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22 Apr 2026, 4:09 pm
Chamber drama seems to be the flavor du jour in Sakshi Agarwal’s career. The actor, who recently starred in Ring Ring (2025), returns to the genre with Theeyor Koodam , which is set to release on April 24. Interestingly, both these films were helmed by the same director, Sakthivel. “Writing such scripts has become a habit for Sakthivel. This is no mean feat, and it takes a lot of work and brainstorming to come up with an interesting screenplay that unfolds in one place again and again. He loves doing scripts like this,” begins Sakshi, adding, “This is a chamber drama with an element of a survival thriller in it. My character, Diya, fights to protect an orphanage and ends up in a place, clubbed along with a few others, with intentions and agendas of their own. Who survives the place is what the film is about.”
Elaborating more on the challenges the director faced in writing, Sakshi notes, “There are a lot of things to take care of when writing a story that unfolds in a single place. Apart from an engaging screenplay and interesting characters, meticulous care needs to go into even the shots and frames. Repetitive shots will make the film boring. So a lot needs to be done even on the technical front.” Unwilling to reveal who the theeyavar (bad) and nallavar (good) in the film are, Sakshi says, “One man’s hero is another man’s villain (laughs). Every character inside the building has their own intentions. Even in life, you cannot be a good person in everyone’s story. We leave it to the audience to decide for themselves who is good and who is bad.”
Sakshi credits the film and the team for helping her improve as an actor, as such projects test how much she can hold the film with her performance. “I was happy that I grew in confidence after getting this role. The film was a self-discovery as I had to keep improvising and pushing limits to see how much I can hold. Also, the combination of the actors was interesting,” shares Sakshi, who believes that the journey was comfortable as she worked with a very familiar team. “I worked with the same director, and team in Ring Ring and the anthology
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