Is Santhanam the hero? Of course! The story revolves around him. He is a hero and a villain in this flick. And I am a new face. So, definitely, he is the hero! But the songs are for me (laughs). We heard you were uncomfortable in the romantic scenes' Yes, I wasn't as comfortable as doing the comedy scenes. I was nervous doing the romantic scenes with Hansika as she is such a big actress. She's not familiar with the language and yet delivered a great performance but me knowing the language, I found it so tough!
And the dancing scenes' I am not a trained dancer so I went for rehearsals but when Icame to the sets ended up doing my own steps. The rehearsals were of no use! (Laughs) I just couldn't do the steps together with Hansika. So the director finally decided that he would shoot me separately and her separately. It was great fun!
Which scene did you have the maximum number of takes? The scene where I had to hug Hansika! No, it wasn't deliberate (laughs). I just wasn't getting it right so Rajesh kept asking for retakes. He asked me to kiss her as it was vital for the scene and I refused. So he changed the scene and asked her to kiss me instead without telling me. I was stunned! (Laughs)
As an actor, do you see yourself as competition to others? No way, I am the worst actor (laughs). I am the only actor in the industry who has dubbed for his film twice! I enjoy acting but I think everyone has a place for themselves in the industry. I would like to continue doing similar roles to the one in OKOK ' it was fun and breezy.
Is Harris Jayaraj like a guide to you? He has a good cinematic perspective and can gauge accurately what movie will work and what will not. I do ask him for his opinion on all my films. He has seen OKOK and he likes it. (Smiles)
Reports say you are producing your wife's first feature film' That's false. She is yet to complete the script. I'll decide only once that is complete. What happened to your film production? I am still continuing that. I am currently producing a small budget film and OKOK is my production too.
Have you signed on anything else as an actor? As of now, I am listening to scripts. I will be doing one more film with Rajesh. I am keen on working with Gautham Menon and will hopefully do a flick with him soon.
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