A love sublime in the offing: Getting a start from a banner like Super Good Films is the prerogative of only a selected few. Director Arputhan is among the lot, who got the nod from R B Choudhary for the start in Arputham where dance master Lawrence had a pivotal role.

After the experience of a Telugu film with Udaya Kiran, Arputhan is back to his roots. In numbers, Manadodu Mazhaikalam is the third for Arputhan, but is richer by the experience of the two previous counts.

Shaam plays the prime male lead pitted with Nithya Das. The latter is an addition to the heroines of Malayalam spreading the horizons in other languages. She was part of the success team of Kunjukoonan and Ee Parakkum Thalika. The debutante looked forward to a fruitful venture in Tamil films.

In a happy frame of mind, Arputhan said he has the ideal script to present it in a poetic form with much of the happenings confined in a college. In that prevalent mood, he hastened to add that the artistes were chosen to meet the demand of the script and not the other way round. The script did not require any big names. The screenplay has been fashioned in such a way to leave the viewers in a trance. Once that is achieved, more than half a battle is won. It is then a question of ensuring that the viewers' interest is retained till the end.'

Of the title with a pleasant tone enveloped over it, the director felt that each one of us would have experienced the magic of love during the college days. 'Some may not have had the confidence to express while for many studies would have been the priority. The feel would have been there but realised only at a later stage. It is that experience I have tried to bring in which an average movie buff would be able to identify with.'

Samiksha 's character is moulded in a lighter way with the actress trying her hand at comedy, revealed Arputhan which in a way explained the absence of a front ranked comedian. 'Till the half way mark, the segments featuring her will have the brand of comedy totally different from what the viewer had experienced.'

The other credits are: Karthik Raja (music); Muthukumar (lyrics); Raju Sundaram, Kalyan and Brindha (dance masters); Guna (stunt); Raghav (cinematography) and Umesh K Rupesh (art). The movie is produced by Anthony in the new banner of E L K Productions (Pvt) Limited.