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00:00I'm going to start to my right with Samudra Kanni
00:03He hasn't appeared in many interviews for this film
00:07It's difficult for him to get a call sheet
00:09Kanni, you tell us about this film
00:12I'm very happy to be a part of this production
00:15Actually, during the shooting of the Indian 1
00:20When the audio office scene was being shot
00:23200-300 people would stand in the crowd
00:28I couldn't stand in the crowd
00:33There were a lot of restrictions
00:36I was sent out
00:38After that, I travelled in different directions
00:4225 years later, one day
00:44When I saw him
00:46He said, I wrote your name when I wrote it
00:49Please come
00:51I still have the anxiety from that day
00:55For the first time, both of us have the same school and teacher
00:59But this is the first time we're talking face to face
01:02I've said this in all his films
01:04Chemistry is not just for the hero and the heroine
01:07Many people might not have experienced love in life
01:10But no one would have lived without love
01:13They wouldn't have lived without feelings
01:15I can say that this chemistry has worked out very well
01:17Even when you hug, you can't feel the warmth
01:21I felt it
01:24I couldn't hit you
01:27Sir said, just once
01:29Hit me
01:31I have to say
01:33The scene where he hits you with his shoes
01:37You know that
01:39In that scene
01:41You hit him with your shoes
01:43I did hit him with my shoes
01:45I hit him on the other side
01:47There will be a lot of takes
01:51You hit him with your shoes
01:53Even normal shoes won't hurt
01:55They gave you shoes that don't hurt
01:57That's what I'm saying
01:59I'm going to hit an artist
02:03They brought me a soft shoe
02:07I hit him with it
02:09He didn't show it to me
02:11He hit me with it
02:13I couldn't take it
02:15Then he gave me a small...
02:17My back turned purple
02:19I was bleeding
02:21Rakul came with me
02:23I had surgery
02:25I was there in that scene
02:27I felt very...
02:29I remember there was a lot of crowd
02:31This is a very good thing
02:33I'm very happy and proud
02:35Some people believe that they will get their shoes back
02:37I believe that too
02:39Let's go to the next game
02:41This is your first collaboration with all the people on this dais
02:45You wouldn't have been born when Indian came
02:47Let's maintain that
03:17There are very few films in the history of Indian cinema
03:20Which go on to become legendary films
03:22Today after 28 years
03:24You remember the kind of impact Indian had
03:27Some are great films, some are impactful films
03:29Indian was both
03:31I feel like for me
03:33Just being a part
03:35Who would have thought when I watched the film
03:37That I would star in the sequel one day
03:39For me it was just a dream come true
03:41I've said it in other interviews also
03:43Now that I'm sitting in front of all of you
03:46It was like a dream to work with Kamal sir
03:48To share screen space with him
03:50And Shankar sir's film
03:52I don't think I could have asked for anything more
03:55You're also nice only
03:57I'll add one more thing to what Rakul said
03:59We've spoken on set
04:01Rakul and I have asked each other
04:03Can you believe we're acting in a scene with Mr. Kamal Haasan?
04:06From a distance
04:08We've seen him as an iconic creator
04:11As an actor
04:13We couldn't believe it
04:35In the first day shooting
04:37Without knowing me
04:39From within
04:41I felt like I was watching Kamal sir
04:43With a stick in my hand
04:45That day I went to Shankar sir
04:47He was thinking seriously
04:49Kamal Haasan is acting in front of me
04:51I knew it
04:53He chased me away
04:55I'll never forget that
04:57Shankar sir coming to you
04:59None of your films
05:01Have been just like that
05:03And it hasn't been received just like that
05:05There will be a depth to it
05:07There will be a preparation
05:09You've shot all your films with the hope of continuing that
05:17We shouldn't talk about Indian II
05:19We're on the topic of Indian II
05:23What was the first step of Indian II compared to your other films?
05:27What was the difference in that process?
05:29I shot part 1
05:31I didn't have the idea to shoot part 2
05:33I shot Indian
05:35After that, after 4-5 years
05:37Even if I open a newspaper
05:39People talk about how they got bribed
05:41How they got caught
05:43That news keeps coming
05:45Whenever I see that news
05:47I think of Senapathi
05:49I remember it immediately
05:51I have that feel
05:53But it hasn't been converted into a story
05:55So, I kept waiting
05:57I would think about it
05:59It wouldn't form into a story
06:01But I kept having that feeling
06:03Where is he going to come?
06:05What is he going to do?
