Mani Ratnam from Shooting for his 'Kadal'

Mani Ratnam the perfectionist took the brave step along with cameraman Rajeev Menon and faced the gusty winds blowing at 80-100 kilometres per hour to get that natural tropical storm look for the climax of the film.

While cyclone Nilam got the city to a standstill, it couldn't stop Mani Ratnam from shooting for his 'Kadal' starring debutant Gautham Karthik, son of actor Karthik and debutant Thulasi Nair, daughter of Radha. The crew were shooting in the the coastal suburbs of Chennai in Kasimedu and Royapuram when the cyclone hit the east coast.

Arvind Swami one of the actors in Kadal tweeted: "Awesome experience of shooting in cyclonic weather in the sea for a sequence in Kadal."

A song 'Nenjukulley' from Kadal will be premiered by AR Rahman, who is the music director of the film, in the first episode of MTV Unplugged India: Season 2, scheduled to be telecast on November 3.

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