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00:00Instead of fighting against asthma, he fought against alcohol.
00:02I have that dialogue in the trailer.
00:05There will be a counter for that.
00:07Punita, there will be a counter where they talk.
00:09What if you stab someone in the right hand, what if you stab someone in the left hand?
00:11Both are murders here.
00:16In a particular scene, they break a beer bottle.
00:20Once they break it in the hand,
00:22another time they break it in the head.
00:25Another time they break it in the shoulder.
00:26It was slightly missed and he hit it in the neck.
00:31If you go back 30 years,
00:33in the 1980s and 1990s,
00:36there was no such thing as a Fertility Centre.
00:38Even if it was there, it was very rare.
00:40Very very rare.
00:41It would be somewhere in the village.
00:42So, the Fertility Centre is not a big thing.
00:44But if you go back 30 years,
00:47there are Fertility Centres like Palliyar Temple.
00:51So, how did it happen?
00:53If you go to a Fertility Centre,
00:55and if you go and see a doctor,
00:57the first thing he says is...
01:01Other than that, in this action,
01:04at the end, there is a very good twist.
01:08You can never guess that twist.
01:11You can't even imagine that this twist is in this film.
01:14That twist will create a big impact on you.
01:18After watching that film,
01:20you will have that impact for at least 2 days.
01:22That is this film.
01:26Some of the dialogues felt close to heart.
01:30For many people,
01:31let it be the kids who acted with me,
01:33there are some dialogues for them.
01:35There is a characteristic to feel and relate to their life.
01:39So, when you see all that...
01:45Greetings to all the viewers in the country,
01:47in the state and at home.
01:49I am Karthik.
01:50So, the person we have come to meet in today's interview is...
01:53Sala.
01:54She has come with us in the film Sala.
01:56We are going to meet her.
01:57Greetings, sir.
01:58Greetings.
01:59How are you?
02:00I am fine. How are you?
02:01Fine.
02:02So, Sala.
02:03The word itself was different.
02:08Was it taken from Hindi or Tamil?
02:11Can you tell us about that?
02:13It's a name.
02:14Sala means Solomon.
02:15That's it.
02:16Solomon is short for Sala.
02:18Solomon is a character from the Bible.
02:20You mentioned that character, right?
02:22The character from the Bible.
02:23The one from the Bible is a king.
02:25I didn't mention that.
02:27It's a name.
02:28When I was studying in school,
02:30I had friends who studied with me.
02:32When I was working, I had Prabhu Solomon.
02:34I really liked that name.
02:36That's why I named the hero Solomon.
02:38I used to call him Sala when I called him.
02:41Do you have a name to give to Guru Nath?
02:45I don't know.
02:46I might have one.
02:48Okay.
02:49We can see a lot of things in the trailer.
02:53It's like kids fighting.
02:56You are a teacher.
02:58You are fighting with kids.
03:00Usually, it's adults and revolutionaries who fight.
03:05But in this trailer,
03:07it's different to see a teacher fighting with kids.
03:10Can you tell us about that?
03:12How did it start?
03:13Sure.
03:14As you said, teachers fight.
03:18Usually, it's adults and revolutionaries who fight.
03:22I have kids because they are the next generation.
03:25They are the next generation.
03:27They have to make a decision.
03:29If they start talking against drinking,
03:32they won't be able to drink tomorrow.
03:34That's why I have kids.
03:36If you talk to the next generation,
03:38they won't listen to you.
03:40They will start fighting.
03:42It will be a direct opposition to the character.
03:45If the teacher advises kids,
03:47they will stop.
03:48Only when they are 15 or 16,
03:50they will know who they are.
03:52They will know why they should drink.
03:54That's why I have kids.
03:56Okay.
03:57In the trailer,
03:59you say not to fight against TASMAC,
04:02but against adultery.
04:04In Tamil Nadu,
04:06many lives were lost due to adultery.
04:09Did you write this before?
04:11Or did you write this in the trailer?
04:15We finished this film a year and a half ago.
04:19For some reasons,
04:21it was postponed.
04:23We shot this in 2021.
04:25We finished it in 2022.
04:28This was written before adultery.
04:31As you said,
04:33the dialogue is about fighting against adultery.
04:39I have that dialogue in the trailer.
04:41There will be a counter for that.
04:44There will be a counter for them.
04:46If you stab someone in the right or left hand,
04:48both are murder.
04:50You will understand the dialogue in the film.
04:52Both should be avoided.
04:54I have a question for you.
04:56You recently acted in the film, Rasamadhi.
05:00It was directed by Shantakumar sir.
05:02He does his films after a long time.
05:06You would have done it after a long time.
05:08There must have been a lot of experiences
05:10you had with him and with sir.
05:13Let's gain an experience from the director.
