Actress Lakshmy Ramakrishnan announced her fourth directorial venture titled House Owner with Aishwarya Rajesh and Ashok Selvan in the lead. She had originally said that the story would revolve around the struggle of a young couple in building their dream home and which would be dealt with in a lighter vein. Now, exactly a year later, Lakshmy reveals to DC that she has postponed the project since there were issues with the dates of the lead actors and that she was gearing up with yet another film made against a backdrop of 2015 Chennai floods.
“I am borrowing my own title House Owner for this new script which has Goli Soda Kishore and Lovelyn Chandrashekar (daughter of Viji Chandrashekar) in the lead. I have roped in veteran actor Kishore for a crucial role and completed a schedule of it as well.”
There’s a reason to start this project, she quickly adds. “I wanted to commence yet another film titled Blue Ink, which was about my show Solvetthellam Unmai. But, much to our disappointment, there was a temporary ban on the show by the court. I did not go ahead with BI, as it would not fetch the desired results. I moved on to my next.”
Lakshmy considers the project as the most challenging one. “Yes, the entire story unfolds inside a house with two pairs, one young and other old, being part of the story. It is a beautiful romantic story and though it has a flood backdrop, the floods are not shown visually even in a single frame. The flood effect is felt through sound and light designing. And the dialogues are minimal and the characters have to take the story forward only through their expressions. It was a tough proposition.”
Ask her if she is part of the cast as well and she replies. “I always stick to direction when I do a movie. However, I am yet to finalise one more female character. If nothing works out, I would step in then. Let’s see.” She says there are no songs in the film. “I want to complete the film and then fix a composer as BGM is very crucial. Krishna Shekar, of Prasad Film Institute, is behind the camera.”
