Since Yuvan Shankar Raja had composed the music for the two previous films in the Ajith-H Vinod alliance, he was expected to compose the music for Chapter 61 as well.
H. Vinod, who directed films like Chess Hunt and Deeran Adhikaram One, rose to become a leading director by directing Ajith’s Nerkonda Parvai. The film, which was being made for a remake of Pink, was produced by Bonnie Kapoor. The film was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Following the success of the face-to-face view film the strength film is currently developing in the same alliance. The upcoming action movie Valaimai was released in theaters for the Pongal festival. Currently the release has been postponed due to increasing corona spread.
Meanwhile, it has been announced that H Vinod will direct Ajith’s 61st film and Bonnie Kapoor will produce the film. Since Yuvan Shankar Raja had composed the music for the two previous films in the alliance, it was expected that he would also compose the music for Chapter 61.
But the film crew did not contract Yuvan to compose music for Chapter 61. Negotiations are underway to get Anirudh or Zibran to compose music in return for him. Of these, Anirudh has already worked with Ajith in films like Vedalam and Vivekam. Zibran, however, has set the background music only for the strength film.
There is a fierce rivalry between the two to snatch the ‘Tala 61’ film opportunity. It remains to be seen who Ajith will select. Chapter 61 is set to pay homage to the film this month. But filming is scheduled to begin in March. They plan to complete the shooting in 6 months and bring the film to the screen for Diwali.
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