The makers of director Mani Ratnam's upcoming magnum opus, 'Ponniyin Selvan 1', which is scheduled to hit screens on September 30, have now released a behind-the-scenes (BTS) video of the beautiful song, 'Ratchasa Maamaney...'.
The video, which shows Karthi having to dance on a magnificent set, has Karthi, choreographer Brinda Master and art director Thota Tharani talking about the song.
Karthi says, "This song happens when a princess attends a dance performance on Krishna Jayanthi. They have visualised how it would have been in the 10th century."
The actor also explains a portion of the song in which women and children are seen pulling a rope to make a person fly. "They are doing a stage performance in that era. Yet it should feel real, so they have made women and children pull a rope to make them fly. It is a kind of showmanship," he explains.
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The actor also jokingly discloses how he had arrived at a secret arrangement with dance master Brinda to easily complete his dance portions but how director Mani Ratnam altered all his plans the next day.
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"I told Brinda master, 'Master you've taught me three dance bits for this song. I will dance all three bits separately.' She said 'Okay'. Next day, Mani sir said, 'I want it in a single shot. Come down dancing, from the top of the stairs to the bottom. I glanced at the master and she said, 'I can't do anything about it.'"
In the BTS video, dance master Brinda says, "We had Bharathanatyam and Kathak in the song. I choreographed it with my assistants and we'd do a full rehearsal. Even the kids performed cutely. We had a lot of Bharathanatyam girls. Not only our movie dancers, we had some classical girls as well."