Director Raja Murugan talks about his Tamil debut film Cuckoo, a cute love story of two blind people

An upcoming Tamil romantic film, Cuckoo, will mark the debut for director Raja Murugan. As described by the filmmaker Cuckoo is an honest and cute love story revolving around two visually challenged people. He is also quite confident that the lead characters will not raise sympathy among the audience.

As told by the director, "All love stories, real or reel, are associated with colour, beauty, money and what not. But love is beyond all this and I've captured that in my film.” "When two blind people fall in love, there's no room for all these factors. There's only honesty in their love and that's what ' Cuckoo' is all about. We love using all our five senses, but what happens when you have to love using only four senses? The love that you see then is not the same as you and I imagine. I have tried to portray exactly that in my film," he added.

Cuckoo, starring Dinesh and Malavika Nair in the lead, is slated to release this June and is presently in its post production stage. The director said, "There's a lot of humour in the film. It's not a film that will make you cry or sympathise for the blind characters. It's a cute love story that will entertain. I made the film with the tagline that 'life is beautiful', therefore there's no room for sympathy and sadness.” He told about his lead actors in the film, "I think Dinesh and Malavika have done a great job. I enrolled them in a workshop where blind students are taught life skills. They worked with those kids for two months and in the process convinced me that they could play blind characters effortlessly.” Both the actors joined a workshop to prepare themselves for the role. Cuckoo is a joint production venture by Fox Star Studios and The Next Big Film Productions.