Director Mysskin On The Journey That Inspired Vijay Sethupathi's ‘Train’
Director Mysskin, known for creating impactful stories, often attracts audiences with his metaphorical comparisons of life. Continuing his signature style, he has cooked something exciting with Vijay Sethupathi. Their upcoming film, Train, intends to offer a metaphorical exploration of life.
On the production front, the film is progressing steadily with its shooting. Apart from Vijay Sethupathi, the film also features some renowned names in the industry, such as Nasser, Shruthi Haasan, Yugi Sethu, Narain and KS Ravikumar.
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Mysskin’s films usually explore the philosophies of life and humans. This time, the Psycho director has sketched a film inspired by his train journeys. While talking about the film at a recent event, he drew a poetic comparison with a train.
Reminiscing that he had travelled by train more than 600 times, the director shared that every time he saw the train as a monstrous worm carrying children in its belly, crawling across the land and releasing them safely at each stop. The metaphorical thought paved the way for the theme of the film Train.
While observing that some reach their destination safely, he also added that a few lose their lives during the journey.
The Plot
Connecting this comparison with the film, the director revealed interesting elements about his upcoming film. As per the director, the protagonist played by Vijay Sethupathi boards a train with a heavy heart, having lost all hope in life. His mission is to reach his late wife’s grave and plant a sapling there before he ends his life.
However, an unexpected turn of events on the journey gives him a new perspective towards life.
The Meaningful Climax
Mysskin further added that by the end of the journey, the character reflects on how boarding that train altered his destiny and refreshed his life. The emotional climax of the film offers a realisation that the train journey has not taken him to a different place but to a different life.
Internet Reacts
Netizens found that the story seemed a little too similar to A Man Called Otto. An X comment reads, “In Otto the lead character lives in a gated community, but here he changed that to Train but the base storyline is the same.”
Another X user compared the film’s narrative with Dune and A Man Called Otto; they said, “This would be the dream one would get if he watched Dune and A Man Called Otto back to back.
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Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under V Creations, the music of the film was composed by the director himself. Among other technicians, the cinematography was handelled by Fowzia Fathima.
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