Vetrimaaran Quotes

Vetrimaaran

Profession : Director

Birth : September 4, 1975

When you are adapting a book to a visual medium, you tend to leave a few things and add a few new ones.

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For the role of 50-year-old Sivasami in 'Asuran,' Dhanush has put in phenomenal effort. With his extreme level of dedication, he pulled off the challenging character effortlessly.

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Primarily, a festival is a platform to sell films that are not meant for the mainstream audience. Cultural exchange is also important aspect of a film festival.

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

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

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The first 40-50 pages of 'Veekai' is what made it film-friendly. I realised the subject would be relevant even after 50 years.

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

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Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

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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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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.

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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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And I don't want people to think that I make movies based on other films.

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Dhanush is my biggest shield. Whatever be the situation, he creates a space for me to work. This has been the case since our first film.

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