ALIBABA SHOOTING OVER

BY N.THYAGARAJAN

The new mega-budget film Ali Baba is produced by Sekar and Sanjeev Kapoor on behalf of the newly floated company, Talking Times Movies Private Limited. Neelan K.Sekar is made debutant director for the film who also writes the story, screen play and dialogues of the film. The director earlier worked under director Vishnuvardhan. Vishnuvardhan's younger brother Krishna is the hero of the film. He has qualified in MBA from an American University. Earlier he appeared in films as child artiste. He appeared with his elder brother Vishnuvarthan in Anjali. He did the role of a child artiste in Iruvar too. Both the films were produced by Mani Rathinam. Janani a native of Mumbai is the debutant heroine of the film. Prakash Raj, Azhagam Perumal, Thilakan, Radha Ravi, Biju Menon, Comedy Jeeva, Manobala, and T.V.Lakshmi are appearing in the film. Cinematography is done by Dinesh Kumar who is an assistant to Hindi film cinematographer Vinod. Pa.Vijay, Nellai Jayantha and Yuga Bharathi write lyrics for the music of Vidya Sagar. The story is an action film. The shooting of the film took in Chennai and Pondicherry. The hero Krishna in this film acts as the son of Prakash Raj. Recently, the fighting scene of the film was filmed at a Chennai Fertilizer Company. The people who participated in the fighting scene soon tired after they start breath in the new environment. However, the shooting of the film went well. The story of the film is based on the sexual exploitation to women folk.