Merry Christmas: Sriram Raghavan About Katrina Kaif
“The rewriting continued till the last day. When Vijay Sethupathi came in, it was still a Hindi film. But during the second wave, we’d built a set, but for three months we couldn’t shoot because Katrina’s dates were clashing with Tiger and Vijay was also not free… So, 70% of the set was done, but we were prohibited from shooting, so we had to bring (the set) down. Costs were going up, but nothing was on screen”, He said.
Later he decided to make the movie in Tamil too as that would mitigate costs. Sriram said “Then I had this ‘kill two birds with one stone’ idea. If I make a Tamil film also, maybe that would (mitigate) costs. So, then the only person to really convince was Katrina. She had to go through this little bit of a torture process. But she eventually agreed. She was still hoping that you do one film in Hindi with me, and take another girl instead (for the Tamil version). But I said, ‘No, you try and manage’”.
Katrina Kaif-Vijay Sethupathi’s ‘Merry Christmas’ Trailer:
Sriram has termed Merry Christmas as ‘most expensive low-budget film’. The movie marks Sriram Raghavan, Katrina Kaif and music director Pritam’s debut in the Tamil Industry. The movie also has Ashwini Kalsekar, Radhika Apte in important roles.
The movie is releasing worldwide in theatres on 12th January, 2024.
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