Superheroes seem to have an increasing affinity towards our city! Last year, when Batman visited Chennai through Put Chutney, he became a rage among the locals and now it’s time for Deadpool. The famous Marvel comic character has been given a local touch by this impressive group of youngsters through their quirky and interesting YouTube channel, ‘Paracetamol Payasam’.
Whether cursing nonstop in Tamil or trying to take revenge on a person who caused him agony, Deadpool is a true Chennaiite at heart. The actors and directors share their funny experiences while shooting this video, even reporting that cops gave chase mistaking them for burglars! “We didn’t want to beat around the bush. We just wanted to make an out-and-out adult comedy which was targeted towards the youngsters,” starts Musiq Suriya, who is the director of the short film. He adds, “I was impressed when I saw What if Batman was from Chennai, and I wanted to make something similar. That’s when Deadpool was released and I realised that I couldn’t get a better character to make a parody out of.” Stating that the whole video was shot over two nights, Suriya claims that the team did no homework whatsoever. “It was spontaneous. And, to be frank, the lead character hadn’t even watched the movie at the time of the shoot!”
Siva, who enacted the titular role of Deadpool laughs when asked about the team’s encounter with the cops. “We don’t blame them actually. Imagine a group of youngsters weirdly dressed up in the middle of the night? The cops saw us and chased us. But, thankfully, one of them knew about the movie and let us free!” he laughs. Siva also lightheartedly said that though he has been getting accolades from whoever saw the video, but he’s also subjected to trolling by a few — “Just like the kids who troll me in the video, now in real life, my friends and others tease me by calling out the second half of the word Deadpool (which is a curse word in Tamil).”
Jaytesh Sridhar, who started ‘Paracetamol Payasam’ along with Siva, is happy with the viral response on social media – “Two days since the release, a few people have criticised it for being a little abusive. But, that’s the whole point. We’re the only channel in the city who create mature content in a creative way and are happy that Deadpool was a pucca Tamilian for those 11 minutes!”
