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Said to be a mass commercial entertainer, a major portion of the movie was shot at Ramoji Rao Studio in Hyderabad in a grand manner. A set replicating a Mumbai market was put at a cost of Rs 40 lakh.Heaping laurels on Bharath, Suresh Krisnna says, ‘he would strike it rich with movie. The scenes involving Bharath and Ramya Krishnan have come good’.On his part, Bharath says, ‘I am a director’s actor. I do what the director wants. They (directors) have immense faith in my acting capabilities and cast me in different roles.’Efforts are on to release the movie for the forthcoming Pongal festival. It is expected that soon after completing Arumugham, Bharath will commence shooting for Thiruttani, to be directed byP

'We don't shoot entire pictures overseas. We only go there to shoot songs. Marginal increases in cost for such purposes don't matter much,' he said, adding that money flow was however a bit tight.
He said there are big projects and distributors are cautious now, though there were a few losses earlier in somecases. Most producers do not approach banks for finance as they prefer funding only big producers, he said, adding that it was very difficult to convince banks about the repaymentschedule
He welcomed the recent tax exemptions announced by the government, saying that the government has doalot for the industry and so we should give some good movies (in return).The celluloid world here was well equipped to handle the crisis as most producers had gone in for small budget films, he said.L Suresh, Vice-President, Film Federation of India, asserted that the recession had not affected film production and pointed out that 132 tamil films were produced last year, which would cross 150 mark this year