Roundtable on Lokesh Kanagaraj's Leo

In this spoiler-filled, almost three-hour session, host Adithya Muthukumar dives deep into Lokesh Kanagaraj's fifth film 'Leo' with co-host Sabarish Sankaran, film journalist Harshini S V, Kollywood assistant directors Eric Pavel and Deepak Rhaj, and cinephiles Dathatreya Mahesh, Abishek, Arjun and Vidhush. Listen to them talk about dramatic writing, dialogue framing, the issues in the second half, Thalapathy Vijay's astounding performance, ways to fix the movie, Kollywood's long-standing second-half problem, the concept of star vehicles as 'Scream Generating Machines', the correct way to do technical gimmicks in a film, the prospect of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe, and more in this jam-packed conversation. Enjoy!

Leo

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj

Produced by Seven Screen Studio

Music by Anirudh Ravichander

Cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa

Editing by Philomin Raj

Starring Thalapathy Vijay, Sanjay Dutt, Trisha, George Maryan, Arjun, Gautam Vasudev Menon, Mysskin, Madonna Sebastian, Mathew Thomas and others

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Music used in this episode:

Ordinary Person (From 'Leo') and Badass - Leo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Composed by Anirudh Ravichander for Leo - Sony Music India

Image used in cover art: 'Leo' logo conceived by Gopi Prasanna

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