I was clear that I would show the rape scene in a dignified way unlike many films from the past. ThatвЂ™s why even in the final shot, youвЂ™ll see the carвЂ™s headlight focusing only on half of VeeranвЂ™s face thatвЂ™s to imply that this is not the real him. This will remind the audience about a scene where he wouldвЂ™ve threatened her father that heвЂ™ll kill her violently if she decides to leave him. I went with the original climax because only the audience will know why Veeran stages the killing of Muththazhagu in front of her father so that her dignity isnвЂ™t stained. IвЂ™d have connected that to a previous scene where he says to his uncle Chevvaazhai that he wishes to see the Madras Jail at least once before he dies. One of them was Veeran (Karthi) killing all the men who raped Muththazhagu (Priyamani), leading to him being jailed for life. I had eight climaxes for Paruthiveeran actually. I believe that only a strong climax will make a film stand the test of time. In Paruthiveeran, inversely, we went with a negative ending despite the story seemingly leading to a positive climax. If you see the climax of Mounam Pesiyathey, the film appears to be heading toward a negative ending when LailaвЂ™s character comes in and changes it completely. It was only later that I got to know that the woman who had fainted was my wife! (laughs) Seeing that, my friends joked about how my film was making everyone faint. On the day of the release, I was standing outside a theatre in Madurai when someone ran towards the canteen to get a soda because a woman had fainted after watching the climax. Even Kalaignar Karunanidhi saw the film and scolded me, asking how he could sleep after seeing the film (smiles). After watching the film, they were so shocked that they advised me to change the climax and even said they were ready to fund it. Even before release, the film faced a couple of issues and I had to screen it for eight members from the ProducersвЂ™ council. IвЂ™d never seen Yuvan in such an emotional state before and that told me that the climax worked. After searching for him for a while, I saw him standing between a van and a wall, and he was crying. But after the film ended, I couldnвЂ™t spot him. He meddled with his phone in the first half at times and just said вЂokay jiвЂ™ during the intermission. I wanted the film to be better than Sethu and IвЂ™m glad it was.ДЄfter the film was shot, I played it to Yuvan Shankar Raja for the music. ThatвЂ™s when I narrated ParuthiveeranвЂ™s one-liner to him along with the climax. We were startled by how a film can affect the audience, and Sasi asked if we can come up with such a film. Sasikumar and I were assistant directors back then and after a screening of Sethu in Madurai, we saw a woman come out, only to sit down on the ground and cry profusely. ParuthiveeranвЂ™s climax was not conceived during the scripting stage, but much earlier, when Sethu (1999) was released, in fact.

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