Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; February 15, 2019)

Even as he is busy with the pre-production of his next with Rajinikanth, writer-director A R Murugadoss has another responsibility to shoulder.

The filmmaker has been chosen to write the dialogues of the dubbed Tamil version of Avengers: Endgame, ahead of its release on April 26. Given the fan following that the superhero franchise enjoys in the South, the makers felt that the movie would establish a stronger connect if it had a local flavour. Enter Murugadoss, who is known for his masala cinema that is accompanied by catchy dialogues.

The filmmaker admits that merging the sensibilities of the superhero franchise — that features Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth and Scarlett Johansson, among others — with that of Tamil cinema is proving to be a challenge. “I have always admired the scale that Marvel brings to its movies. I have tried to bring an interesting local flavour to the movie without compromising on the original thought.”