
men
who
live
in
this
locality,
their
looks,
and
tried
something
different
with
my
hairstyle
and
moustache
for
this
film.
Though
it
is
a
horror-comedy,
I
had
to
perform
some
major
action
blocks," Santhanam
has
said.
Since
he
has
teamed
up
with
his
'Lollu
Sabha'
gang,
the
36-year-old
actor
has
guaranteed
that
the
movie
will
be
a
complete
laugh-riot.
"Working
with
my
Lollu
Sabha
team
was
like
a
reunion.
We
had
a
great
time
shooting
together
as
we
all
share
the
same
wave
length.
When
shooting,
we
used
to
discuss
a
lot
of
scripts.
The
one-liner
of
this
film
was
developed
way
back.
When
Ram
approached
me
with
the
script,
I
wanted
to
work
on
it.
As
I
have
teamed
up
with
them,
I
guarantee
that
this
film
will
be
a
two-hour
laugh
riot."
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