Our art director (Nimesh M Thanoor) found the parts in a scrapyard. “The building is a set, but the tower was dropped to the ground using an industrial crane. I would say it was a good trade-off.” Fortunately, the art department found a cause for celebration when the film’s most intense portion, the climax, required a real mobile tower. When there is a cut-off time, it’s a reality which we have to deal with it. “It’s not their fault,” empathises Salil V. Naturally, the art department felt dejected by these rare instances of malfunction. Fortunately, we got a lot of time to work on these sequences.” And since we were under a schedule, we felt that using CGI would be more advantageous. We rehearsed with a real one, but we couldn’t make it work the way we wanted when filming began. But there were also moments where we had no option but to use CGI, like that CCTV camera sequence, for instance. We used a pulley for that and then added computer-generated sparks. “We used practical effects whenever we could, such as the electrical wire that detaches itself from the wall and goes after the characters in the climax. “There are more than 60 mins of VFX work (by Promice VFX Studio) in the film,” says Ranjeet. The film employs visual effects, largely seamless, some to enhance the practical effects. But we are dealing with fiction here.”Chathurmukham, which has Manju Warrier playing a social media-obsessed tech professional, explores the horrifying possibilities after the characters encounter a ghost that can manipulate the devices around them. Besides, what doesn’t have an explanation today might have one tomorrow. Also, which is science and which is not is still a matter of debate. “But Chathurmukham is a work of pure entertainment and not a showcase for a debate. Since the film’s core idea also involves a conflict between science and the supernatural, I ask about their beliefs. You see, that’s what happens when IT people set out to make a film,” they laugh. What you saw on the screen is the 27th draft. The script penned by Abhayakumar K and Anil Kurian, also IT professionals-went through many iterations. “They come with the territory, naturally.
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However, they would also like to acknowledge that their film is not 100% free of cliches. Once that was out of the way, we formed the characters, their surroundings, and whatnot,” says the duo. We saw a lot of horror films to be clear about what we wanted to avoid. “We first made a checklist of all the things we would like to see when a smartphone-based supernatural presence is wreaking havoc. They turned their focus towards pulling off a unique horror film devoid of all the usual cliches-the barking dog, white saree-clad ghost, and unnecessary humour. The seed of Chathurmukham, they say, was planted right after the release of Kohinoor, for which they wrote the script.