Shankar’s
gigantic productions are
much appreciated by the
audience. He has a meticulous
working style and is a
punishing
perfectionist. That is
how he has been able to
reach the summit of success.
He has the policy of
choosing his assistants
before commencing work
on each film. But director
Mani
Ratnam conducts
interviews to decide
on his assistants. Now,
Shankar
has also adopted this
practice and gave out
feelers that he was
looking for assistants
for his next film Sivaji.
He received not less
than a thousand applications.
He screened them, conducted
an interview and chose
only 20 guys to be the
assistants. Much is
at stake for him in
Sivaji and he has plunged
completely into the
project. He is carrying
out story discussions
with the new recruits.
