Amaran director on the film’s connection with R Madhavan, and Indhu Rebecca Varghese’s one request: ‘A rooted Tamil actor should play Mukund’

Rajkumar revealed that Major Mukund was fondly called Maddy because of his resemblance with the Alaipayuthey actor, and the name stuck to him.

“It became his call sign in the army. He was Maddy for everyone. When we were casting for the role of Major Mukund sir, the only thing Indhu wanted was to cast someone who had strong Tamil roots,” said Rajkumar, who added that it was this search that resulted in Sivakarthikeyan. 

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Apart from Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, Amaran also stars Rahul Bose, Farzi-fame Bhuvan Arora and Geetha Kailasam in pivotal roles. With music by GV Prakash Kumar and cinematography by debutant CH Sai, Amaran, backed by Sony Pictures and Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International, is set to hit the screens on October 31.