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00:00 I know well about Kodambakkam.
00:02 For those who come here without discipline, it is like a Bermuda triangle.
00:07 You can go in, but you can't come out. You'll get caught.
00:11 Look at the word discipline.
00:13 We've seen it. We've seen people who've reached the top of Kodambakkam.
00:20 We've seen people who've reached the bottom.
00:22 Similarly, from the beginning of this year, Malayalam films have been winning continuously.
00:26 All over India.
00:27 Not just now, sir. You're saying it now. It's been there since that time.
00:31 I told this to Sivaji sir until my mouth hurt.
00:33 The one who acted with him.
00:34 Sivaji sir has done 33 films.
00:36 What more do I want?
00:38 Please, there are 4-5 directors.
00:43 Don't confuse them with caste.
00:45 They should stop.
00:47 You guys are from the world, you go and see it and say it's great.
00:50 It's a mistake on you.
00:56 It's wrong to do it with an agenda.
00:59 It will automatically create violence.
01:01 Who decides to change this?
01:03 The people.
01:04 Sorry, don't blame the A-con and the film makers.
01:09 I'll give you a K-caret.
01:11 When people have the power to change a dynasty, can't they change the way films are made?
01:15 What do you say?
01:16 So, there's no talent here?
01:18 Never. There are first class people.
01:21 'The Legend'
01:24 Hello, Unniyan Thambal Film E-beat viewers.
01:26 I'm Ranjith Kannan.
01:28 We have a legendary actor with us today.
01:32 He can do a villainous act, make us laugh, and make us emotional.
01:39 He's been leading the path of the drama industry for generations.
01:44 He's a positive person.
01:46 The legend, YG Mahendran.
01:48 Hello, sir.
01:50 How are you?
01:51 I'm fine.
01:53 You look like the way we were then.
01:55 I've only dyed my hair.
01:57 This is an advantage for many films.
01:59 After 'Maanadi', people ask for this hair.
02:01 They ask for this?
02:03 Yes.
02:04 Your film is released this week.
02:07 'Varshengal Kku Shesham'
02:09 I consider it a special film because it's a surprise.
02:13 Vinith Srinivasan called me. I know his father.
02:18 He's an actor from the 70s. I've seen many of his films.
02:21 He's a big shot. He's from Kosegal.
02:25 I said, 'I'll talk to him.'
02:27 He said, 'What is it?'
02:29 Usually, when he calls, my mother asks for admission.
02:34 I was ready to say that I'm not related to the school.
02:39 I heard about this film. It's a small piece from Madras.
02:44 He said that when I wrote the character, I had your face in my mind.
02:51 I was impressed. I've been doing Malayalam films for a long time.
02:56 I did a film called 'Doubles' with Mammootty sir.
03:00 It's been more than 10 years.
03:03 I said I'd call him and ask him to come.
03:09 My son, Harsha, said, 'Did Vinith Srinivasan call you?'
03:13 I said, 'Yes.'
03:15 He said, 'Even if you don't have a role, he won't agree.'
03:18 He said, 'Why are you saying that?'
03:20 My son said, 'That man cannot make a bad movie.'
03:25 He's a sensitive director. I know that.
03:28 I agreed to what he said.
03:31 He said, 'It'll take three days.'
03:34 He adjusted for me.
03:36 One day, he did a film in Cochin.
03:39 Then, I had a program in Dubai.
03:42 He said, 'You'll come straight from Dubai.'
03:45 You'll come to Cochin.
03:47 I said, 'I'll adjust according to you.'
03:50 He did it so well.
03:52 When I saw the film yesterday, I was satisfied.
03:55 The place I came from is in Cochin.
03:58 You'll see it.
04:00 The film is brilliant.
04:02 My son was right.
04:04 Vinith Srinivasan's highlight...
04:07 I'm watching his first film.
04:09 He doesn't make a big, dramatic film.
04:14 He makes the feelings of a lover and a friend.
04:22 I think he makes such films.
04:25 In this film, there's no fight.
04:31 It's all about dialogue.
04:34 It was so emotional.
04:37 When I was talking to him yesterday...
04:40 I said, 'It's not like you punched me in the chest.'
04:43 'It's like you kept your hand on my chest for two and a half hours.'
04:48 This is the review I gave him.
04:50 You talked to him?
04:52 Yes.
04:54 I remember my directors in my time.
05:00 They didn't waste time.
05:03 They knew what shots to take.
05:06 Now that there's a digital format, film is not a waste.
05:10 They take only 15-20 scenes.
05:14 They take different angles and put them on the editing table.
05:17 He didn't do that.
05:20 There was an SPM of mine in those days.
05:23 He knew the scene by looking at the long shot, close shot, mid shot, over the shoulder shot.
05:30 I asked him if a close-up was good.
05:35 He said, 'No, sir. My shot will be registered correctly.'
05:38 'You watch the film.'
05:41 It's not necessary to have a close shot.
05:46 He didn't waste time.
05:49 He wrote the scenes in great depth.
05:54 We can understand Malayalam if we have a translation.
05:58 He did a great job.
06:00 How was the audience response to the film?
06:02 It was amazing.
06:04 When I came out, about 50 Kerala people took photos with me.
06:08 They've seen a lot of Tamil films.
06:11 They asked me to do more Malayalam films.
06:14 I told them not to tell me.
06:17 I'll give you the director's number.
06:20 He'll call and tell him.
06:22 He'll tell you to give me more films.
06:24 It was a good experience.
06:26 This film is set in the 70s and 80s.
06:29 It's a story that gives opportunities to people from outside to see the film.
06:32 What they said is...
06:35 Pranab's father, Mohanlal and director Priyan...
06:40 They stayed in a place called Swami's Lodge.
06:43 That's why they did it with the same name.
06:46 He said that there was a famous place called Swami's Lodge in Kodambakkam.
06:51 We might have had it.
06:54 So, it's that story.
06:56 It's not that story.
06:58 It's an inspiration.
07:00 Back then, people came to Madras.
07:03 Hollywood was Chennai for South India.
07:06 They were happy to hear the name Madras.
07:10 So, they made a film with that.
07:13 They had some true incidents that happened then.
07:18 They set it in Kochi to get Kodambakkam.
07:23 All the scenes I did were set in that lodge.
07:27 There was an old theatre in Pollachi.
07:32 It was used for a theatre scene.
07:37 It had a feel of the old Chitra and Gaiti.
07:42 They did it very well.
07:44 They did it authentically.
07:46 Many people would have come to Chennai in those days.
07:49 Would you have seen many people?
07:51 I remember that many people would have said...
07:54 Bharathiraja sir...
07:57 But they all stayed in Kodambakkam.
08:00 They would have stayed in the hotel or in Kodambakkam.
08:03 But many of the assistant directors would have stayed in Kodambakkam.
08:06 They would have spoken in the shops.
08:08 They had shown it very well.
08:10 When they were smoking, they would have seen the smoke coming out of the pipe.
08:14 That was very common in those days.
08:16 We would have seen it in college days.
08:18 They would have done it authentically.
08:20 When you see it, you can't say it's Innar's story.
08:23 Many people would have experienced it.
08:26 There would have been around 90 people who would have been angry.
08:31 They would have won.
08:33 We noticed one scene where a person like Rajini is trying to smoke.
08:38 Maybe that's what happened.
08:40 He also tried it in Madras.
08:43 But he stayed in Royapettah.
08:45 But the imagination was in Kodambakkam.
08:47 Another person said that.
08:49 A person named Sivaji Ganesan was speaking in a dialogue.
08:51 When he came, everyone would speak in a dialogue.
08:54 They studied everything.
08:56 They used everything that was used in the 70s and 80s to promote the movement.
09:02 It's not the same character.
09:04 It's just the image.
09:06 What about Pranav?
09:08 I've known Pranav for a long time.
09:12 You may or may not know that he's my relative.
09:15 Pranav's mother and I are cousins.
09:18 My sister is his cousin.
09:21 My grandfather and Mrs. Mohanlal's grandfather are brothers.
09:28 He got married in Malayalam.
09:31 I've never seen him.
09:33 I know Suchithra.
09:35 We grew up together.
09:37 I'm seeing him for the first time.
09:39 I asked him if he was acting with my nephew.
09:42 He said, "Yes, they told me you're my uncle."
09:45 But he's a very quiet fellow.
09:49 But when I see his screen presence, it's very powerful.
09:54 Especially when he does the old getup...
09:57 Was it a wig or did he grow it?
09:59 I think it was a wig.
10:01 It was amazing.
10:03 I could see that he had the genes of Mohanlal.
10:09 He didn't show much of himself on set.
10:14 He admired me.
10:16 The first scene was in the lodge.
10:18 It was raining.
10:20 It was my dialogue.
10:22 He said, "He has to be an insurance share in Bridges."
10:26 It was at 5 p.m.
10:28 Suddenly it started raining.
10:30 The road was open.
10:32 The reception was set in the lodge.
10:36 Water was flowing inside.
10:38 He said, "I didn't cancel the shooting.
