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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the women close to me - my mother, sister, wife and friends - are strong and independent.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music I listen, the book I read, and the people I meet; these are some things that keeps me going.
- Nov 07, 2020
And I'm not homophobic.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yennai Arindhaal' is perhaps the quickest film in my career.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
If my tale has to revolve around a protagonist and there is action around him, I can only imagine him to be someone from the police or the Army.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people think I've lost it, I'll make 'Chennaiyil' and show them I've still got it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
What you feel about a film is what you feel when you're in love with a woman. You fight for her love and it's always a struggle... there are misunderstandings and you're always trying to prove that there's more to you.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go straight into shooting with a script that's 80 per cent complete and I wait for my characters to grow on me before I finalise the climax.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've portrayed cops as heroes for far too long, I think.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only aspect I'd probably change in some of my films is the death of the heroine. I wish I'd kept some of them alive.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a big fan of fantasy; I'd rather watch 'Desperate Housewives' than 'Game of Thrones.'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
In everybody's life, there is love, there is sorrow, there is melancholy. And there might be danger as well.
- Criticisms
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I am going to be afraid of the criticisms that my films get, I am never going to make films.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't read the reviews because it somewhere affects my work. If some critic doesn't like a movie, I can't keep his criticisms in mind the next time I am making a film. Even if someone writes a great review about my film, I don't want to be affected by it.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is in college that one gathers confidence as the mind is open to ideologies.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have made too many cop films.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One reason why I've taken 11 years to make my second Hindi film is because I am comfortable working with the stars in the South, as they are with me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Mumbai, I feel like a stranger.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ranbir was my first choice for 'Ek Deewana Tha.' I tried to get in touch in with. Forget about meeting Ranbir. I couldn't even meet his secretary. Yes, even the secretary refused to meet me.
- Declined
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vipul Shah wanted me to do the Hindi adaptation of my film 'Kaakha Kaakha.' I declined the offer.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though I'm happy with the response to the film, I've been hearing the feedback that 'Yennai Arindhaal' has traces of my earlier films. It was meant to be like that. Since it's part of a trilogy, hence the reference to the other two films in the franchise.
- Extension
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lead character in 'Yennai Arindhaal' is like an extension of the protagonists of 'Kaakha Kaakha' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.'
- Good Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today, most big stars want scripts to be written in a particular way, show them in a certain light. They want people to like them for various reasons. It's all about how much people will like me in this film than about whether it's a good film or not.
- Backdrop
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I love Hindi films, I don't remember any backdrop visuals that are really striking.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The initial response to 'Yennai Arindhaal' was that it didn't have all the quintessential commercial elements, though I consider it as my most commercial venture.
- Movie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would seriously love to do a Malayalam movie.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to shoot on sets at all. As much as possible, I try to shoot on location.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I drove past one of the houses in Tiruvanmiyur and asked them if we could shoot there for 'Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya' because it seemed straight out of the pages of the script.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put my heart into 'Vaaranam Ayiram.' I lost my father when I began the film, and the tragedy turned my entire script around.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a coming of age film of a character, 'Vaaranam Ayiram' worked with the audience.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when 'Kaakha Kaakha' was released, there were people who gave it an average rating and said they couldn't figure out what was happening. Three days after its release, the producer called me and asked me to remove all of Jothika's scenes from the film. I told him; in that case, you can also remove my name from the director's slot.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do a film because at that particular moment, I want to make a film. It is my attempt at moving away from the ordinary.
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm okay with suggestions but I want to do what I believe in, because I'm inspired by an idea.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to be a friend to my boys just the way my dad was with me. Subconsciously that reflects in my writing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who've told me cinema is a visual medium and you don't need to say so much. When I write the script, all these lines of what the characters are thinking are written. Once the film is shot and the lines are dubbed, I tone it down in postproduction if I feel it gets heavy.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sneaked out of school to watch 'Nayakan.' I must have watched it at least 15 times at Anand theatre.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how liberal or modern a family is, there will always be resistance when someone discloses that they are dating someone.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was approached to remake 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya,' I felt that it was a good way to reach out to a wider audience, every director wants that.
- Filmmaking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even bigger directors like Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma have faced flak, that doesn't mean they've shied away from filmmaking.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a singer.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is difficult, but I definitely do want to make a film in Malayalam at some point of my life.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever the script demands, I do.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the day, I was keen on working on a film with the superstars - Mammootty and Mohanlal. But they wanted me to make a film with them in Tamil.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a romantic at heart.
- Nov 07, 2020
Minnale' was so earthy.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a film like Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu, I was particular that nothing should be revealed prior to release.
- Romance
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- Nov 07, 2020
YVM' is a feel-good romance.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Nani, what struck me was his confidence. It has been a revelation. Nani, the most confident actor and it is a pleasure to work with him. Will do a film with him anytime given a chance.
- Endings
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Tamil audience is more receptive to unusual endings.
- Cinema
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nadunisi Naaigal' is new age Tamil cinema. I have tried to break the rules of regular cinema with this film.
- Filmmaker
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- Nov 07, 2020