"She was our cash cow," he said in Tamil. "But cows disappear into the slaughterhouse quietly." He refused to give a name. Another source, a retired cinematographer who worked on two such films (on condition of anonymity), stated: "We shot Suparna over three weekends. She never spoke to anyone on set. She would arrive in an auto, do the scenes without rehearsal, take her money in an envelope, and leave. One day, the auto came, but she didn't. No forwarding address."