“Vipul Shah wanted me to do the Hindi adaptation of my film 'Kaakha Kaakha.' I declined the offer.”
0 likes
Author detail
This author page remains available for legacy URL compatibility, including alias-backed slug support.
Quotes
Showing 1-20 of 41
“Vipul Shah wanted me to do the Hindi adaptation of my film 'Kaakha Kaakha.' I declined the offer.”
0 likes
“I understand the angst of a filmmaker.”
0 likes
“Even though I love Hindi films, I don't remember any backdrop visuals that are really striking.”
0 likes
“Bollywood is a different ballgame. I am quite used to Tamil and Telugu films.”
0 likes
“You need stars to create the buzz and bring audiences to the cinemas.”
0 likes
“I go straight into shooting with a script that's 80 per cent complete and I wait for my characters to grow on me before I finalise the climax.”
0 likes
“Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.”
0 likes
“I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a coming of age film of a character, 'Vaaranam Ayiram' worked with the audience.”
0 likes
“I think I have made too many cop films.”
0 likes
“If I am going to be afraid of the criticisms that my films get, I am never going to make films.”
0 likes
“I don't read the reviews because it somewhere affects my work. If some critic doesn't like a movie, I can't keep his criticisms in mind the next time I am making a film. Even if someone writ...”
0 likes
“The Tamil audience is more receptive to unusual endings.”
0 likes
“Even bigger directors like Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma have faced flak, that doesn't mean they've shied away from filmmaking.”
0 likes
“I'm not a big fan of fantasy; I'd rather watch 'Desperate Housewives' than 'Game of Thrones.'”
0 likes
“Today, most big stars want scripts to be written in a particular way, show them in a certain light. They want people to like them for various reasons. It's all about how much people will lik...”
0 likes
“The only aspect I'd probably change in some of my films is the death of the heroine. I wish I'd kept some of them alive.”
0 likes
“I understand that bureaucracy, hierarchy and managing politics is not easy.”
0 likes
“One reason why I've taken 11 years to make my second Hindi film is because I am comfortable working with the stars in the South, as they are with me.”
0 likes
“And I'm not homophobic.”
0 likes
“It is in college that one gathers confidence as the mind is open to ideologies.”
0 likes