10:40 Let's use the water to shoot."
10:44 I was able to say a lot of things.
10:46 For example, "Go upstairs.
10:48 All the rooms will be the same.
10:50 Everything will be leaking."
10:52 He enjoyed it a lot.
10:54 The smell of water, the bathroom water...
10:56 They like that.
10:58 He said, "That humor is in your Tamil film."
11:02 That's what made me proud.
11:04 The comedy you're talking about had a good response in the theater.
11:08 They enjoyed it a lot.
11:10 The scene he asked me to do, the serious scene...
11:12 I liked that dialogue a lot.
11:14 I know a lot about Kodambakkam.
11:16 For those who don't have the discipline,
11:18 it's like a Bermuda triangle.
11:20 You can go in.
11:22 You can't come out.
11:24 You'll get caught.
11:26 He said the word 'discipline'.
11:28 Cinema is not even needed in the world.
11:30 We've seen it.
11:32 We've seen people who have reached the top of Kodambakkam.
11:34 We've seen people who have reached the bottom.
11:36 We've seen people who have reached the top.
11:38 It was good.
11:40 He studied a lot.
11:42 But when you see him, he's soft.
11:44 I've done a lot of films with Balu Mahendra.
11:48 He's soft like that.
11:50 That's all he says.
11:54 He's a hard-hitter.
11:56 He's a great singer.
11:58 He's a great singer.
12:00 He's a great singer.
12:02 He's sung the hit song 'Avalon' in 'Azhagil'.
12:04 He's sung a song in that.
12:06 He's sung a song in that.
12:08 He sang a song like a Sufi song.
12:10 He sang a song like a Sufi song.
12:12 I liked that a lot.
12:14 He did music in that period of style,
12:16 but at the same time it was modern.
12:18 It was that type of song in the 80s.
12:20 It was modern in the present day.
12:22 It was a great tradition to do music.
12:24 It was a great tradition to do music.
12:26 He's a son of Bombay Jaisalmer.
12:28 I called him and told him...
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13:30 When you watch a film, you don't know who's the hero and who's the villain.
13:35 The hero is in the situation and the villain is in the situation.
13:38 That's how they've taken this film.
13:40 It will run well in Tamil.
13:42 What's your favorite scene in the film?
13:46 I had a lot of fun in the Nivin Pali scene.
13:50 That's fun.
13:52 But I'm seeing Nivin Pali for the first time.
13:54 He's a powerful actor.
13:56 He's told me a lot about the industry.
14:00 I told him about Nivin Pali because he needs courage.
14:04 It could have happened to him.
14:06 I don't know much about the Malayalam industry.
14:08 I don't know much about the Malayalam industry.
14:10 But he's telling me.
14:12 There's another actor who's a superstar's son.
14:14 There's another actor who's a superstar's son.
14:16 He's told me that.
14:18 I need courage for that.
14:20 I like that.
14:22 There's a beautiful bit.
14:24 He goes to the music director and says...
14:26 "Don't tell the world that I composed this song."
14:32 "Tell him only. He's a helper."
14:34 It's a beautiful scene.
14:36 I spoke to Vinith about it yesterday.
14:38 He asked me if I had noted it down.
14:40 I don't think many people have noted it down.
14:42 I don't think many people have noted it down.
14:44 He can't tell me where to give it to.
14:46 He can't tell me where to give it to.
14:48 He's given the song to him.
14:50 He's asking me.
14:52 He's telling me not to tell the world.
14:54 Tell him only.
14:56 The answer is fair.
14:58 How can I do that?
15:00 If I tell him, he's the director.
15:02 The world will know.
15:04 Who's the villain in this?
15:06 The situation is the villain.
15:08 That's how the story is.
15:10 Since the beginning of this year, Malayalam films have been winning all over India.
15:14 Not just now.
15:16 It's been like that since then.
15:18 I've made 10 films with Sathiyan and Prem Naseer.
15:22 If I get rights today, it'll be a super hit.
15:26 It's a film called 'Crossbelt'.
15:28 I told Sivaji about it.
15:30 I've made 33 films with Sivaji.
15:32 I told him about the film so many times.
15:34 He got caught out.
15:36 I still say that if someone does a film like 'Crossbelt' like Rajini, it'll be great.
15:46 I saw a film called 'Aranazhik Nairam' in the 70s at the Elphinstone Theatre.
15:54 It's not in theatres now.
15:56 'Aranazhik Nairam' is a film.
15:58 'Crossbelt' is another film.
16:00 Prem Naseer is a character in a film called 'Moolakundari'.
16:06 He always believes in content.
