Vignesh Shivan Quotes

Vignesh Shivan

Profession : Director

Birth : September 18, 1985

The fact is that my mother is a cop and generally kids of cops are a little different from their parents - they tend to be quiet. In my case, I was never interested in joining the police force, because right from my childhood I have seen the challenges in a cop's life.

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I am extremely thankful and grateful to Dhanush and Wunderbar Productions. It's a blessing to work with them because he is a non-interfering producer.

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Everything is online these days. Even a small bit of information is immediately put up on Twitter or sent via WhatsApp.

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In a theatrical experience, creating a moment is somewhat easy; you can have a callback to a previous film, and if 10 people laugh, the others in the hall usually join in.

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I come from a police family. Both my parents are police officers.

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My relationship with Nayan is too personal to talk about. I am not comfortable sharing it.

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'NRT' is a comedy film, which has the extreme of emotions with Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara as the protagonists.

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If I talk about my personal issues, they say it is to promote my film. I'm not that desperate that I need to stoop down to such levels to promote my films.

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I don't think remakes should be looked down upon.

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It's a daunting task to create something that interests audiences.

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My working style differs in every film.

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I feel like I'm on crutches when I have to go by the dialogue sheet. I want the artiste's natural, spontaneous reaction and vocabulary so that it adds a genuine flavor to the scene without which the sequence becomes entirely cinematic.

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Even my first film Poda Podi' was supposed to be remade in Telugu. That was an experimental film.

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Dialogues and emotion based movies don't always work.

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In my case I want my films to be fresh even after a decade of watching it.

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When an actor even after ten years of experience puts in effort and treats every day of her work as the first day in her career, she becomes an asset.

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Vijay Sethupathi looks a film as a film. He never looks at what kind image he is going to get out of the character.

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Everyone knows about my love for music and I am a huge Anirudh fan.

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I usually prefer casting actors from our own industry.

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I've always been a huge fan of Netflix and its storytelling.

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