06:07It wasn't a story
06:09I kept waiting
06:11Then I understood
06:13I had to decide what I shouldn't do
06:15When I kept postponing
06:17A story was formed
06:19It was formed in 2.0
06:21So, I decided
06:23I worked on it
06:25Sir liked it
06:27I'm very grateful for this opportunity
06:29If I hadn't shot Indian II
06:31I wouldn't have worked with Shankar sir
06:33Thank you for starting Indian II
06:39Sir, I won't ask you
06:41How this film is different from other films
06:43I won't ask you
06:45What is the difference between each grain of sand
06:47Because you all have done it
06:49Beyond that
06:51For that anger
06:53After you decided to shoot Indian II
06:55Let it be the circumstances around you
06:57Let it be your own mental state
06:59How different it was
07:01How did you approach this film?
07:05When they sing about Tamil
07:07They say
07:09The young generation
07:11Has grown up
07:13Like that
07:15Compared to the old generation
07:17The corruption that everyone is doing
07:19Has not changed
07:21That's why we were able to shoot Indian II
07:23I'm afraid
07:25The young generation
07:27Will come to Tamil
07:29I'm afraid
07:31I'm not saying this
07:33Only to the politicians
07:35Who have kept it safe
07:37We all
07:39Turn to the camera
07:41And say
07:43Don't show it like this
07:45We can show it like this
07:47That's why
07:49We are refusing to take the responsibility
07:51Of corruption
07:53They are doing it
07:55It's happening in our house
07:57It's happening in the streets
07:59What did you do about it?
08:01What did you do?
08:03I think this film is the answer
08:05In the first film
08:07He didn't press her
08:09He slapped her
08:11He slapped her hard
08:13It's a reflection of that
08:17It's in the dialogue
08:19It's a mixture of a lot of people
08:23It's all in this film
08:27It's not about
08:29The old scholars
08:31Or the traitors
08:33They don't get anything
08:37It's about the young people
08:39Who are equal
08:41Younger than him
08:43That's very important
08:45That's why
08:47There are people before my generation
08:49There are people after my generation
08:51They come out of the same family
08:53That's the reason
08:55We haven't even met
08:57We just say hello
08:59That's all
09:01But we have the same father
09:03K.B sir
09:05You didn't say
09:07They talk about being like K.B sir
09:09But they don't do it
09:11Because
09:13They don't know how young people talk
09:15For example
09:17I am there
09:19You are there
09:21So they get scared
09:23Without thinking
09:25There are two or three people
09:27Who have done it
09:31They have used it
09:33For every language
09:39The old
09:43Gags
09:45If you want to get rid of it
09:47You have to come out like this
09:49I didn't say this in any other interview
09:53Wherever it is
09:55People think it is a very tight
09:57Knit industry
09:59It is very difficult
10:01He said that
10:03In a 200 crowd
10:05He was trying for an opportunity
10:07To be one among the
10:09Junior artists
10:11In the crowd
10:13He didn't get an opportunity
10:15Then he wrote his name first
10:17There is a Hindi proverb
10:19Dane dane pe
10:21He wrote his name
10:23In every rice we eat
10:25There is a proverb
10:27He wrote his name
10:29Because he wrote it
10:31You are working
10:33There should be people like that
10:35In the industry
10:37How many people are going to
10:39Give interviews like this
10:41That's what I think
10:43Thank you Kamal sir
10:45Some people are asking
10:47Things like bribery
10:49It wasn't a big deal
10:51It was 25 years ago
10:53Now that everyone is here
10:55It's a big deal
10:57I feel it is very dangerous
10:59They have done it
11:01Another thing
11:03I will play it again
11:05I can play the board again
11:07Like a carrom board
11:09In Gandhi's time
11:11Who said that they didn't get it?
11:13Forget Gandhi
11:15Like that
11:17A hundred people
11:19Are ready to commit suicide
11:21Even today
11:23There is a lyric
11:25Sorry to interrupt
11:27There is a lyric
11:31If you want to go to a government office
11:33The father himself
11:35Gives money to the son
11:37If you give it to the parents
11:39They will give it to you
11:41Because they got used to it
11:43They say it again and again
11:45It has become a joke
11:47From the cradle to the grave
11:49Where is it?
11:51The audience will laugh
11:53It has become an old joke
11:55Even without laughing
11:57Bribery has become
11:59Like the wind
12:01Like the wind
12:03Bribery
12:05For you Rakul
12:07Corruption is still a burning issue
12:09This new generation
12:11Why are we making films about corruption?
12:13What is your take on this?
12:15Have you addressed it as an actor?
