Director
Sumanth
Radhakrishnan
is
confident
that
his
upcoming
philanthropical
thriller
Sadhuram
2,
a
crowd-funded
film
along
the
lines
of
James
Wan's
Hollywood
flick
Saw,
will
introduce
Tamil
audiences
to
a
new
genre
and
subsequently
attract
accolades
for
the
new
attempt.
"It's
called
a
philanthropical
thriller
because
it
has
social
consciousness
elements
attached
to
it.
It
belongs
to
a
completely
new
genre
and
we're
eager
to
know
how
audiences
react
to
it," Sumanth
told
IANS.
From
the
promos,
it's
evident
that
the
film
is
based
on
American
psychological
thriller
Saw.
However,
Sumanth
says
the
film
is
not
a
frame-to-frame
rip-off.
"We've
given
credit
to
'Saw'.
My
music
director
Girish
met
someone
from
the
team
of
'Saw' long
back
and
authorization
was
given
to
make
the
film.
We
haven't
made
anything
as
gory
as
'Saw',
because
frankly
you
can't,
given
our
censorship
rules,"
he
said.
"Even
though
we've
followed
the
same
template
used
in
'Saw',
we've
managed
to
tone
down
everything.
People
who
loved
'Saw'
and
films
that
fall
in
the
same
league
will
love
ours
too.
We've
made
an
honest
film," he
added.
Talking
about
the
film,
which
features
a
bevy
of
theatre
artists,
Sumanth
said:
"We
are
releasing
the
film
as
'Sadhuram
2' because
it
has
an
ambiguous
beginning
and
ambiguous
end,
but
it
won't
be
confusing.
Hence,
we
decided
to
go
with
this
title."
People
who
invested
in
the
film
are
all
fans
of
the
Saw
franchise.
They
loved
the
idea
to
see
something
made
on
similar
lines.
"It
was
really
difficult
to
get
the
film
made
because
nobody
believed
in
it.
Nobody
in
India
could
watch
'Saw'
on
the
big
screen,
so
when
some
fans
of
the
movie
heard
about
my
film,
they
came
forward
to
support
it," he
said,
adding
that
nearly
30
people
contributed
to
the
making
of
the
film.
The
film
stars
Yog
Japee,
Kaushik,
Riaz
and
Sanam
Shetty.
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