Vetrimaaran Quotes

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Once, a man at the customs duty check at the Delhi Airport asked me a question in Hindi, and I told him that I didn’t speak the language. He got angry and said, ‘How could you not speak in Hindi? Hindi is our mother tongue.’ I told him that it wasn’t my mother tongue. He got furious, and made me wait for over 45 minutes.

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I always feel that my films ought to teach me something about life.

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When people told me that ‘Polladhavan’ was a remake of ‘Bicycle Thieves,’ I wanted to laugh because comparing ‘Polladhavan’ to ‘Bicycle Thieves’ is a disgrace to the latter.

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Despite strict instructions from my mother not to step out of the house, I cycled all the way to Vellore to watch ‘Thevar Magan.’ In fact, I grew up watching classic films such as ‘Naayakan,’ ‘Thaalapathi’ and ‘En Bommukutty Ammavukku.’

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Big-budget movies might have huge marketing budgets, but only some films have the content to stand out.

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AJ’ is a very special movie to me. I have been watching Dinesh and Rajkumar from their initial days, and have witnessed their evolution. The film talks about the bond shared between a father and a son who wants to fulfil his father’s dreams. It’s a cross between a comedy of errors and a political satire.

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If you get the right cast, half your work is done.

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If a film can’t excite me and teach me something about life, then it is not worth pursuing.

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My mentor is Balu Mahendra.

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When you’re a filmmaker or a scriptwriter, you face a lot of challenges while making a film. And when you produce it, you have to put in an extra effort.

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Film festivals give less of a platform to mainstream films because they already have a market.

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Actually, after three years, I realised that the opening scenes of ‘Polladhavan’ were inspired by ‘Lolita,’ in which the lead character says, ‘Why did I meet her? My life would have been different had I not met her.’

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A script writer usually manipulates his characters in accordance to the script.

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India is a conglomeration of different states with various languages, tradition, and culture for each.

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I’ve done just three films in nine years.

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I do films for the common man and identify myself one among them.

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Going international is my game. I’ve always wanted to do it, and after ‘Aadukalam,’ I got to meet Anurag Kashyap, the face of alternate Indian cinema to the world.

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Manikandan is a complete filmmaker and knows his job well.

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There is a huge market ready to accept good Tamil content.

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For me, in any story that I take, the antagonist is more interesting and multi-dimensional.

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The Hindi remake rights for ‘Visaranai’ have been bought by director Priyadarshan.

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The best part about an actor is that they should firstly be receptive and secondly be expressive.

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One of my staff members told me that after the release of the film, whenever a custodial death is reported, people say – ‘Another ‘Visaranai.’ This is the kind of change that I am looking for; it should hit you hard.

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Characters, conflict and geography are things that must be considered while making movies from adaptations.

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The violence in ‘Visaranai’ is based on reality.

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Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

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Rajkumar was the winner of ‘Naalaya Iyakkunar Season 2,’ and I was impressed with his short film. He joined me as an assistant when I started the pre-production work for ‘Vada Chennai.’

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The pressure and hype is created by the media. Of course, expectations are there and we cannot stop that nor change yourself for expectations. We just continue making films.

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In Toronto, the film festival is like a carnival… entire families come to it.

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The budget of ‘Vada Chennai’ is nearly Rs 60 crores.

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Visaranai’ isn’t for those with weak hearts. It has a lot of graphic violence, and you need a strong stomach to watch the film.

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I don’t find anything black and white; I find grey in every person, and that is what excites me.

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I wasn’t happy the way I completed ‘Asuran’ or abandoned the film as it isn’t complete. People are liking it and it’s making money and I’m glad but I’m not happy with how I had to finish it.

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I can’t write about someone who is unlike me in all senses-physically, emotionally and socially.

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Slum children eat crow‘s eggs for nutrition yet nobody respects this common bird. It’s the exotic birds which fascinate all.

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Vada Chennai 2′ needs a big budget.

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It is a challenging task to adapt a book to screen presentation and you will not be able to satisfy those who read the classic novel.

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Whatever film it is, the geography has to be right. If I cannot establish it, I’ll get lost. I wouldn’t even understand it in the first place! I hence visit a place and decide what can be conveyed from where; how that can be incorporated in the story.

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I’ve always said that the more ethnic you become, the more international your film becomes.

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It’s always good to promote a film on a larger scale before it’s been put to test.

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The joy I get while listening to my daughter, Poonthendrel, speak is incomparable. I’ve listened to several other kids speak but have never enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed listening to my daughter.

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I don’t believe in one slow panning-shot to show a place. It should unfurl in the story itself.

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The younger generation of filmmakers is concerned about our roots, rather than making films with characters plucked out of the cloud or some English DVD. Actually since 2000, Tamil cinema is going through some positive changes.

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We should protest to ban NEET altogether.

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Awards are an encouragement. An award is not something we aim at while making a film.

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