Katrina Kaif, Vijay Sethupathi recall their time filming 'Merry Christmas'

Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi will soon be seen in director Sriram Raghavans Merry Christmas The actors are busy promoting their upcoming film and recently they along with the director Sriram Raghavan lyricist Varun Grover and producer Ramesh Turani held a press conference in the national capital While talking to the media they opened up about making the film in Tamil and Hindi and how challenging it was to shoot the film in two languages The actors also shared their experiences of working togetherKatrina said that she always wanted to work with Sriram Raghavan and it was a great experience to be part of his film She said Ive always wanted to work with Sriram Raghavan Im his fan and wanted to be a part of the movies he makes being part of this film is amazing because I had an opportunity to be part of a lovely story and Merry Christmas is always going to be a film I am tremendously proud of and close to my heartOn sharing her experience of working with Vijay she added It was fantastic Vijay is the best performer During the first week of rehearsals I was quite interested in his thought process and how he looked at every scene Sriram sir gave the actors a lot of space before the shoot and we had a lot of discussion When I watched the final result what I saw between Vijay sir and my character was surprisingVijay also praised Katrina and said She has been in the industry for so long so I was a bit apprehensive as to how will be her attitude on the set because if the actor has an attitude it is difficult to work with him or her I met her first time in Sriram sirs office and as soon as she entered the office there was such a healthy conversation She likes to discuss more and listen more There was a better understanding between us on the set So much I gained and learned from herWhen asked why he thought of making a film in Tamil and Hindi director Sriram Raghavan said I have been living in Mumbai but I am a Tamil and always wanted to make a film in my mother tongue So because of the casting I thought why not make it in two languages Although it was not easy and more challenging for Katrina because of the language however she managed to do it successfullyKatrina agreed and said It was a challenging process to do the Tamil version as first we shot in Hindi and reshot in Tamil but I needed to have to have the same ease in conversation with Vijay and it was challenging but then I decided not to think much and finally it happened Katrina admitted that she had no funny memories while filming the film However the reason for this was the films themeShe explained that Merry Christmas is a serious film and that having fun and being too chatty on set would have detracted from the mood of the role she plays The character is experiencing a succession of serious incidents As a result I kept my bubbliness off the set while contributing to the films production Talking about Merry Christmas the makers recently unveiled the films official trailer which received good responses from the fansThe film has been shot in two languages with different supporting actors The Hindi version also features Sanjay Kapoor Vinay Pathak Pratima Kannan and Tinnu Anand On the other hand the Tamil version stars Radhika Sarathkumar Shanmugaraja Kevin Jay Babu and Rajesh Williams in the same rolesSharing the experience of working with director Sriram Raghavan actor Katrina Kaif earlier said that working with Sriram Raghavan was a dream come true for her I feel incredibly fortunate to have had that opportunity Hes a phenomenal director with an incredible mind and being on his set is like entering a whole different world Hes an amazing collaborator both as a filmmaker and as a person It was a very intense experience especially doing the film in two languages All of us have been very passionate about making this film from day 1 and are very excited for the release she addedMerry Christmas is slated to release in theatres on January 12This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever