How was it doing Amudhae?
When I saw Ezhil sir’s
Thullatha Manamum Thullum
I liked it very much. I enjoyed
and watched it many times. I used
to act and dance for the Meghamay
Vanthu Pogiren song. Due t o that
I had a special respect for him
and wanted o do a movie under
him. Then he was invited to view
the preview of Ramakrishna.
On seeing the film while coming
out he called me and told that
I had acted very well. He said
the character I did was portrayed
as if done by an experienced artist.
Later he gave me the offer to
do Amudhae. Instead of
doing same type of characters,
Amudhae was very different
in story and character to me.
I did a rowdy role in Gurudeva,
revenge taking lawyer in Sevvel,
a guy with stammering problem
in Katrullah Varai. And
in that line will follow Amudhae.
Ezhil sir worked very hard to
make Amudhae a hit. He
allowed me to act freely. Most
of the scenes I did in this movie
were shot in a single take.
Who’s your inspiration
for acting?
We have all the characteristics
inside us. I believe that it is
more than enough if we bring it
out and do it properly. We can
learn good things from anyone.
When I was explained about the
rowdy character in Gurudeva,
I was reminded about Parthiban
sir’s Puthiya Padhai.
As comedy, action, sentiment etc.
was also needed for that character
I saw films like Ulley Veliye,
Sattam En Kaiyil and
understood how the heroes had
done the character, did some homework
over it and only then acted the
role. For two days I found it
difficult to get into the character
but after two days, with director
Jafer’s help found it easy.
As the movie was made in both
Tamil and Telugu I did both of
them. In Tamil I spoke I the chindadripet
style and in Telugu used the local
Hyderabad style in Telugu. Everyone
who saw the movie appreciated
my performance.
There seems to be 1 movie
of yours coming out every month.
What’s the reason behind
this? Do you fund these films?
My father is a business in London.
He was caught in a fix trying
to help some people. He was caught
in debt worth in crores. At that
time only I came into cinema.
I had to earn and clear the debts.
When the situation is like this
how can I financially help my
movies? K. Balachander gave me
a chance in Rojavanam
produced under his banner. I got
Rs. 10000 as salary for that movie.
Having acted in his banner I got
fame and also an offer from the
Telugu field. I got the offer
to do Anantham under
Ramoji rao sir’s production.
That film was a mega hit there.Due
to that there was an expectation
for me .After that I did ten films
and settled all my father’s
debts. Ramakrishna created
a lot of problems for the producer
Sivasakthi Pandian sir. Due to
that the release was delayed.
As a result I helped the film
to release financially from the
revenue I got from other movies.
Otherwise I haven’t helped
any other movie.
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