12:17When you performed this character
12:19In this film
12:21400 people asked
12:23What is the role of women in this film?
12:25In that matter
12:27There is no gender for revolution
12:29It is gender neutral
12:31When we fight
12:33We fight without thinking if you are a man or a woman
12:35That is the important thing about revolution
12:37This revolution and the idea of
12:39Justice through protest
12:41How much of it is a part of you as an individual?
12:43Completely
12:45My dad is from the army
12:47I have always been very close to the system
12:49The way of functioning
12:51Hearing these stories
12:53When I was a kid
12:55I used to always say
12:57When I grow up
12:59This is really funny
13:01I was 5 or 6 years old
13:03Please don't take me on it
13:05I am going to shoot all the bad people
13:07After that if I go to jail
13:09It is fine
13:11That is the kind of revolutionary mindset
13:13I have had since I was a kid
13:15I feel it is amazing
13:17Films are the biggest medium
13:19Of consumption
13:21I feel if through entertainment
13:23Through that platform
13:25We can voice out issues
13:27It is like showing a mirror
13:29It is like telling everyone
13:31You can't just crib about what is existing
13:33But take charge
13:35I think films like Indian
13:37Create that impact
13:39Very few films leave that impact
13:41I think we have that
13:43Through Indian 2
13:45Very well said in the film
13:47I am completely for it
13:49Films are the best medium
13:51When I was a kid
13:53I dreamt of becoming a soldier
13:55I want to grow up and kill all the bad people
13:57I am 60 years old
13:59The soldier in Indian 1 was her life goal
14:01The soldier in Indian 2
14:03I have done a review of that film
14:05When I talk about Indian 1
14:07It is a pedestrian dream
14:09It is not something that can happen
14:11But we can only do reality
14:13From this dream
14:15We can't do it
14:17It is a crime
14:19We can't do anything about it
14:21There is so much anger
14:23If you lie
14:25I will cut your tongue
14:27I am not going to do that
14:29But we have to show that there is so much anger
14:31That is what we have shown in this film
14:33It can't be a lifestyle
14:35What is the next step?
14:37How to do it without corruption?
14:39That day will never come
14:41The day you do it without infection
14:43There will be no corruption
14:45What are the precautions you take to protect the infection?
14:47We have to take all the precautions
14:49Every day
14:51It will be there
14:53We have to be safe
14:55We have to be awake all the time
14:57We have to take Indian 23
14:59Even if we take it
15:01It is wrong
15:03What sir is saying is
15:05Killing is wrong
15:07In a dream world
15:09The first part of the film is about justice
15:11People who watch it
15:13And believe that it will happen
15:15How can a 102 year old do it?
15:17That is the question
15:19The answer to that dream
15:21A 102 year old
15:23What is he doing?
15:25My age is not mine
15:27The elders I met
15:29I can call them Balachandran and Dhritarashtra
15:31I am learning from everyone
15:33Even from him
15:35I am learning from him
15:37In such a chaotic situation
15:39How can you sit quietly?
15:41That is what we have to learn
15:43It is the opposite of that
15:47He will give his BP
15:49He will give his BP
15:51He will give his BP
15:53The opposite of that
15:55Another generation can learn from him
15:57Another generation can learn from him
15:59Then Senapathi's age will be 170
16:01Then Senapathi's age will be 170
16:03It doesn't have to be him
16:05It doesn't have to be him
16:07If you give that quality
16:09Then Senapathi is the best
16:11Then Senapathi is the best
16:13He is going to get angry
16:15He has permission
16:17I can use his name
16:19I will come to you with the next question
16:21You are a writer
16:23You are a film director
16:25You have acted in a lot of cult films
16:27One day your films will be released as sequels
16:29But from this point of view
16:31As a writer and director
16:33When you are making a sequel
16:35What kind of doubts will you have?
16:37What kind of precautions will you take?
16:39Can you feel such pressures?
16:41For such a big franchise
16:43I will be watching the set every day
16:45I will be watching the set every day
16:47I will be watching the set every day
16:49I will be watching the set every day
16:51I will be like an assistant
16:53I would have liked the way he handled the set
16:55I would have liked the way he handled the set
16:57With a beautiful graph
16:59When I go to some films
17:01I am not blaming anyone
17:03People come around
17:0530 people should act in all 30 acts
17:0730 people should act in all 30 acts
17:09Even if it is a wild set
17:11I can shout a lot
17:13I can't tell them to shout
17:15I can't tell them to shout
17:17When I see Anandan
17:19When I saw the shot, I knew it would be shot in this axis or else it would be in the balance
17:26I told him that he could make a book out of the drawings he made for each scene
17:32He was so thorough with the methods and research
17:37He always had the right answer to everything
17:41He told me once...
