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00:00I started as an ordinary assistant director,
00:02became a director, producer and distributor for 27 years.
00:11I wrote a super hit song called Nanba Enna Maranditha.
00:14Madurai Selvam was with me in the composing.
00:17He says a line.
00:18I can't say that this is my song because of that one line.
00:23With this one title credit,
00:25if that assistant director gets a film in the future,
00:28I will be happy.
00:30I am not afraid of that kind of title credit.
00:35I used to say, come home,
00:37ask me why I am doing this.
00:40Why are you giving interviews one after the other?
00:47I swear, I didn't walk out from there.
00:49I kept quiet and told the producer,
00:51don't mistake me.
00:54I was born with 90% positive vibration.
00:56We make comedy films.
00:58We don't hurt anyone.
01:00If someone makes fun of us,
01:02we can't go to the next step.
01:06I started as an ordinary assistant director,
01:08became a director, producer and distributor for 27 years.
01:13I was like a donkey.
01:15Everyone used to call me a donkey.
01:17I used to get angry.
01:19In that growth,
01:21I was like a donkey and
01:23used to leave everyone behind.
01:25I greet you all as a welcome to you.
01:29Recently,
01:31there was a press meet for Jalio Gymkhana.
01:35You would have seen it in all the media.
01:41There was news that
01:43Shakti Sethambaram ran away from that press meet.
01:45You tell me, I can't run with such a big body. I just walked.
01:49The reason for that is,
01:52that day, a group,
01:55didn't come to ask questions.
01:57If they had asked questions, how big of a question would I have been?
01:59How many answers would I have given?
02:01How many press meetings would I have seen?
02:03How many hours, hours would I have spoken on stage?
02:06How much time would I have spoken?
02:08If they had asked questions, I would have given answers.
02:10But that day, some people came to create problems.
02:14So, I, as a producer,
02:16for the first time, put up a press meet.
02:18Spent money and put up a press meet.
02:20That press meet shouldn't be spoiled.
02:22The way they speak,
02:24it shouldn't be different.
02:26It shouldn't be a problem.
02:28So, I left that place silently,
02:30and left.
02:32Later, I'll give an explanation to my friends,
02:34before the release.
02:36Tomorrow is the release of the film.
02:38That's the explanation I'm giving you now.
02:40So,
02:42I've been around for 27 years.
02:44I've made 19 films.
02:46Till now, in my life,
02:48in my career,
02:50I've never had a bad name,
02:52a bad story,
02:54a bad copy.
02:56I've never had that.
02:58I've made 20 films.
03:00I've written stories for so many films.
03:02I've written poems.
03:04My film, Charlie Chaplin,
03:06has been remade in all languages.
03:08I've achieved so much.
03:10I'm not a person
03:12who steals someone's song.
03:14That's not necessary.
03:16Basically, I'm not a fool.
03:18I'm a good dialogue writer.
03:20I've written poems for so many films.
03:22The songs in this film
03:24are almost like poems.
03:26A song like that,
03:28being a joke,
03:30a joke,
03:32I and the music director
03:34sat together,
03:36and created it.
03:38Secondly,
03:42Jagan,
03:44who is my younger brother,
03:46is in the production of that film.
03:48I'm not saying this because of him.
03:50He's doing it out of curiosity.
03:52The producer told me
03:54to give him a chance to write a song.
03:56I said,
03:58okay.
04:00He showed me the poems he wrote.
04:02I accepted it honestly.
04:04After that,
04:06I gave him a news.
04:08The title of the film was
04:10Chess.
04:12The name of the film was Chess.
04:14The music director was Sam C.S.
04:16He was writing all the songs.
04:18We boosted a particular song.
04:20On that day,
04:22we gave him a news.
04:24There are so many films
04:26with a news.
04:28Sam C.S. was mentioned.
04:30Can I be the music director for this film?
04:32There are so many films.
04:34There will be so many changes.
04:36For this film,
04:38Snehagan has written a song.
04:40Viveka has written a song.
04:42They are good poets.
04:44But for this film,
04:46ask Snehagan or Viveka.
04:48If it doesn't work out,
04:50for my story,
04:52for the mood of my song,
04:54as a director,
04:56I can do whatever I want.
