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Vetrimaaran
Indian
Director
Born:
Sep 4
,
1975
About
Film
Films
Make
Me
You
It's always good to promote a film on a larger scale before it's been put to test.
Vetrimaaran
Good
Before
Scale
Promote
Put
Always
Test
Been
Film
Larger
Larger Scale
Visaaranai' reflects a stark reality from which you cannot shut yourself out: that is its success.
Vetrimaaran
Success
You
Reality
Yourself
Out
Reflects
Cannot
Which
Stark
Shut
Big-budget movies might have huge marketing budgets, but only some films have the content to stand out.
Vetrimaaran
Films
Marketing
Out
Some
Only
Budgets
Content
Huge
Movies
Might
Stand
One of my staff members told me that after the release of the film, whenever a custodial death is reported, people say - ‘Another 'Visaranai.' This is the kind of change that I am looking for; it should hit you hard.
Vetrimaaran
Death
Me
You
Change
People
I Am
Looking
Say
Release
Members
Kind
People Say
Another
Am
Hit
Reported
Staff
Whenever
After
Should
Hard
Film
I don't believe in one slow panning-shot to show a place. It should unfurl in the story itself.
Vetrimaaran
Slow
Believe
Itself
Story
Place
Should
Show
Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films.
Vetrimaaran
Political
Films
Our
Target
Festival
Festivals
Cannes
Certain
Film
Based
Film Festival
Every film that I make is an accident.
Vetrimaaran
Accident
Every
Make
Film
The first 40-50 pages of ‘Veekai' is what made it film-friendly. I realised the subject would be relevant even after 50 years.
Vetrimaaran
Made
First
Relevant
Would
Would-Be
Years
Subject
After
Realised
Pages
Even
My mentor is Balu Mahendra.
Vetrimaaran
Mentor
I do films for the common man and identify myself one among them.
Vetrimaaran
Myself
Man
Films
Identify
Common
Common Man
Them
Among
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.
Vetrimaaran
Cinema
Voting
Mind
National
Every
Panel
Final
Way
Mood
Members
Promote
Point
Supposed
Most
Academy
Likely
Making
Trusted
Ambitious
Person
Get
List
Quite
Movie
Which
Boast
Swayed
Us
Who
Film
Keeping
Oscars
Smaller films that have a great run at the festivals usually result in the audience promoting the film on social media and so on.
Vetrimaaran
Great
Result
Social Media
Films
Run
Promoting
Smaller
Audience
Festivals
Social
Media
Film
Film festivals give less of a platform to mainstream films because they already have a market.
Vetrimaaran
Films
Market
Give
Mainstream
Because
Festivals
Less
Platform
Film
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.
Vetrimaaran
Positive
Generation
Cinema
Cloud
Films
Changes
Our
Out
Characters
Plucked
Some
About
Rather
Through
Since
Concerned
Making
DVD
Than
Going
Younger
Younger Generation
Roots
English
Actually
Filmmakers
Vada Chennai 2' needs a big budget.
Vetrimaaran
Needs
Big
Budget
Big Budget
In Toronto, the film festival is like a carnival… entire families come to it.
Vetrimaaran
Carnival
Toronto
Entire
Come
Like
Festival
Families
Film
Film Festival
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.
Vetrimaaran
You
Challenges
Face
Extra
Put
Making
Lot
Effort
While
Produce
Film
Filmmaker
Going international is my game. I've always wanted to do it, and after 'Aadukalam,' I got to meet Anurag Kashyap, the face of alternate Indian cinema to the world.
Vetrimaaran
Game
World
Cinema
Face
Meet
Indian
Alternate
Always
Got
Going
Wanted
After
International
I can't write about someone who is unlike me in all senses-physically, emotionally and socially.
Vetrimaaran
Me
Unlike
About
Someone
Write
Emotionally
Who
Socially
AJ' is a very special movie to me. I have been watching Dinesh and Rajkumar from their initial days, and have witnessed their evolution. The film talks about the bond shared between a father and a son who wants to fulfil his father's dreams. It's a cross between a comedy of errors and a political satire.
Vetrimaaran
Dreams
Me
Satire
Son
Comedy
Political
Father
Evolution
About
Cross
Shared
Between
Days
Talks
Witnessed
Been
His
Errors
Very
Movie
Wants
Fulfil
Special
Who
Initial
Film
Bond
Watching
A script writer usually manipulates his characters in accordance to the script.
Vetrimaaran
Characters
Writer
His
Accordance
Script
The psychology of education is all about how the society gets benefited from it.
Vetrimaaran
Education
Society
About
How
Gets
Psychology
We should protest to ban NEET altogether.
Vetrimaaran
Protest
Altogether
Ban
Should
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.
Vetrimaaran
Character
Dedication
Extreme
He
Put
His
Off
Effort
Role
Effortlessly
Challenging
Level
Phenomenal
Pulled
The pressure and hype is created by the media. Of course, expectations are there and we cannot stop that nor change yourself for expectations. We just continue making films.
Vetrimaaran
Change
Yourself
Pressure
Hype
Films
We Cannot
Course
Making
Continue
Nor
Expectations
Just
Stop
Cannot
Created
Media
I can't describe how I make a film. It's organic.
Vetrimaaran
Organic
Make
How
Describe
Film
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