17:44It's not easy to shoot a car chase
17:49He told me that he would go and stand with an answer to 100 questions
17:54If we give the right answer to a question, we will gain confidence
17:59That's what every actor struggles for
18:04He told me that he would go and stand with 100 answers
18:09In those days, when you shot an Indian one, you couldn't fully understand what you were shooting
18:16You and the cameraman couldn't see the magic that would come out of the film
18:22Now, everyone in the set knows how to use a monitor
18:27Everyone is in a corrective mood
18:31The kids in the audience know what VFX is, what prosthetics are...
18:36In this change of process, when you get so many inputs
18:41How do you protect yourself and your vision?
18:46I have to keep that in mind...
18:49The social media, the likes of this generation, how they react...
18:54I have to keep studying them...
18:59You will never enjoy the pleasure of a live performance
19:06I have reached the stage where I can meet both of them
19:11When I tell a story live, I get applause, comments, criticism...
19:18I have time to decide whether to keep it or not
19:23If I ask a story and get scared, I won't get a poem, a dream, a film, or a story...
19:30Kamal sir, from the age of 6, you have fulfilled one thing
19:37You have taken it to an excellent stage
19:40Only you know the challenges that you want to accept
19:45Now, when you hear Shankar sir's imagination...
19:50Do you think you can do something?
19:55Or do you think you can do anything?
19:58From the beginning, people ask me about the monitor
20:05They ask me if I watch Rush
20:10I do, if it's convenient
20:15They ask me if I watch the edited version
20:20I grew up like that. I am still in the same discipline
20:25The monitor I watch will never change
20:30It's the director's eyes, the technicians' eyes
20:35When we rehearse, there is a reflection
20:40If they say, no, it means they have a problem with us
20:45If they say, let's watch it again, it means no
20:50I have to understand that
20:55That's why I keep rehearsing
21:00I am not prepared for that
21:05We have to know that we can't do it
21:10The audience shouldn't know that
21:15If they think they can't do it, but they are brave enough to do it
21:20The show is a failure
21:25If the audience says that, I am not an Indian
21:30I am in my forties
21:35I am not worried about my age
21:40I am not afraid of that
21:45I can't do anything
21:50I can't wake up with an alarm
21:55We wake up before they hit us
22:00It's a different profession
22:05The technicians they use
22:10It's so settled that I don't even remember them
22:15When you started, you said you couldn't find a place
22:20In a place like that...
22:25I don't take it as my strength
22:30I use their strengths
22:35There are many technicians
22:40We are happy to see how they do it
22:45I don't want to go back to that
22:50That's why I am worried
22:55I don't want to talk about it
23:00If a technician joins you in any film
23:05They would have come with a plan
23:10In this film, the technicians you worked with
23:15Shankar sir's imagination
23:20Each head of department would bring it to fruition
23:25What was the technology you didn't use in this film?
23:30What excited you?
23:35He lights very fast
23:40But it would be nice if there was something extra
23:45That's why I would tell him
23:50I would tell him to put a light
23:55He would understand
24:00He expects something
24:05He would bring the magic
24:10Everyone needs patience
24:15When we rehearse a scene
24:20A horse wouldn't stop
24:25He would stop and
24:30A horse would enter a set
24:35I want to know how he saw the place
24:40When did he go and see all this?
24:45Not many people can go
24:50They would bring all the equipment
24:55They would have arranged a horse
25:00I had never seen that before
25:05I would give biscuits to the horse
25:10A lot of people have worked like that
25:15A lot of people have worked like that
25:20We shouldn't talk about the difficulties
25:25If there's an applause in the theatre
25:30How many horses would be ready to dance?
25:35You are one of the best music video directors in the world
25:40The editing pattern, the scale and excitement of the youth in Kadharal song
25:45We discuss a lot about the songs in this film
26:00Everything is based on the script
26:05There's a song called Come Back Indian
26:10I've done a lot of songs
26:15How will it differ from that?
26:20How can I bring it to the best of my ability?