04:58I'm not saying he's not talented.
05:00I'm not belittling him in any way.
05:02For me, for my story,
05:04it didn't work out.
05:06I wrote it in a way that suited me.
05:08I and the music director worked on it with understanding.
05:10You can ask the music director.
05:12For each line,
05:14I'll give you an example.
05:16He was with me.
05:18For example,
05:20we are doing a story.
05:22Four assistant directors are coming.
05:24Peruthulakshi Palaniwanna is there.
05:26For the same story,
05:28we call it a story discussion.
05:30I create a story.
05:32When we do a story,
05:34we discuss it with 10 people.
05:36I create a story.
05:38Peruthulakshi Palaniwanna is there.
05:40He says one scene.
05:42He says two scenes.
05:44That scene can come in the film.
05:46But I can't say it's my story.
05:48Similarly,
05:50I wrote a super hit song
05:52called Nanba Annam Maranditha.
05:54Madurai Selvam was with me.
05:56He says one line.
05:58I can't say it's my song.
06:00The music director has said four lines.
06:02Puttu puttu,
06:04chittu chittu.
06:06For this line,
06:08he can't say it's his song.
06:10Similarly, he has said one or two lines.
06:12I didn't reject it.
06:14He has said one or two lines in one or two songs.
06:16I have made him act in this film.
06:18He has supported me in this film.
06:20I have also supported him.
06:22But,
06:24each line in this song,
06:26day and night,
06:28I have sent it to him through whatsapp.
06:30At midnight,
06:32when I was doing the re-recording,
06:34the music director asked me to play a song.
06:36He asked me to play a song in Prabhupada's
06:38dead body.
06:40At midnight,
06:42I have sent him four poems.
06:44The song has four lines.
06:46But I have sent him four options.
06:48I am not a fool.
06:50I know.
06:52I have been creating this story for three years.
06:54I know what to do.
06:56I have seen everything in life.
06:58I have seen everything.
07:00I have seen a young boy's life.
07:02I have seen everything.
07:04I have seen a young boy's life.
07:06I am not a song writer.
07:08I am not a song writer.
07:10I am a director.
07:12But I have written a song for this film.
07:14I can't write another song for my son.
07:16That is the problem now.
07:18All the songs in this film,
07:20all the songs in this film,
07:22Jagan has written four or five songs.
07:24But he has not written all the songs.
07:26I have said honestly.
07:28If you want to write two songs,
07:30you can write them.
07:32If you don't want to write,
07:34you can't write them.
07:36You can't prove it.
07:38You can prove it in the future.
07:40If you are smart,
07:42you can prove it in the future.
07:44I can't give you that credit.
07:46I can't give you that credit.
07:48I have been through a lot in my life.
07:50I have been through a lot in my life.
07:52I worked as an assistant director
07:54in a film called Atik Patti.
07:56Because of that situation,
07:58my title didn't get a full credit
08:00because I worked as an assistant director.
08:02because I worked as an assistant director.
08:04I was just an actor.
08:06I was just an actor.
08:08I have a passion for that.
08:10Even if I work as an assistant director
08:12for a day,
08:14I can get a title credit.
08:16But,
08:18with this title credit,
08:20if the assistant director gets a film in the future,
08:22I will be happy.
08:24I am not afraid of that kind of title credit.
08:26I am not afraid of that kind of title credit.
08:28In this film,
08:30a creative head,
08:32a friend of the producer,
08:34he is in Maharashtra.
08:36I forgot to mention his name.
08:38I called the designer and told him
08:40to mention the name of the creative head.
08:42Jagan knows this.
08:44A person's credit,
08:46no matter what the reason is,
08:48I will definitely give him what he deserves.
08:50As far as this film is concerned,
08:52all songs are written by Sakthi Siddhamaram.
08:54Prabhu Deva,
08:56my music director,
08:58everyone knows this.
09:00If a song wins,
09:02if a film wins,
09:04it's like hitting a stone with a banyan tree.
09:06It's like hitting a stone with a banyan tree.
09:08It's like hitting a stone with a banyan tree.
09:10It's like giving an interview in a church.
09:12He keeps talking to me.
09:14What I am afraid of is,
09:16he has said that
09:18he doesn't even know his grandfather.
09:22I have made 20 films.
09:24I have given many hit songs.
09:26The tune is different.
09:28I and Prabhu Deva
09:30came up with a new tune.
09:32I don't know my grandfather.
09:34I am talking about a director
09:36who has made so many films.
09:38Which director will call me tomorrow?
09:40I feel sad.
09:42Many directors called me.
09:44They asked me what Sakthi Sir
09:46said about me.
09:48I took it as a compliment.
09:50He doesn't know his grandfather.
09:52My producer asked me
09:54to make a film for 8 crores.
09:56He has made it for 15 crores.
09:58Otherwise,
10:00he would have stopped the film.
10:02That's why I didn't say it then.
10:04Why didn't I say it then?
10:06I am in Madras, in America.
10:08Why are you fighting with me?
10:10Why are you saying this in the media?
10:12I am here.
10:14You have written it.
10:16Come home.
10:18Why are you giving interviews
10:20one after the other?
10:22If you had written it,
10:24you could have said it
10:26directly at home.
10:28You could have said it authentically.
10:30You can't say it.
10:32Because there is no truth in it.
10:34That is the truth.
10:36That is why I give interviews.
10:38I set up a few people for the magazine.
10:40I write comments.
10:42It is very degrading.
10:44I feel bad.
10:46You fight and win.
10:48I swear
10:50on my child,
10:52I didn't give a name to the song
10:54written by someone else.
10:56Everyone including me knows this.
10:58I will be in cinema till I die.
11:00I love cinema.
11:02I am not a third grade character.
11:04I don't have the right to give a name.
11:06If someone had asked me
11:08personally,
11:10I would have said,
11:12you are humiliating me in front of the media.
11:14How can 8 crores become 15 crores?
11:16I don't have such a bad name.
11:18Sakthi Sambaram
11:20will finish the film in a short time.
11:22I have bought a comedy film.
11:24I have made 10-15 films.
11:2610 films were hits.
11:284 films were originals.
11:304 films flopped.
11:32I don't have many directors with me.
11:34But today, I am making films.
11:36I am working hard.
11:38I am not idle.
11:40I don't want to sit idle
11:42and give interviews.
11:44I feel bad.
11:46I am sharing this with you.
11:48This is the truth.
11:50You should have told this world
11:52yesterday.
11:54You should have told this world yesterday.
11:56You are asking
11:58a political question.
12:00Before I went there,
12:02I was asked a lot of questions in a room.
12:04I was afraid of that.
12:06When they came,
12:08they gave a sound
12:10and asked a question.
12:12They didn't ask a question.
12:14They were answering.
12:16I will explain.
12:18That is why I came from there.
12:20Because it was a verbal attack.
12:22They were in a mood to create a ruckus.
12:24You would have known.
12:26You were in that body.
12:28I didn't come for that.
12:30I didn't come for that.
12:32I didn't have that intention.
12:34I am making films.
12:36I am continuously making films.
12:38That is the intention.
12:40I would have given that.
12:42I was in a good mood.
12:44A producer came and pressed me.
12:46My film was going to be released in 4 days.
12:48My film was going to be released after 3 years.
12:50It was like a wedding house.
12:52I didn't want to make it a house of karma.
12:54I wanted to make it big.
12:56I didn't want to create a ruckus.
12:58So I came quietly.
13:00Please understand.
13:02I love all of you.
13:04All of you are my friends and brothers.
13:06All of you are in this.
13:08I didn't walk out from there.
13:10I came quietly.
13:12I told this to the producer.
13:14Don't mistake me.
13:16I am sad that you asked me after making so many films.
13:18You can ask me.
13:20I felt like you were harassing me.
13:22I felt like you were racking me.
13:24That is why I left that place.
13:26I came quietly.
13:28I wanted to give an explanation.
13:30I told this to him.
13:32I met all of you and gave an explanation.
13:34I gave an explanation for that.
13:38A producer knows.
13:42He would have changed his title.
13:44He is his EP.
13:46He would have changed it.
13:48He knows.
13:50He knows my talent.
13:52He knows my talent.
13:54I told this to him in Bombay.
13:56He was listening to my story at 11 in the night.
13:58He came to my room and listened to my story.
