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00:00Eloriko Wanakam.
00:01It was wonderful.
00:05It's dream come true to even have a small chat with them.
00:10And I got the opportunity to work with them.
00:12So it's dream come true.
00:14And I think at the right point in my career, I could work with them.
00:19It kind of changed how I look at cinema.
00:21So I'm just grateful.
00:23Good evening, Wanakam.
00:24Hi, everyone.
00:25I'm going to pretty much second what the both of them said.
00:30Dreams come true.
00:31But for me, repeatedly, because I've worked individually with all of them in different
00:36films.
00:37So it's a surreal moment.
00:38And like Ashok said, it's so lovely not just to film, but to also share this whole journey
00:45of traveling together, promoting, spending so much time talking to them.
00:49You learn so much about cinema.
00:51Every day feels like a school of sorts.
00:53Right.
00:54Manisa has a trademark smile.
00:57This was very different for me because I still remember when I first walked into Manisa's
01:02office and he narrated a little line about the character.
01:05He said, I need you to unlearn everything that you did in PS.
01:10It's a complete extreme contrast of that kind of a role.
01:14So it was very challenging because I was a little, what's the right word?
01:19Maybe worry about, would I suit this character or not?
01:23And so we worked a lot on that.
01:25And I'm very excited about it.
01:27The baby is coming out tomorrow.
01:28We've seen the posters with you.
01:30So talk to us about that if you could, you know.
01:33Oh, that's one of my favorite numbers.
01:35And that was actually the last song I shot in the film.
01:38Okay.
01:39So that was, after we finished that song, it was a wrap for me.
01:42I, it's a, it's a beautiful song.
01:44I can't say too much about it, but I'm loving reading all the speculations about,
01:48oh, is this girl, first of all, is she paired opposite?
01:52Kamal sir, is she with Simbu?
01:53Now suddenly there's money floating around.
01:55So everybody's confused.
01:56Right.
01:57But let's just wait for Jun.
01:58This man's a rock star on stage.
02:01Sir, I've seen, of course, I've seen your work.
02:10We'll come to that.
02:11Namaste.
02:12So,
02:17Wanakam.
02:18So, first of all, very happy.
02:23I've worked with Mani sir before, but I've not worked with Kamal sir.
02:29So, I think it was a great opportunity for me.
02:32I should thank Mani sir first.
02:34Thank you sir.
02:35And with Kamal sir, more than everything while acting in the film,
02:41to see Kamal sir and Mani sir, like the way they are working.
02:46So, that was more interesting.
02:48So, I was just looking at that and I was just keeping myself,
02:51okay, I should also act well.
02:53So, I should also concentrate on my work.
02:55So, that's how it was for the first two days.
02:57So, it was a great experience.
02:59So, what was that first scene like with Kamal sir?
03:03Because of course, you know, sharing screen space with him is a big thing.
03:07Yeah.
03:08It was a little nervous in the beginning, but Kamal sir makes you, you know, comfortable
03:15and as well as Mani sir.
03:16Then Mani sir came and told me, don't worry about all that.
03:18You just do what you have to do.
03:20Right.
03:21So, they kept me, you know, comfortable.
03:23And then you got to shake a leg with him, of course.
03:26Sanya ke saath and Kamal sir ke saath.
03:28Yeah.
03:29Talk to us about that also.
03:30Yeah.
03:31So, it was nice.
03:32It was a wedding song and already the song is a big hit.
03:37But when the song came itself, I told Mani sir, the song is going to be a super hit sir.
03:42So, Ramwan sir's song, whenever sir sends us the song.
03:47So, sometimes I'll come to know, okay, this is going to be a banger.
03:50So, that was one of a song and it was fun and dancing with Kamal sir, he's done enough,
03:57like, you know, we can't even match him.
03:59Yeah.
04:00But I've tried.
04:01That's all.
04:02I was preparing some gangster tunes.
04:04No, actually we were experimenting on various palette of melodies and so the first lullaby,
04:13which is here on the trailer, that came in.
04:15And there's one very haunting voice which comes, I don't know what language it is.
04:19But that gave a very unique feel and he really loved it.
04:22With him, he said, I want your full level of involvement in this.
04:27Okay.
04:28So, I knew that he's a special child of him.
04:31So, I told this when I came back to Mani sir, he said, Kamal sir told me this, I'm very excited.
04:37Let's do even more.
04:39Right.
04:40No, the first thing that came was Kamalasana and then Thug Life came in.
04:45Like it has always been, trying to see what movie you can make and how well you can make that.
04:51Right.
04:52And so, we talked of various things and at the end of it, this is what we've come up with.
04:57And it is super Gen Z, sir.
04:59It is super Gen Z.
05:00A lot of people, you know, the Gen Z's are connecting with it and talking about it.
05:04So, was that the idea?
05:05Like you wanted to cater to them?
05:07No, no.
05:08We are Gen Z.
05:09No, no.
05:10We are Gen Z.
05:11I think the scale is designed by the story.
05:16You know, whatever that demands is what you, you know, go towards.
05:21And it's always a pleasure and it always makes a director's job easy when you have the correct
05:27cast and crew.
05:28And I've been lucky to have the best.
05:31So, it's been fantastic.
05:32You know, strangely, I remember when he was planning Sadma in Tamil and I think the story
05:43that I've heard, so that is what itched in my mind, that when he heard the narration and
05:48he came back, he enacted that scene in this compound to tell them what the scene was.
05:54You know, I mean, so that's the kind of person he was and I was lucky that I could, before
05:58I got into it or just when I was trying to get into it, to be able to interact with him.
06:03So, I knew, you know, there was somebody who's making a big path for all of us to come in
06:09and that's what he's done.
06:10Thank you very much.
06:31Both of us were looking for suitable characters and great talents and we found them here.
06:39The most exciting part you didn't mention, working with him was the most exciting part.
06:44Absolutely.
06:45Then, automatically, all the other things happened.
06:48I am sure, sir.
06:49Your first impression of Mani Ratnam, sir?
06:51First impression is that I know him as a friend living in the same area.
06:57We didn't know.
06:58I didn't even know that he belonged to a film family.
07:01He was a person and I liked the way he spoke.
07:04We became friends and we had a group of friends.
07:07We were talking only cinema and no gossip and that's where it started.
07:14And all of the films you mentioned, we all know about it, including when we were doing
07:20Naiken in, I think, near, in Kolava.
07:25And Ramesh Sipi sahab was shooting in Film City.
07:30So, we had some shots in Film City.
07:33So, we all went to see the shooting of Mr. Ramesh Sipi.
07:37We are ultimately, the qualification that brought us here is that, like you, we are fans, film buffs.
07:46That's what brought us here.
07:48We'll go to any set to watch anybody work.
07:52Especially those who we consider as talented, we'd like to watch them work.
07:57And that's what we did.
07:58Wow.
07:59Wow.
08:00From cine lovers on the stage.