back in september 2019 we had told you that vj chitra aka chithu would be making her kollywood debut with a film titled calls i want to do something challenging im interested in doing womencentric scripts like kanaa the films i do should make sense chithu had told us thennow following the tragic demise of the actress last week the makers of the film are planning to release her film in january 2021 talking about how he chose chitra for the role the films director j sabarish recalls i had originally approached riythvika to play the role but after her stint on bigg boss tamil i felt she wouldnt suit the role then i tried roping in mahima nambiar with whom id acted in sattai and arthana binu of kadaikutty singam fame but somehow things didnt fall in place id heard about chitras struggles and her dedication to her work she was also a tamil girl so i felt she would be apt to play the character of a 23yearold girl from a middleclass family working in a bpothe film is a femalecentric crime thriller it delves into the pressures she faces at work like attending to irate callers meeting insane targets and harassment from her team leader a series of murders happen and how she is connected to them will be narrated in a nonlinear fashion he sayswhen i was narrating the story she stopped me midway and told me i was waiting for such a script semaya irukku ill do this film you dont have to narrate the rest of the story to me i will see the entire film on the big screen he claims talking about how chithu was on the set he says she was very cooperative always coming up with suggestions for her costumes and performance id sent her the rough cut of the films trailer on may 2 2020 her birthday and she said it was very good my only regret is that she never got to see the entire filmthe actress he says considered nayanthara to be her role model in fact she requested for a costume similar to the one nayanthara had worn in one of her films he informshe also makes another curious revelation tragically she was wearing the same nightie that we had got her for the film when she ended her life we had got this dress for her in thanjavur and this was her costume for the films opening scene says sabarish the director mentions that the team isnt trying to capitalise on their female leads unfortunate death we were supposed to release the film in july 2020 after wrapping up the shoot in march but due to the lockdown we could begin postproduction only in september our intention always was to release the film at the earliest once theatres reopened we hope our film will give chitras fans some kind of closure he signs off