The doors of prison are murkier than you think and hold stories of bloodbath for many years than you can imagine. The first teaser of RJ Balaji’s Sorgavaasal paints an image of life inside the prison and the gritty world it hides behind it. The film is directed by debutant Sidharth Vishwanath, an erstwhile assistant of filmmaker Pa Ranjith
In the 1.42-minute-long teaser, we get a brief character introduction of each of the actors and their role in the prison. Selvaraghavan as Siga comes across as a strongman whose every word is respected by the inmates. Karunaas plays a police officer while Balaji Sakthivel as Bashir, portrays a cook in the jail canteen. Although we can’t deduce much from RJ Balaji’s character, we can see that he suffers through his term inside the prison. He might also have been wrongfully convicted, but exact details regarding the plot are still under wraps. There is also a brief shot of the relationship he shares with his partner.
According to the first look poster that was released a few days ago, the film’s events are expected to take place in 1999 in Chennai. In the first announcement of Sorgavaasal which was released months ago, Netflix, which had bought the post-theatrical rights for the film wrote, “No door can stop this jailbreak. RJ Balaji will break down heaven’s doors to come to you,” hinting that the film will see Balaji attempting to escape prison.
Apart from the above mentioned characters, the film also stars Natty, Saniya Iyappan, Sharaf-U-Dheen, Hakkim Shah, Anthonythasan, Ravi Raghavendra, and Samuel Robinson.
Sorgavaasal is written by Thamizh Praba, Ashwin Ravichandran and director Sidharth Vishwanath. It is to be noted that the director is an erstwhile assistant of noted filmmaker Pa Ranjith. The makers are yet to announce details regarding the rest of the cast members and a tentative release date.
On the technical crew, the film has music by Christo Xavier, cinematography by Prince Anderson, editing by Selva RK and art direction by S Jayachandran. Sorgavaasal is backed by Think Studios and Swipe Right Studio. A release date is yet to be announced.
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