Suriya Brings Retro Vibes To Mumbai

A
section
of
the
Mumbai
media
got
a
glimpse
of
how
the
devoted
fandoms
of
South
Indian
superstars
operate
when
Tamil
sensation
Suriya
visited
the
city
on
Tuesday
afternoon
to
promote
his
upcoming
pan-India
film

Retro.

Suriya
and
his
director
Karthik
Subbaraj
were
greeted
with
a
roaring
swarm
of
fans.

A
massive
cut-out
of
Suriya’s

Retro
avatar
was
erected
and
the
film’s
theme
song

The
One,
composed
by
Subbaraj’s
frequent
collaborator
Santhosh
Narayanan,
was
played
on
loop,
adding
to
the
charged
up
atmosphere.

Retro
is
poised
to
be
Suriya’s
rebound
after

Kanguva’s
dismal
performance
last
year.
The
romantic
actioner
marks
the
actor’s
first
collaboration
with
Subbaraj,
who
is
known
for
Tamil
blockbusters
like

Pizza,
Jigarthanda,
Iraivi and

Petta.

Suriya
looked
uber
cool
in
a
dark
blue
shirt
and
white
pants,
with
a
pair
of
black
shades.

As
he
stepped
onto
the
stage,
the
audience
roared
once
again
in
delight.

But
perhaps
they
found
something
amiss.

Someone
shouted
out
in
Tamil
and
caught
Suriya’s
attention.

Turns
out,
it
was
a
request
for
the
superstar
to
remove
his
sunglasses!

And
this
is
what
happened
next…

Each
time
the
actor
spoke,
he
was
met
with
resounding
cheers
and
whistles
from
the
fans,
and
they
quieten
only
after
Suriya’s
‘calm
down’
gesture.

Suriya
said

Retro
has
seen
the
journey
of
four
years,
right
from
the
many
discussions
with
his
director
to
the
film’s
eventual
release.
The
actor,
who
plays
a
gangster
in
the
film,
expressed
his
admiration
for
Subbaraj’s
talent.

“Every
time,
you
need
a
disrupter
in
the
industry,
somebody
who
will
come
and
change
the
tone.
He
(pointing
at
Karthik
Subbaraj)
has
a
very
unique
voice,
be
it
the
screenplay,
the
visuals
or
making
the
character
behave
in
a
certain
way
on
screen,”
Suriya
said.

WATCH:
Suriya
shares
what
he
liked
about
working
with
Karthik
Subbaraj

Subbaraj
emphasised
on
the
film’s
tagline
‘Love,
Laughter,
War’
and
said

Retro
is
an
action
film
but
it
all
starts
with
‘Love’.

“The
love
story
forms
the
emotional
quotient
of

Retro
and
we
really
hope
to
give
a
wholesome
experience
to
the
audience
with
this
film,”
Subbaraj
said.

WATCH:
From
training
in
martial
arts
to
filming
one-take
action
scenes,
Karthik
Subbaraj
talks
about
Suriya’s
action
hero
in

Retro.

Retro
hits
the
screens
on
May
1,
in
multiple
languages.