Art director Selva’s commendable work

Selva Kumar’s work in upcoming romantic drama Amara Kaaviyam has been the talk of the town right from the time the shooting for the film began. Amara Kaaviyam captures the love story of a couple set in the back drop of 1980s Ooty. To provide authenticity to the film, Selva Kumar has erected a set of a house resembling that period in Chennai since the team was unable to shoot some important scenes in Ooty’s real locations.

“Art director Selva had to redo the houses in Ooty a little so that they resembled the structures built during the period the story is set. But we were unable to shoot for the last two days in the house where Mia’s character resides. As a result, we had no other option but to erect a set resembling the house in Ooty in Chennai. We sought permission to recreate the entire house – right from the trees to the interiors – inside the compound of a house in Chennai. Art director Selva Kumar took four days to finish the set. He recreated an exact replica of the house. We finally shot there for two days and wrapped up our film,” says Director Jeeva Shankar to a daily.