Viduthalai Part: 1 is a film that is running successfully in theatres and is directed by Vetri Maaran. The film has famous actor Soori playing the lead and also has Vijay Sethupathi in iconic role. Bhavai Sre plays the female lead and this is the third film of the actress after Ka Pae Ranasingam and Paava Kadhaigal. It also has Chetan, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Ilavarasu, Munnar Ramesh and Saravana Subbiah in supporting roles. The film, with Music composed by maestro Ilayaraja, was released in theatres on March 31. The opening sequence of Viduthalai that is shown in a single shot was a talked about sequence from the film and received huge praise from movie-goers.
R Velraj is the cinematographer of Viduthalai Part: 1 and is a close associate of Vetri Maaran. The cinematographer revealed some insights about filming the sequence, he said “First day, Vetri Sir came (to set), We thought there would be a rehearsal, (In the scene) After the car takes off there will be women and crying with a dead body, only till that the first-day rehearsal happened. Similarly, we moved ahead slowly day by day. On the sixth day only, I think, we completed it. They bought two coaches and the others were all made by the art department. After that tilting and positioning the coaches took three days. For that, we brought the crane and positioned it. In the film, There was also a train accident scene but it was not required, so(it was edited)."
Speaking about Vijay Sethupathi's character Vaathiyar. Cinematographer R. Velraj said “We shot the police station scenes in Chennai, so, for an emotional scene, even artists nobody in set ate. The whole set was in pin-drop silence. No one made a comedy or were distracted like that Vijay Sethupathi sir was also there.", said technician about the police station scene in Viduthalai Part: 1. He then shared about his team saying they started with a 13-member team but in the end, there were only four members because there were struggles during filming.