16:12 He's a hero.
16:16 He's an introduction to Nivin Pali.
16:18 He needs that character to be a cameo.
16:20 These two came out as ordinary people.
16:22 They believed in content.
16:26 The last six years, because of COVID, people's attention has been on Malayalam films.
16:32 I don't know if there are any Malayalam films.
16:38 There's no violence in the films I've seen.
16:42 I remember Tamil films from my time.
16:46 At that time, the story was exported from Tamil Nadu.
16:48 We gave them a slow feeling.
16:50 'Sridharavidavaya' or 'Balachandravidavaya' or 'Bheem Singhavidavaya'
16:56 It's good for the people to go back to those films.
16:58 There's already a lot of violence in the country.
17:00 It's not just in cinema.
17:02 There are a few directors who say, "Don't mix it up with caste."
17:10 You're doing a great job.
17:12 It's your mistake.
17:14 When you talk about caste...
17:18 Did you interview me when I asked about your caste?
17:20 No.
17:22 Then why are you mixing it up?
17:24 It will be suppressed if you don't talk about it.
17:26 It will be suppressed if you don't talk about it.
17:28 It's wrong to do it with an agenda.
17:32 It will automatically create violence.
17:34 We'll feel it as we watch the violence.
17:38 I've never seen a lot of violence in college.
17:42 I've only seen the MGR films fighting.
17:46 That's also healthy.
17:48 The first thing they buy for property is blood.
17:54 They buy blood.
17:56 There are good stories.
17:58 I'll ask you something.
18:00 They made a film about sleep.
18:02 How did it go?
18:04 'Love Today' is a cell phone film.
18:06 Didn't it run?
18:08 We definitely need an action film.
18:12 But when everything is like that...
18:14 Recently, I saw a Malayalam film.
18:18 People are going to the theater to watch it.
18:20 Our people.
18:22 Now, there are subtitles.
18:24 The songs have subtitles.
18:26 We can understand.
18:28 That's why...
18:30 Venice Cinemas has already announced a super hit film.
18:34 We're happy.
18:36 If our film hits...
18:38 After 'Maanadu', a film like this will hit.
18:40 'Mark Antony' also hit.
18:42 I'm very happy.
18:44 If Malayalam films continue to hit...
18:46 There's a debate about Tamil cinema and the industry.
18:50 I'm asking myself if I can do more.
18:52 But I'm doing a few films now.
18:54 There's a good story.
18:56 There's a good matter.
18:58 The difference here in Malayalam...
19:02 Whoever acts, if the film is good, it runs.
19:06 Here, it's about marketable heroes.
19:08 You need a condom.
19:10 That's the problem.
19:12 I did a film called 'Deerka Darsi'.
19:16 Did you watch it?
19:18 It's a wonderful story.
19:20 There's no big hero.
19:22 It's just a story.
19:24 It's in OTT.
19:26 If people start giving value to content, it'll run.
19:32 There's still hero worship here.
19:36 Other films have a place for that.
19:40 Who decides if it should be changed?
19:42 The people.
19:44 Don't blame the people.
19:46 I'm giving it to you because you're asking.
19:50 People have started watching Malayalam films.
19:52 Let them say now.
19:54 I won't watch a bloody film with action and a riot.
20:00 I'll watch a simple, beautiful story.
20:02 '96 came out.
20:04 People should change it.
20:06 People have the power to change the government.
20:10 When people have the power to change the government, can't they change the way cinema is made?
20:14 What do you say?
20:16 There's no talent here.
20:18 There are first class people.
20:20 Beautiful people.
20:22 I'm happy to work with the youngsters.
20:26 When I act, people who are not born tell me to start.
20:30 They have such things.
20:32 Give them a chance. Let their films run.
20:36 In theaters, you should only have a few shows for small films.
20:42 That's the condition.
20:44 You're reserving everything.
20:46 Why don't you do it in this?
20:48 You give a big hero's film.
20:50 I'll give a small film a chance.
20:52 I'll let it run for a week.
20:54 It'll run only if it's picked up.
20:56 If you put it before it's picked up, it's a good night film.
21:00 That film is 'Good Night'.
21:02 Recently, I collected a film called 'Parking'.
21:06 It's not a good film.
21:08 That film was locked when 'Malai Villam' came out.
21:12 It was released in OTT.
21:14 That's fine.
21:16 'Maanadu' was released in Covid.
21:18 It was a hit.
21:20 At that time, films like 'Simbu' and 'Konnu' didn't run well.
21:24 Surya is a big star in that.
21:26 I've been making films for a long time.
21:28 Content.