Sakshi Agarwal's upcoming film, Guest: Chapter-2, features a 'Wolf Man'

Ranga Bhuvaneshwar's upcoming film, Guest: Chapter 2, features Ranveer Kumar, Vidhu Balaji and Sakshi Agarwal as the leading lady. Madhumitha plays a pivotal character. The film is said to be be a first-of-its-kind animal thriller. The first look of this movie that was recently launched by actress Sneha and producer Suresh Kamatchi. 

Filmmaker Ranga Bhuvaneshwar, who had earlier made a movie titled, Aaravadhu Vanam' and later went on to make films in Malayalam, is all set to make his comeback inTamil movie industry with Guest, which belongs to the unique concept of ‘The Wolf Man’. Speaking about the film, Bhuvaneshwar says, “This is the first time that a movie based on ‘Wolf Man’ is being made in the Indian film industry. Although there have been one or two Hindi movies made based on this genre in Bollywood in the '70s, the makers had handled the presentation of a ‘Wolf Man’ in an ordinary manner. In contrast, the ‘Wolf Man’ in our movie has been created with a lot of VFX works. Since we don’t have proper VFX amenities to create the ‘Wolf Man’ characterization in India, we had to get it done in Hong Kong."

The portions for the film were canned in Kodaikanal and Trivandrum. "We shot the film for 45 days in the thick forests of Kodaikanal and Trivandrum. Sakshi Agarwal has done an appreciable job of staying in these locations throughout these schedules to shoot her portions with lot of dedication and involvement. Madhumitha, who so far has been popular for her comic roles, will be seen in a new avatar in this film. Both the lead actors have delivered flawless and commendable performances. It was easy to extract our expectations from Ranveer Kumar, as he is a versatile Mumbai-based theater artiste. The entire movie revolves around these four characters. One among them turns into a wolf man. Who’s that? What’s the reason behind this transformation forms the crux of this story."

Talking about the shooting experience, he says, "We faced many horrifying experiences in the forests. There are plenty of bisons in the forest and we could shoot only after they walked away to another place. Apart from this, we faced another unfortunate experience. We had to film a long shot of the Wolf Man and hence, created a dummy doll. While we were shooting it from a certain distance, hundreds of monkeys flocked together, carried away the dummy Wolfman doll, and tore it into pieces. This is because they have never seen a wolf in the forest before. We then decided to create a giant-sized scarecrow doll and tied it to the tree, and had the Wolf Man doll placed below it. The image of this scarecrow scared the monkeys, and we then shot the portions without any hurdles. The forest department appreciated us for this never-ever before the attempt.”

Cinematography for the film is by Ramesh G is and editing is by Zion. Anvar Khan Tariq has scored the music. Producer D Gokulakrishnan of Good Hope Pictures has produced this movie in grandeur. "He made sure that the entire team had a comfortable experience and extended his support in every aspect to make sure that the movie shapes up well," says the director.