Bheema and its Lens man
Bheema and its Lens man
R.R.Rajasekaran has had his brush with fame with an impressive gamut that includes Kaaka Kaaka, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, Thotti Jaya, Manmadhan and Ghajini , his experience with the Bheema unit is something he’ll cherish forever. Lingusamy, the writer-director of Bheema, was so taken in by the technical team of Ghajini that he called up its cameraman Rajasekar, saying he wanted the entire crew back in action for Bheema.
So it is Antony’s editing, Rajeevan’s art and Harris Jeyaraj’s strains that will be in focus in Bheema, of course, through RD’s lens. The film is RD’s first with Vikram and Lingusamy. Just like the other directors he’s worked for, he was completely comfortable with Lingusamy. They have all given him the freedom a cinematographer needs. “For the first time in my career, here was a hero who would walk up to me after a shot and say, ‘Superb canning, RD!’ It wasn’t just me. Vikram was soft and polite to everyone till the final technician.
Sometimes at the end of a day’s work, he would call me up at around 11 in the night to say, ‘Your seventh shot today was out of the world! How have you planned the takes for tomorrow?’ The icing on the cake was when he said, ‘RD, in future we’ll plan things in such a way that you work with me always.’ The compliment was touching,” RD recalls.After the Bheema experience, Rajasekar decided to take up more offers .He is handling camera of Vishal’s Sathyam, Simbhu’s Kaalai and Sivaji Ganesan’s grandson Siva’s Singakutti. Surprisingly, the successful lens man with a Masters in Marine Biology wanted to study direction at the Film Institute.
Bheema is a right mix of action, romance, thrill and sentiment. Lingusamy’s screenplay treats the story visually and has allowed ample room for my creative urge. All of us have worked hard for Bheema. For Harris, it’s been 40 days of sweat and toil at the console for re-recording alone. The result cannot but be positive.
