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 Read Quote
Primarily, a festival is a platform to sell films that are not meant for the mainstream audience. Cultural exchange is also important aspect of a film festival. Vetrimaaran Read Quote
Film festivals give less of a platform to mainstream films because they already have a market. Vetrimaaran Read Quote
Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films. Vetrimaaran Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The joy I get while listening to my daughter, Poonthendrel, speak is incomparable. I’ve listened to several other kids speak but have never enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed listening to my daughter. Vetrimaaran Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When people told me that ‘Polladhavan’ was a remake of ‘Bicycle Thieves,’ I wanted to laugh because comparing ‘Polladhavan’ to ‘Bicycle Thieves’ is a disgrace to the latter. Vetrimaaran Read Quote
Actually, after three years, I realised that the opening scenes of ‘Polladhavan’ were inspired by ‘Lolita,’ in which the lead character says, ‘Why did I meet her? My life would have been different had I not met her.’ Vetrimaaran Read Quote
