Vetrimaaran

For me, every film is a learning process. After each, I take time to unlearn.

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

Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films.

Manikandan is a complete filmmaker and knows his job well.

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

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

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.

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

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.

The academy which boasts of 6,000 to 8,000 voting members are most likely to get swayed by the national mood in the US. There is a point person for every movie at the Oscars, who is supposed to promote the film and is trusted by the panel. By keeping all these in mind, Tamil cinema making its way to the final list is quite ambitious.

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.

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