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00:00 What opportunities did they get?
00:03 First, they got to act with Ajith.
00:08 I'm getting a lot of questions.
00:10 Even MSV sir doesn't know about it.
00:12 Did you search for the actor?
00:14 I'll tell you a small story.
00:16 When I flipped the page, I saw Ajith's photo.
00:21 I didn't know about it.
00:23 I just saw it and thought, "Wow, he's very good looking."
00:28 I thought, "If he's a hero, I'll be a hero."
00:31 I asked him, "Don't you feel like falling in love?"
00:41 Did he ask you?
00:43 No, because he created some love scenes.
00:46 Then, in the shooting, they kept asking me to hug and hug.
00:51 I said, "No, this is cheating."
00:53 You were so happy.
00:55 I said, "This is cheating. How can I hug him a second time?"
01:00 After the film, you see Ajith Patissarath in Tamil Nadu.
01:10 He's a big star.
01:12 I didn't see him as a star.
01:15 He's a wonderful human.
01:18 I come from a background where I've seen people like God.
01:22 For me, humanity is bigger than being a star.
01:26 When was the first shot you took with him?
01:36 Do you remember?
01:38 How can I forget?
01:40 There was no dialogue.
01:43 It was the first day.
01:45 Murugesanai convention.
01:47 MSP sir was there.
01:49 I think that was the first shot.
01:52 You shot it on the mess.
01:54 Yes, on the mess.
01:56 The first shot of the film...
01:58 The film was shot in Venkateswarala.
02:01 The screen was like Ezhumalai's.
02:06 MSP sir would give the entry after removing it.
02:10 That was the first shot I shot for the film.
02:13 He would give the entry.
02:17 Balachander sir took that shot.
02:21 He was the one who started the camera action.
02:30 When I got the shots for the mess...
02:35 I took the sequences from the later films.
02:39 The food scene...
02:41 The way he would talk to Parimari...
02:48 I took that shot.
02:50 Then...
02:52 I took the shot of him taking a bath and going on a scooter.
02:59 I took it for the ring scene.
03:02 Actually, the long shot was for the dupe.
03:05 He didn't have it.
03:07 I thought you were going to ask that.
03:09 I was already tensed if I could take it with them.
03:14 If I had to take it on a two-wheeler...
03:18 You could have asked them if they were doing it.
03:21 I didn't take that risk.
03:23 I didn't want to get a scratch on their body.
03:27 You didn't want to get the same result.
03:29 I made a promise to their family.
03:36 Everyone has a fear of being in a film.
03:41 They are afraid of the obscene or the glamour.
03:46 Elba is one of them.
03:48 The design of the character is...
03:52 She is a home-wrecker.
03:56 She is under her father's control.
03:58 Her dressing sense is not revealing.
04:02 It's very intimate.
04:04 I used that.
04:06 When I approached Shalini for Amarakulam...
04:11 She had decided not to act.
04:14 She didn't watch my first film, 'Kaadhal Mannan'.
04:19 She asked me if I could watch 'Kaadhal Mannan'.
04:22 She wanted to see how I handled the heroine.
04:26 I portrayed the heroine with dignity.
04:33 Only after seeing that, Shalini agreed to act in the film.
04:39 That's how I designed the character of Thilothuma.
04:44 As the film was going on, I felt some pressure.
04:55 I felt I could reveal the character of Vanuman.
05:02 I got some suggestions from the production side.
05:07 I was adamant.
05:09 I couldn't do that alone.
05:11 I couldn't show the character in any way.
05:17 I promised them that there wouldn't be any sequence like that.
05:24 When I was under such pressure, I managed it.
05:29 I did what I wanted.
05:34 Sir is handling you very safely.
05:39 Did you ask him why he chose you?
05:56 When Vivek approached me, he was not there for my first meeting.
06:02 He had already told Vivek about the heroine.
06:08 The character is his imagination.
06:11 If it wasn't for me, he would have found...
06:15 I'm happy that it fit.
06:19 But everything about the character was his imagination, reality, emotions.
06:47 If it wasn't for me, he would have created it.
06:50 When I saw the rushes of the shooting...
07:10 In rare films, my shots are like a full movie.
07:15 Usually, the heroine doesn't get that footage.
07:21 There was a support of ladies in the audience.
07:35 All the ladies and girls went.
07:39 All mothers who wanted a daughter-in-law.
07:43 I got many marriage proposals after 'Kaadhal Kadan'.
07:47 Many kids' role models would come to their homes and ask for a girl.
08:01 They would ask for a 'Thiluvathamma'.
08:06 Once, I had a show in Ooty.
08:13 Parents came all the way to Chennai.
08:19 They wanted to wait and get married to me.
08:24 He had created such magic.
08:46 Why heroine has so much footage?
08:49 When you watch all the movies...
09:01 He continues.
09:26 If he wants to create a hero in a movie, he'll come out of that magic.
09:32 I had that character in mind.
09:40 Vivek was a new friend to me.
09:47 I told him to work as an associate director.
09:51 He was there and supported me.
09:56 He would suggest me to work with many girls.
10:05 I had seen some of them.
10:11 But I didn't have that in mind.
10:16 I had seen him in a program.
10:19 We were going to Karnataka for a film shoot.
