Renowned filmmaker Sudha Kongara is currently gearing up for her upcoming release Sarfira starring Akshay Kumar. Sarfira is the Hindi remake of Suriya Sivakumar’s Soorarai Pottru. The director recently opened up about the difference in working between both superstars. Sudha said that Akshay is a more outgoing and ebullient person than Suriya. She also asserted that Suriya is a lot more prepared as an actor. 

In an interview with Galatta Plus, Sudha said “I think when speaking the languages, in Tamil we read much faster, where as in Hindi, I realised they were reading it much slower. There are lots of differences. Seema Biswas, Radhika (Madan) made my life so fresh. I didn’t feel like I was doing the same film.”

“And Akshay sir, he is a far more outgoing and ebullient person compared to Suriya. Suriya is more intense, tight, quite and gives that kind of a performance. The scenes they shot for is so different from each other. The proposal scene that we shot, Akshay is flamboyant, but with Suriya, its lot more reserved. So naturally the characters become different. So it was good for me,” the director added. 

“I think the processes were different but where it landed was the same. Because I know Suriya is a lot more prepared and he gets better with time. He keeps telling me I get better and better with each take. But still we did just a couple of takes for Suriya, because we rehearsed it so much. Whereas with Akshay sir, he always kept telling me that my first shot is my best shot. But, no. I realised as he goes on with more takes, he gets better and better. I think we took about 5-6 takes. And he has a process where he shuts off from everything. He just wants to know the mood of the scene, the pre-scene, and post-scene, and he has his own methods of navigating it. He is never wrong. Maybe in the beginning, when we started to shoot, he was smiling way more than he was supposed to… he was looking a lot more happier than he should be… but, he settled in,” Sudha concluded. 

Sarfira also stars Radhika Madan, Paresh Rawal, Seema Biswas, Saurabh Goyal and Rahul Vohra in pivotal roles. The movie is scheduled to be released in theatres on 12th July. 

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