Sathyam' fight scene at cost of 1.5 crores

The cars are speeding past on the Tambaram bypass-Maduravayil road. In one of the cars is a smart khaki clad Vishal with gun in hand. This is the scene of 'Sathyam' shooting. Vishal tells stunt master Kanal Kannan that he's ready for the take and presses his foot on the accelerator, woth villain's henchmen chasing him and cinematographer RD Rajasekhar starts shooting the scene. In 10 seconds they were gone half a km and when the cars bumped into each other, Vishal's car did a topsy turvy and got back straight.
This put butterflies in the stomach of those present. But the take was successful and as Vishal emerged from the car, director Rajaekhar gave the thumbs up victory sign.
Vishal, aren't you afraid? You do such shots so coolly?
"If one wants applause from the audience who pays to se me on screen, all these risks are like halwa," says Vishal after doing a thrilling scene.
"You would never have seen such a car chase in Indian films," challenges Kanal Kannan who has brought in 6 experienced drivers from Mumbai for the action scenes. 50 stunt men in 48 cars have risked their lives for the car chase.

The scene running to 7 minutes in the film would be shot over 20 days on various locations like Tambaram bypass, Ennore, Ramojirao Film City, Pattinapakkam and so on.
New cameras like Roll Vison and Cross Camera are used to shoot this scene and the visual effects are by Craig. He has worked in famed Hollywood film 'Mummy' and 'Krish' starring Hritik Roshan.
Producer Vikram Krishna casually remarks that this fight sequence alone costs...hold your breath...1.5 crores!