Selvaraghavan hints at the story of 7/G Rainbow Colony sequel: ‘What if Kadhir from the first film is still thinking…’

Addressing the sequel rumours surrounding his acclaimed mythological epic Aayirathil Oruvan and the gangster drama Pudhupettai, Selvaraghavan was asked about a hypothetical scenario in which the original leads, Karthi and Dhanush, were unavailable to reprise their roles. The filmmaker responded: “I can think of those films with other people in the lead. The two stars you spoke about are not available for 3 years as of now. So I can do that. There are other characters and storylines we can follow. Whether I did it consciously or not, both these movies did not end from the hero’s perspective, so we can make the sequels with anyone. But the script has to satisfy me. I have completed 50% of the script for Pudhupettai.”

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The director also spoke candidly about his initial hesitation to make a sequel to his cult classic teenage romance 7G Rainbow Colony, explaining that he had always considered the story complete by the end of the first film. “When my original producer, Rathnam sir, asked me about the possibility of doing a sequel to 7G Rainbow Colony, it made me think a lot at first. I thought that the story had ended with the first film, no? How do I come up with a second part to that story? I really liked that challenge. So I told him, ‘Sure, we can do it.’ The character of Kadhir from the movie is still alive after the death of Anitha. I thought, what if Kadhir from the first film is still thinking about that girl only and living in love? It’s not possible in real life. But that’s what we are trying to say with the sequel.”

Selvaraghavan also provided an update on the status of his upcoming directorial ventures: “60% shoot of my 7/G Rainbow Colony sequel and my other directorial, Mental Manadhil, starring G V Prakash Kumar, has been completed.”