Yaanai isn't the same script that I had narrated to Suriya as Aruvaa, clarifies Hari

We had told you director Hari and Suriya would team up for Aruvaa. And, it was stated that Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green would bankroll the film, and Imman had been signed as the music composer. While promoting his latest release Yaanai, Hari had spoken about his long-delayed, Aruvaa.

Rumours were rife that Yaanai was the same script that he had narrated to Suriya as Aruvaa. The filmmaker clarifies that those reports were untrue. In an interview with a leading English daily, he said, he had to start work on Yaanai, as Suriya had chosen other projects over Aruvaa. "Whatever we discussed is still in the papers. Just that the shoot has been postponed," he said.

Ideally, Aruvaa should have come out for the 2020 Diwali. Ask him why the film was put on hold, Hari said it would be not professional to speak about those things in detail.

Aruvaa is the 6th time Hari and Suriya are teaming up after Vel, Aaru and the three Singam films.

Hari, further, spoke about the trend of pan-India films, considering how Suriya has become a star and has fans all over India. "I don't want to make a pan-Indian film, just for the sake of it. If I start thinking about that, I’d lose the integrity in my screenplay and slip up," he said in an interview.

The Singam director added he always goes by what is required for a story. "If I start thinking that I should change a scene to relate to the Hindi belt or cast an actor from there only to broaden the film's market, I don't believe it's ethical!"

For Yaanai, Hari decided to take a laid-back approach to filmmaking and reinvent his formula. In an interview with The Hindu, he said he has cut down on artificiality and toned down the loudness of characters in Yaanai. He wanted the dialogues to be conversational and action scenes as real as possible.

Hari knows what he wants, and thinks that is his biggest strength. “I don’t aim big. I am neither here to make award-winning films nor to make movies on a bigger scale like Shankar sir, Rajamouli garu or Prashanth Neel. I want everybody to make profits: right from theatre owners, distributors and producers," he told The Hindu.