05:15You would have done something with Shantakumar sir.
05:17What did you gain from him?
05:19What did you gain from sir?
05:23I'll start with Manipal sir.
05:25Manipal sir is...
05:29I really like his quality.
05:31I didn't say this in any interview.
05:33I don't know if others will do this.
05:35I don't know if I'll work with him or not.
05:40He checks if junior artists are comfortable in the set.
05:44He asks me to sit down.
05:46He asks me if I had food or water.
05:48My sister and I would have seen it.
05:52I don't know if others will ask me that.
05:54He has done that.
05:56The junior artist in the back won't mind.
06:01He asks me if I had food.
06:03He asks me why I'm standing in the sun.
06:05He asks me to sit down.
06:07I really like his quality.
06:11I didn't say this anywhere.
06:13But I'll say it here.
06:15I really like it.
06:17He would have struggled a lot to treat everyone equally.
06:23That's why he knows that.
06:25To treat everyone equally.
06:27That has to change.
06:29I really like that quality.
06:32The quality that I like about Shanthakumar sir...
06:36Everyone will like it.
06:38He doesn't get attached to people.
06:44Everyone feels selfish.
06:48That's the reality.
06:50Humans have a lot of connection with animals.
06:58He talks to birds a lot.
07:02He tells me to go and see the birds.
07:06He tells me that I can experience it.
07:10He talks to trees.
07:12He's always alone.
07:14His thought process is similar to Vijay Sethupathi's song.
07:24I really like that.
07:26He's very connected with nature.
07:28I like nature a lot.
07:30When I see a person with that quality...
07:32I feel connected.
07:38There are a lot of stunts in the movie trailer.
07:42There are a lot of fights in the bar.
07:44You've done a lot of stunts in the bar.
07:50You've done a lot of stunts in the bar.
07:52When you do stunts with experienced actors,
07:56they might get hurt.
07:58You've done a lot of stunts with a new actor.
08:02Can you tell us about that?
08:04How much experience did you have?
08:06I really like stunts in the movie.
08:12It's a very difficult profession.
08:16Stunts are not easy.
08:18If you don't practice and perfect it,
08:22you won't be able to do it.
08:24It's all about timing.
08:26They call it split seconds.
08:28In that split second,
08:30there's a chance for injuries.
08:32We did a 9-month pre-preparation for the movie.
08:36I trained with the stunt director.
08:40I trained with him for 2.5 hours a day.
08:42Whether it's stretches, jumps, kicks, rolls,
08:46or composing fights,
08:48I trained with him for 6-9 months.
08:52Before the shoot,
08:54we went to the place where the bar fight was being shot.
08:58We had to compose the fight.
09:00This is how the fight was going to be.
09:02There were a lot of fighters.
09:04I had to practice the fight with them.
09:06So that it would be perfect on the day of the shoot.
09:08It would be raw.
09:10If I hit 30 people,
09:12he would definitely hit 30 people.
09:14We had to do a lot of pre-preparation.
09:18That's how the bar fight came out.
09:20Despite all that,
09:22despite all the training,
09:24in a particular scene,
09:26they would break a beer bottle.
09:28One time, they would break it on the hand.
09:30Another time, they would break it on the head.
09:32Another time, they would break it on the shoulder.
09:34It was slightly missed.
09:36He hit it on the neck.
09:38It was a fraction of a second error.
09:42It wasn't my fault.
09:44The timing of his entry and exit had to be coordinated.
09:48Because it was a single sequence.
09:50It was a very big fight.
09:52It was a small incident.
09:54If you look at it as a stunt,
09:56you can expect a lot from this film.
09:58There will be a solid fight.
10:00There will be three fights in this film.
10:02The bar fight will be superb.
10:04Okay.
10:06I have a question for you.
10:08You say that there are a lot of fertility centers.
10:12Do you think that this is because
10:14all the youths are addicted to drugs?
10:16Do you think that this is because
10:18all the youths are addicted to drugs?
10:20Do you think that this is because
10:22all the youths are addicted to drugs?
10:24Yes, definitely.
10:26I decided to make a film against alcohol.
10:28I'm reading an article.
10:30I decided to convert this article into a film.
10:32I'm studying it.
10:34I'm reading a lot of books about it.
10:36I'm reading a lot of books about it.
10:38For example, I'm reading books written by Sanjeev.
10:40I'm reading a lot of books about it.
10:42I'm reading a lot of books about it.
10:44I'm gathering a lot of things while I'm reading.
10:46If you go back 30 years,
10:48in the 80s and 90s,
10:50there was no such thing as a fertility center.
10:52There was no such thing as a fertility center.
10:54Even if there was, it was very rare.
10:56It was very rare.
10:58There was no such thing as a fertility center.
