Posted:
I always like to push the frontiers : Selvaraghavan
Ace director Selvaraghavan is all set for the release of his Mayakkam Enna, his seventh film in a decade. The director is on top of the world as his ambitious film opens this Friday worldwide. Sitting in his posh office in Chennai, Selvaraghavan opens up on his new film and much more in this exclusive interview to Sridevi Sreedhar
Your brother Dhanush has tweeted- "Mayakkam Enna is in a genre of its own". What's your comment ?
I myself do not know what genre the film falls into. It is not a love story; still it is a feel good and warm film.
The promos of the film make it look like it is another love tangle like some of your earlier films like Kadhal Kondein and 7G Rainbow Colony.
I believe in never repeating myself. Mayakkam Enna is fresh and innovative. I always like to push the frontiers.
So it is a different type of cinema.
It is very much seeped in the commercial format of storytelling with songs, comedy and action. There is no escape from the rules of the game.
In one way you say ME is different at the same time you say it is a commercial movie.
I'm not making the kind of films that I want to, when I started out as a filmmaker. I would love to make a film like The Girl in Yellow Boots but are constrained by commercial consideration.
How has ME shaped out?
I have watched it over 100 times and loved it. But what counts is the impact that it will have over the audiences. I'm waiting for their reaction more thananything else.
Mayakkam Enna to open big on Nov 25 worldwide
How comfortable is working with Dhanush?
It is my fourth film with him and always we have clicked as a team. He has done a difficult role extremely well, but would like the public to talk about his performance than me.
About others in the film?
I was impressed with Richa after seeing her Telugu film Leader and had signedher up to do a film with Rana Dagubatti. It was then that Gitanjali my wife who said that she would be apt for ME, and she has been proved right. My favourite cameraman Ramji has made each shot look good on screen. GV Prakash's music has already been appreciated and topping the charts.
What type of movies do you like to make?
I love the alternative cinema of Anurag Kashyap and Vishal Bhardwaj. I do not have the guts to make films like them. I'm forced due to financial constraints to make films which work at the box-office. So I try to take a middle path of making films that keep my company going at the same time gives me aesthetic satisfaction.
Source : Sify
Ace director Selvaraghavan is all set for the release of his Mayakkam Enna, his seventh film in a decade. The director is on top of the world as his ambitious film opens this Friday worldwide. Sitting in his posh office in Chennai, Selvaraghavan opens up on his new film and much more in this exclusive interview to Sridevi Sreedhar
Your brother Dhanush has tweeted- "Mayakkam Enna is in a genre of its own". What's your comment ?
I myself do not know what genre the film falls into. It is not a love story; still it is a feel good and warm film.
The promos of the film make it look like it is another love tangle like some of your earlier films like Kadhal Kondein and 7G Rainbow Colony.
I believe in never repeating myself. Mayakkam Enna is fresh and innovative. I always like to push the frontiers.
So it is a different type of cinema.
It is very much seeped in the commercial format of storytelling with songs, comedy and action. There is no escape from the rules of the game.
In one way you say ME is different at the same time you say it is a commercial movie.
I'm not making the kind of films that I want to, when I started out as a filmmaker. I would love to make a film like The Girl in Yellow Boots but are constrained by commercial consideration.
How has ME shaped out?
I have watched it over 100 times and loved it. But what counts is the impact that it will have over the audiences. I'm waiting for their reaction more thananything else.
Mayakkam Enna to open big on Nov 25 worldwide
How comfortable is working with Dhanush?
It is my fourth film with him and always we have clicked as a team. He has done a difficult role extremely well, but would like the public to talk about his performance than me.
About others in the film?
I was impressed with Richa after seeing her Telugu film Leader and had signedher up to do a film with Rana Dagubatti. It was then that Gitanjali my wife who said that she would be apt for ME, and she has been proved right. My favourite cameraman Ramji has made each shot look good on screen. GV Prakash's music has already been appreciated and topping the charts.
What type of movies do you like to make?
I love the alternative cinema of Anurag Kashyap and Vishal Bhardwaj. I do not have the guts to make films like them. I'm forced due to financial constraints to make films which work at the box-office. So I try to take a middle path of making films that keep my company going at the same time gives me aesthetic satisfaction.
Source : Sify
Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
Bollywood
Bigg Boss 19
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Anupamaa
