Director Vignesh Raja’s investigative crime thriller Por Thozhil is still going strong in theatres by completing 25 days and has already grossed over ₹50 crore worldwide since its release.
Featuring actors Sarath Kumar, Ashok Selvan, and Nikhila Vimal in the lead — might have been made on a very modest budget, but its returns are high and handsome.
Its overseas distributor Deepa Iyer from Ahimsa disclosed that Por Thozhil was such a huge success that they were even able to take it to small countries like Malta.
Alfred Prakash, who wrote the story along with director Vignesh Raja said “It took us four long years to produce the script that was finally made into the film Por Thozhil.”
In terms of inspiration for the film he said “I was reading the book “Mind Hunter” by John Douglas. It deals at length with the FBI’s Behavioural Unit”
“The Step Outline is a process where we break down the key events of the story and sequence them without dialogues. It took us two years to clear this stage.”
Talking about writing alongside another person Alfred Prakash says “Both Vignesh and I understand each other very well. We have the same sensibilities. it was a highly collaborative process.”
“Yes, Por Thozhil 2 is definitely on. We have some ideas for the sequel in mind. However, we haven’t started working on the script yet as Vignesh has some work abroad.” He signed off.