26:25When I think about music, lyrics, costumes
26:30This song will be a montage
26:35Then there's a song called Tata Varar
26:40It's a song about a situation
26:45It should be shot in a simple place
26:50I wanted to make it look simple
26:55I didn't force it
26:59I didn't want it to look like a painting
27:04Youngsters will post posters
27:09When they go through their thought process
27:14Some revolutionary youngsters will draw graffiti
27:19When they go through this thought process
27:24When they draw and celebrate in a building
27:29The team beautifies the thought process
27:34The cinematographer brings a color scheme
27:39The art director comes up with ideas
27:44When it's a calendar shoot, it usually takes place by the beach
27:49I've done a lot of songs by the beach
27:54There are a lot of songs by the beach
27:59I saw some pictures of Bolivia
28:04It was very exciting
28:09The place I select will be like that only in one season
28:14It will be like that only in February
28:19It depends on the rain
28:24If the water level is between 0.5 to 1 feet, we will get the effect we want
28:29Even if it's less, the water will be reflected
28:34You would have seen it in the trailer
28:39I think it will be a big mirror
28:44People who have bad eyesight will spread mirrors
28:49A lot of people are asking if Shankar sir will get a location like this
28:54I'll give you a student's answer
28:59If he wants to dance on a mirror, he will find a place like a mirror in the world
29:04If you don't have the support of the team, you won't be able to do it
29:09The producer has to spend money
29:14How can you say that it's going to rain?
29:19It was very difficult to plan
29:24The production team worked very hard
29:29I couldn't open my eyes. The sunlight was so cold
29:34Miss Universe, who acted in Demi in 2017
29:39They are very cooperative
29:44An actress in our industry came for the first time
29:49She understood and lip-synched
29:54I couldn't open my eyes. It was so bright
29:59I wore cooling glasses, took shots
30:04I had to keep some objects there
30:09Muthuraj sir designed it and the art director executed it
30:14It was a big team work
30:19A production designer and a producer's sync created a universe
30:32Muthuraj sir and Laika are there
30:37How has this project been handled?
30:42Red Giant and Laika are presenting it for us
30:47He has said it in many interviews
30:52He has already seen the Indian version
30:57He said he would shoot it
31:02There are many problems faced by Indians due to Covid
31:07In the midst of all this, I have to buy a product
31:12I have to take a decision
31:17He asked me to stand by it
31:22Stand by it doesn't mean writing a cheque
31:27He doesn't ask what it is
31:32He asks if there is anything like this in our film
31:37That enthusiasm is more important than money
31:42I can't not talk about A.M.Ratnam
31:47When we shot the film, we spent every rupee
31:52That was the first time I sat in Prasad's studio
31:57He asked me why I was a make-up artist
32:02I showed him some photos of the art
32:07He became my agent
32:12He was talking for me
32:17There were so many problems
32:22From hair style to shooting time
32:27He would look at the location
32:32There was a house in the middle of a green field
32:37There was a house in that green field
32:42He would have to be in the 4th cell of 120 acres to shoot
32:47It would take an hour to reach the location
32:52That place was so hidden
32:57It took an hour to put on make-up
33:02It was a waste
33:07Why did he put on make-up there?
33:12He could have done it at home
33:17I had to wake up early
33:22I woke up at 2.30 a.m.
33:27The film is all about A.M.Ratnam
33:32We had to work together
33:37They would start putting on make-up when I was about to eat
33:42I would come at 2.30 a.m. and they would come at 3.30 a.m.
33:47We would come to the set in an hour
33:52This was a one day shoot
33:57There were so many problems
34:02There were so many problems
34:07There was a new equipment called a Mokaphone
34:12You could use it to shoot the time
34:17But to prepare for it, there was a dialogue
34:22There was a timing
34:27There was a film called Maya Bazaar
34:32They had a camera in each frame
34:37It was like a one turn
34:42The assistant director was Srinivasan Rao
34:47We would talk about this for another 10-15 years
34:52There were so many problems
34:57We were thinking of a film
35:02We couldn't tell how many problems we would face
35:07Even if it was Arjunan, we would keep it down
35:12Even if it was Arjunan, we would keep it down
35:17There was a person who had to do the Geetha Updation
35:22There were many times like that
35:27I think this is the film that came from all directions
35:32He has never made two films at the same time
35:37We are the two most busy actors and directors
35:42We are not responsible for that
35:47COVID, nature, producers, distributors
35:52We need distributors
35:57There is Thirupathi Prasad
36:02There are Red Giants
36:07Pen Marudhar
36:12Pen Indian movie is not just a pen paper
36:17If you want a pen Indian, you need so many people
36:22A white man called Jogger Nott has stolen a word from us
36:27Jagannath Ratham from Orissa
36:32He was surprised to see that
36:37He thought it was rocket science
36:42Jogger Nott
36:47Jagannath Rathachakra...
36:52The hard work that was done for this film 28 years ago
36:57The two people who made it have come back
37:22Thank you for watching