“'Mercury' is about a big company exploiting a small town. There is a place in Tamil Nadu called Kodaikanal. It had a thermometer factory, which would dump the mercury into the river. This affected a lot of people. This incident is the inspiration for this film.”

Indian film director, producer and screenwriter

Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter working mainly in Tamil cinema. He is known for his work in contemporary Tamil films, where he has built a reputation as a writer and filmmaker with a distinct voice. His career spans directing, producing, and screenwriting, all within the Tamil film industry. The available information places him among the figures associated with modern Tamil cinema, though no further biographical details are given here.