Vetrimaaran Quotes

Vetrimaaran

Profession : Director

Birth : September 4, 1975

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

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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 budget of 'Vada Chennai' is nearly Rs 60 crores.

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Anybody with a good smart phone can shoot and edit a film. Distributing it is the hard part.

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My films are a reflection of the society I live in, what I see and observe.

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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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I wrote 'Aadukalam' keeping Dhanush in mind. As an actor, he delivers exactly what I need and sometimes more.

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We all have to consciously make efforts to identify our roots and nurture them.

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My films are a personal reflection on the impact that the state - the system and the world - has on me.

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I like to keep my films close to reality.

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

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The violence in 'Visaranai' is based on reality.

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My mentor is Balu Mahendra.

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

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

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I can't describe how I make a film. It's organic.

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

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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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