14:00I was in Bombay.
14:02I met him in the office in the morning.
14:04I told him that I was listening to his story at night.
14:06He came to my room at 11 in the night.
14:08He was with his friends.
14:10I asked him why he was listening to my story at 11 in the night.
14:12He was in full charge.
14:14He was in full charge.
14:16He told me the story for 2 hours.
14:18He laughed and told me the story.
14:20He laughed and told me the story.
14:22He laughed and told me the story.
14:24He laughed and told me the story.
14:26He laughed and told me the story.
14:28He laughed and told me the story.
14:30He laughed and told me the story.
14:32He laughed and told me the story.
14:34He laughed and told me the story.
14:36He laughed and told me the story.
14:38He laughed and told me the story.
14:40He laughed and told me the story.
14:42He laughed and told me the story.
14:44He laughed and told me the story.
14:46He laughed and told me the story.
14:48He is in a good mood.
14:50This movie was released in Tamil Nadu.
14:52He liked the movie very much.
14:54He liked the movie very much.
14:56He asked me to consider it better than his movie.
14:58He asked me to consider it better than his movie.
15:00You asked him yourself.
15:02How did he get into this film?
15:06It is a non-profit film.
15:08It is a non-profit film.
15:10It is a non-profit film.
15:12The name is Sam CS.
15:14The names have changed.
15:16Devayani, K.S.Ravikumar. I have played that character.
15:22I have given my best.
15:25Sir, you have given your best.
15:27That is what I am saying. I have given my best.
15:32If I say okay, they will say okay.
15:35That is what I have been explaining.
15:37I am not saying this because I have given my best.
15:40In a movie, you will know.
15:42In this movie, you will know who the hero is.
15:44A few days later, you will see a movie called Vanangaan.
15:47First, you will know who the hero is.
15:49Then, you will know who the hero is.
15:51Then, you will know who the hero is.
15:53Cinema is based on the end product.
15:58It is based on what a director decides at the end.
16:01I have done so many movies.
16:03This is my decision.
16:04I have done this movie for the audience's pulse.
16:11Sir, you said that you have made a small movie.
16:14What did you say in the news?
16:16You said that you have written it.
16:19That is what comes in the slip.
16:21That is how accurate it is.
16:24Sir, there is no blame on you.
16:27But, in your movie, Ennamagan,
16:31Anand Rajavichi and Sabarth Pandya
16:34were made by a group called Sammugamvel.
16:36The movie was dropped after 18 days.
16:38But, you made the same movie 2 years later
16:40and made the same story.
16:42It is already in front of you.
16:44These are the words you said.
16:46You said that he has written it.
16:48Now, you have changed it.
16:50But, there is no blame on you.
16:52Sir, it is not like that.
16:54It is not a contradiction.
16:56It is not a contradiction.
16:58It is not a contradiction.
17:00It is not a contradiction.
17:02The movie Charlie Chaplin
17:04was made after a movie called
17:07Yaarukku Maapilai Yaaravu.
17:09In that movie, there will be
17:114 scenes in a row.
17:13All the movies will have a resemblance.
17:15They have proved that.
17:17They did what they said.
17:19If they had proved it,
17:21would they have stopped it?
17:23We have gone beyond such criticisms.
17:25I am not saying that you did not
17:27get such criticisms.
17:30They have given the criticism.
17:32It was in the news.
17:34It was in the news.
17:36It was in the news.
17:38It was in the news.
17:40It was not proven.
17:42It is not a matter of
17:44who is being criticized.
17:46It is proven.
17:48There is a movie called
17:50Kathi.
17:52It is proven.
17:54It is settled.
17:56I have not become like that.
17:58I was born with 90% positive
18:00vibrations.
18:02We do not have the intention
18:04of hurting anyone.
18:06If someone is making fun of us,
18:08we cannot go to the next step.
18:10I have so many ups and downs.
18:12We did a movie called Kavalan.
18:14We spent a lot of money on it.
18:16I became a director again
18:18and I am still struggling.
18:20I am still struggling and
18:22doing something.
18:24We have to face it.
18:26We have to face it.
18:28If there was no criticism,
18:30would you have come to Kutraja?
18:32What?
18:34If there was no criticism,
18:36would you have come to Kutraja?
