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Films team had been trying to release their film conventionally in theaters in Tamil Nadu, searching for distributors and trying to find people who might take their film and release it in theaters. The difficulty of releasing a film conventionally without financial backing or influence is just unimaginable especially when the film doesn't conform to the norms or the 'formula'. They initially thought of going conventionally only to reach a wide audience, because the film is about money, which everyone can relate to.
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make their film about money (a 500-rupee note) and perceptions about it. Once the core concept "the journey of a 500-Rupee note" was decided, director Raghu wrote the screenplay in 15 days at a single stretch. Some of the characters of the film are loosely inspired from real life like the "money-less revolutionary" character played by T. M. Karthik, was inspired from people like
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Jenny (Chinnu
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A one-minute trailer drew attention as soon as a promo was released on YouTube. A 5K marathon run was conducted to promote the concept of a world without money, and around 150 people participated in that marathon.
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