10:24 He asked me to call him.
10:27 I called him and spoke to him.
10:30 His wife told me that he had seen a girl in a dance drama.
10:45 I was told to go and see her.
10:48 I went to Naraduganna Sabha.
10:52 They were in full getup.
11:04 I couldn't see my character.
11:07 They told me to see me in a casual look.
11:11 I told them that...
11:14 There was a family living downstairs.
11:21 They had a room upstairs.
11:24 They wouldn't let anyone in.
11:27 They would protect them.
11:30 They would filter them.
11:33 I had a visting card with Vivek.
11:36 I would smile at them.
11:39 They would smile at me.
11:42 I told them that I would see them.
11:45 When they opened the door,
11:58 I saw that it was Thilotham.
12:01 The face that you had in mind was revealed.
12:04 The face behind him was a photo of Sai Baba.
12:07 These two things are still in my mind.
12:10 When you say it visually,
12:13 it looks like a good frame.
12:16 The stage to convince me started from there.
12:31 In my mind,
12:34 I had Roman Holiday.
12:37 I was looking for Audrey Hepburn's face cut.
12:40 I kept looking for it.
12:43 She had it.
12:46 I was satisfied.
12:49 She had acted with MSV sir physically.
13:00 It was a huge opportunity.
13:03 Many actors don't get such opportunities.
13:06 The only music director they knew was A.R. Rahman.
13:09 The only lyricist was Vairamuthu.
13:12 He was famous like Assam.
13:15 Maniratnam sir.
13:18 Maniratnam is known.
13:21 Rajini sir and Kamal sir.
13:24 I don't know if Assam is more famous than them.
13:27 Rajini sir and Kamal sir we knew.
13:30 Kamal sir we knew.
13:33 Maniratnam sir, A.R. Rahman.
13:36 We couldn't even get close to their names.
13:39 When we approached them.
13:42 Only after that,
13:45 they started to know about MSV sir.
13:55 Even when the film was running,
13:58 we didn't know how much we knew.
14:01 He was a good actor and a music director.
14:04 We went to MSV sir's wedding invitation.
14:10 He was there.
14:24 What were the opportunities for them?
14:27 First,
14:30 they acted with Ajith.
14:33 I was about to ask that.
14:36 Did you search for a hero like Ajith?
14:39 I'll tell you a small story.
14:42 Rajini sir and Kamal sir.
14:49 Sridevi and Rekha.
14:52 Before 'Kaadan Manan',
14:55 I was dancing.
14:58 A small organization was there.
15:01 They were doing little things.
15:04 I would go and dance and follow up.
15:07 They were teasing me.
15:20 There was a small magazine.
15:23 When I flipped the page,
15:43 I saw Ajith.
15:46 If they were heroes, I would be a heroine.
15:55 Do you know who he is?
15:58 We approached him.
16:11 He was the hero.
16:14 There was a connectivity.
16:17 Did you tell Ajith in person?
16:24 I told him many things.
16:27 He was very casual.
16:30 He was not a new girl.
16:55 He was at ease.
16:58 He would explain things to me.
17:01 He would explain in sequence.
17:04 He was actually tolerant.
17:07 He already knew.
17:10 He was already a star.
17:13 I had issues.
17:16 I kept on creating.
17:19 He was very sweet and understanding.
17:22 He asked me if I didn't feel like loving him.
17:45 Did he ask you?
17:48 He asked me if I was supposed to love him.
17:51 I told him that I couldn't even imagine it.
17:54 I didn't know the age.
18:17 When I told him that I knew he could love his boyfriend...
18:20 He was a stranger.
18:26 I was beautiful.
18:32 Good looks are another thing.
18:43 I was acting.
18:46 When he explained the script...
18:57 I told him to hug only once.
19:00 I noted that down.
19:03 He hugged me and went away.
19:11 He hugged you so much.
19:14 So, you didn't do it right.
19:29 I don't know about that.
19:32 I don't know you.
19:39 After 'Atharva' you saw Ajith Sar's growth.
19:42 He was a big star in Tamil Nadu.
19:45 Did you know that?
19:48 I don't see him as a star.
19:51 He is a wonderful human.
19:54 I come from a background where I have seen people like God.
19:57 For me, humanity is bigger than being a star.
20:00 Whatever human he was, he had to be a star.
20:06 There is no alternative.
20:11 When you are good, you are good.
20:14 I always had the same love and respect.
20:17 It will only continue.
20:20 I didn't see them after the release of the film.
20:38 I didn't see them for three years.
20:41 They went on a trip to the US.
20:44 They had a show for three to six months.
20:47 They went on a trip like that.
20:50 They were adamant that they wouldn't act in the film.
20:53 Did they tell you that they wouldn't act in the next film?
20:56 They didn't tell me that when they were making it.
20:59 They told me before they made it.
21:02 They said they would make only this film.
21:05 But I appreciate that they were strong in their conviction.
21:12 I got a call from Mani sir's office.
21:15 I got a call from the Telugu industry.
21:18 But I couldn't see the people who acted in my film.
21:21 How could they see it?
21:24 I didn't have any connections for three years.
21:27 We met again after that.
21:30 From then to today, they are family.
21:33 We are family friends.
21:36 family. Family friends. Family friends.