18:38I have already told him
18:40a few times.
18:42I did not deny it.
18:44The problem is that
18:46I cannot give all the lessons.
18:48Prabhu Deva also knows about it.
18:50He does not come
18:52into the controversy.
18:54You know about it.
18:56You cannot say that he wrote it.
18:58He is a producer.
19:00No, sir.
19:02In a public stage,
19:04there is already a problem.
19:06They will scold him again.
19:10He has switched off the sound
19:12and is going to the next mood.
19:14I saw it in the video.
19:16He has cooled it down.
19:18He said something.
19:20He was scolded for saying
19:22something wrong.
19:24He has changed his route.
19:26Prabhu Deva will see
19:28what the problem is.
19:30There are two songs.
19:32Both of them are important.
19:34That is the tradition.
19:36That is the rule.
19:38In Tamil and English films,
19:40one person writes in Tamil
19:42and the other in English.
19:44You have written 4 or 5 lines.
19:46Has he written it or not?
19:48Has he written it or not?
19:50Wait a minute.
19:56If it was right for me,
19:58I would have done it.
20:00This is my film.
20:02He has written one line,
20:04but I will not put my name.
20:06You can ask me any question.
20:10This is not a big problem.
20:12I will not put my name
20:14if he has written one line.
20:16That is why I explained.
20:18I asked him if he could put his name.
20:20He has written 4 songs.
20:22You should ask him.
20:26You said that he has written it.
20:28He has written it.
20:30He has said in a interview
20:32that it was written by a director
20:34in his college.
20:36He himself said that.
20:38That is not it.
20:40I have to give a title credit
20:42for this film.
20:44I have to put my name
20:46for this film.
20:48I have ethics.
20:50I will not do it.
20:52I will not do it.
20:54I will not do it.
20:56I will not do it.
20:58I will not do it.
21:00Please believe me.
21:02I will tell you the answer.
21:04Even if he has written it,
21:06you will not put his name.
21:08That is why I explained.
21:10I asked him if he could put his name
21:12if he had written a scene.
21:14Madurai Selvam has written 4 lines.
21:16Have you forgotten me as a friend?
21:22That is my wish.
21:34I don't understand.
21:36I agree that he has written 1 line.
21:40Should I write 1 line in the song?
21:42I make him act in a film.
21:46I make him act in a film.
21:50I make him act as a big character.
21:52I make him act as the best character.
21:58I am making an explanation.
22:00Then I make him act again.
22:02I am not going to answer.
22:04Everything is not that complicated.
22:08He has written 1 line.
22:10I have used one of his lyrics, but I can't put my name on it.
22:15Is that the standard you have taken?
22:17Yes.
22:21Any other questions?
22:22What does he do in the movie?
22:24In the movie, he is an EP.
22:25But his name is in the credits.
22:27He said no.
22:28Sir, you have done so many films, you have raised so many people,
22:31but you have not given up for a single song.
22:33What is the reason for this?
22:36No, I have not given up.
22:37For the song I wrote, I have not given up.
22:39You have grown up.
22:40Yes, I have grown up.
22:41For my hard work, I have not given up.
22:44I have written each and every line.
22:46If you ask me why I have given up,
22:48it is because someone has asked for an assistant director,
22:50and you have put your name as the director.
22:52Only I know what that pain is.
22:55I have written the song.
22:57You can even put the name of the assistant lyricist.
22:59What?
23:00You can put the name of the assistant lyricist.
23:08I should have come after you.
23:09You should have greeted me.
23:10I asked you.
23:11You agree that I have written a line.
23:13You say that you do not want to put my name.
23:17No, sir. I agree that I have written a line.
23:20Is it because of personal hatred?
23:22Personal hatred is not because of that brother.
23:24I do not think that brother should grow up.
23:27No, he should grow up.
23:29Even if I write 10 lines, even if I write 1 line,
23:31he is a lyricist.
23:33Even if I write 9 lines,
23:35I am a big writer.
23:36You can say that I am a small writer.
23:39But, as far as we are concerned,
23:41both of us are lyricists.
23:43If you do not want to put that name,
23:45you should not grow up.
23:47You should have my name.
23:49I said that he should not grow up.
