Known for his rooted storytelling entwined with nature, Prabhu Solomon, in this exclusive conversation with CE, explains why he likes to defy the existing trend of making hyper-violent films and how his upcoming film Mambo, promoted as the first film in Asia to be shot with real lions, will revive the kind of feel-good stories that Tamil cinema once offered. The director starts the conversation by revealing how it is easy to make a film with whizzing knives and flying bullets. He says, “That is the easiest thing to do, which is the reason I prefer doing films with elephants and lions.
The audience is neutral enough and ready to receive feel-good films. Making an excuse that the present generation likes to watch violent films is like blaming a child’s taste for always watching cartoons when that is the only medium that offers stories for kids.” He further adds that filmmakers aren’t respecting the world of children.
When asked how his next film will bring about a change in this trend, which he describes as “unhealthy,” he says, “Back then, a pink poster of films would be stuck to walls and shops. The descriptions ‘gripping screenplay’, ‘melodious songs’, and ‘rib-tickling humour’ will printed on the corners of the poster. Mambo will be one such film.
” Sharing the latest update on his film’s progress, he says, “Two schedules with the lion cub have been canned. The story now requires a grown-up lion, which has been brought from Dubai and is underg.