23:51I am asking you.
23:52You said that he should not grow up.
23:54You said that you do not want to put that name.
23:56What is the reason for that?
23:57No, sir.
23:58I am not saying that he should grow up.
24:00He should grow up.
24:01I am not saying that he should not grow up.
24:03He is the one I need.
24:05He has helped me a lot in production.
24:07I did a lot of things through him.
24:09I came to the producer and did a lot of things.
24:11We fixed a dubbing artist.
24:13He will speak for me.
24:14I have done a lot.
24:15I have an understanding.
24:16In this matter,
24:17I have written all these films.
24:19Solar Predict is mine.
24:21It is mine.
24:23That's it.
24:24A while back, you said that
24:25he has collaboration with a Russian director.
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24:28Don't you have other things?
24:29You can have him in your team.
24:30You can have him in your team.
24:32Why so much?
24:34Sir, he said he also helped in production.
24:36He has helped us.
24:38That's why his name is mentioned.
24:40OK.
24:41So, the cost of producing a film worth 7 crores
24:43is equal to the cost of producing a film worth 15 crores.
24:45Wait.
24:46I will come to that.
24:47So, the cost of producing a film worth 7 crores
24:49is equal to the cost of producing a film worth 15 crores.
24:51Will you keep quiet?
24:52Tell me. Will an EP keep quiet?
24:56Till I extend 8 crores,
24:58if I do 1 lakh more,
25:00I don't know how many questions there will be in cinema.
25:02One day, John Vijay, in Kutralam,
25:04during the shooting, it was raining heavily.
25:06Actually, there were many artists, 18 artists.
25:08John Vijay was in a situation
25:10where he had to sit idle.
25:12Because the scene that we had to shoot outdoors,
25:14that day we compromised and changed the scene
25:16because it was raining,
25:18we changed it.
25:20That day, some people had to sit idle.
25:22Some people came in a package.
25:24John Vijay came on a per-day basis.
25:26One day, he had 1 lakh.
25:28He was sitting idle.
25:30He took a photo, sent it to the producer,
25:32and said that 1 lakh was lost.
25:34The producer messaged me
25:36and asked what happened.
25:38After the shooting,
25:40I went to him.
25:42I couldn't say it in one way.
25:44I said, sir, we didn't take the scene that we had to take.
25:46Change the scene.
25:48When you compare 5 lakhs,
25:501 lakh is lost.
25:52How can such a perfect person
25:54make a 7 crore film into a 15 crore film?
25:56Sir, the producer of this film,
25:58compared to the budget I mentioned earlier,
26:00when he first came and told the story,
26:02Yogi Babu was not there.
26:04I said, this is a church father character.
26:06If Yogi Babu does it, it will be superb.
26:08Is that so? Will it be superb?
26:10How much will he ask?
26:12He will reduce it for me.
26:14Rajendra Rajan, the producer of Trans India Media,
26:16has promised me that
26:18I should win in this profession.
26:20He has said the same thing to me.
26:22He has said it in an interview.
26:24He has said it in an interview with Chitralakshmi sir.
26:26I am a king in my profession.
26:28I should win in cinema.
26:30I don't care about 1 crore or 2 crores.
26:32I told him,
26:34sir, if you do it well, it will be big.
26:36We are shooting Kuttralam and Tenkasi
26:38while narrating the story.
26:40He could have asked me
26:42if he could have shot it in Madras
26:44He didn't ask me.
26:46He asked me to do it well.
26:48He said, it won't be 7-15 crores.
26:50This is an abominable accusation.
26:52I don't have any film like that.
26:54There is a film called Charlie Chaplin 2.
26:58Call T. Sivasar,
27:00call him and ask him.
27:02The first budget I gave for that film
27:04I don't know if I can say this.
27:06The first budget I gave was 11 crores.
27:08But I finished it at 9.5 crores.
27:10For this, he gave me 10 lakhs extra.
27:12Call T. Sivasar,
27:14call him and ask him.
27:16That's how I got a good name.
27:18That's how I got a good name.
27:20I didn't even get 2-3 films in a year.
27:22They gave me this film because of my character.
27:24They gave me this film because of my character.
27:26They gave me this film because of my character.
27:28That's why this accusation...