11:00But after 30 years,
11:02there are fertility centers like
11:04the ones in Chennai.
11:06If you go to a fertility center,
11:08if you go to a fertility center,
11:10if you go to a fertility center,
11:12the first thing they tell you is
11:14to quit smoking and alcohol.
11:16Then you will know what it is.
11:18When I was studying all this,
11:20I got this information.
11:22I got this information.
11:24Before this,
11:26there was only one liquor store
11:28outside the city.
11:30There was only one liquor store outside the city.
11:32If he drinks alcohol,
11:34he will come home only after dark.
11:36If he drinks alcohol,
11:38he will be left out of the city.
11:40In the beginning.
11:42But today, it has changed.
11:44You have to get used to it.
11:46It should not be avoided.
11:48For both of you,
11:50if you are told a dialogue in a movie,
11:52you can only see it in a trailer.
11:54Especially,
11:56these dialogues are socially
11:58acclaimed dialogues.
12:00You can only see it in a trailer.
12:02In that,
12:04when the director tells you
12:06to speak a dialogue,
12:08instead of doing it directly,
12:10you have to incorporate that dialogue.
12:12What is this going to say?
12:14What is this going to change
12:16the society?
12:18Did you ask yourself
12:20what the dialogue is going to say?
12:22Did you get it and present it?
12:24What can you say about that?
12:26When you speak a dialogue,
12:28the audience will know.
12:30They will know it in the dialogue.
12:32I only know that such incidents
12:34have happened in the dialogue.
12:36When I watch the movie,
12:38I know that there are so many things
12:40behind it.
12:42When we act,
12:44we get that feeling.
12:46The audience will definitely
12:48get that feeling when they watch the movie.
12:50There are many things inside.
12:52They will only know
12:54that there are many things inside.
12:56I got to know about it
12:58only then.
13:00When I spoke the dialogue,
13:02some of the dialogues felt close to my heart.
13:04For many people,
13:06including the kids who acted with me,
13:08there are some dialogues.
13:10I have to relate it to their lives
13:12and talk about it.
13:14When I watch it,
13:16I feel that
13:18everyone's feelings are there.
13:20The voices of the audience
13:22are also there.
13:24As far as the dialogues are concerned,
13:28the heroine's portion
13:30is very strong.
13:32She is the one
13:34who protests
13:36against alcohol.
13:38Her role is very powerful.
13:40You would have seen
13:42the trailer for each dialogue.
13:44It would have been a powerful content
13:46and it would have been beautifully conveyed.
13:48It would have been conveyed
13:50in a voice modulation.
13:52She is the one who has powerful dialogues.
13:54I am the one who controls the bar.
13:56They are the ones who
13:58try to close the bars.
14:00So, the content
14:02that is conveyed
14:04is all on the heroine's side.
14:06Only at the end,
14:08when we go into the story,
14:10there will be a turning point.
14:12That is when we take off.
14:16The story is based on North Chennai.
14:18You show shots of the housing board.
14:20When we look at the housing board,
14:22there are certain things.
14:24When we look at the story,
14:26we see that the hero is here.
14:28That is why this is happening.
14:30There are many films coming out now.
14:32Some films are educated.
14:34In some films,
14:36they try to explain
14:38what is happening here.
14:40So, when did you decide
14:42that the hero is in North Chennai
14:44and that the story takes place in North Chennai?
14:46Did you get the idea when you wrote the story?
14:48Yes. I was born and raised in Chennai.
14:50I like North Chennai a lot.
14:52It is a very close area.
14:54I was born and raised in Nanganallur.
14:56It is close to Meenapakkam.
14:58But I travel a lot to North Madras.
15:00When I go to buy fish,
15:02I go to Ennore.
15:04I spend 2-3 hours there.
15:06When I write the script,
15:08I go to Ennore.
15:10That is why I like it a lot.
15:12Since I was in Chennai,
15:14I know what this area is like.
15:16I can understand
15:18what these people are like.
15:20I like that area,
15:22so I kept the story there.
15:24But this film is not about North Madras.
15:26It is a story that takes place in North Madras.
15:28It is a triangle play.
15:30It is a famous bar in North Madras.
15:32It is a famous bar in North Madras.
15:34It is a famous bar in North Madras.
15:36The two powerful gangs
15:38who kill Modi
15:40to get the bar in the election
15:42are ready to kill anyone.
15:44The two powerful gangs
15:46who kill Modi
15:48are ready to kill anyone.
15:50The two powerful gangs
15:52are ready to kill anyone.
15:54There are 10 school students behind them.
15:56This is a triangle play
15:58that takes place between them.
16:00This is a triangle play that takes place
16:02between them.
16:04This is a triangle play that takes place
16:06between them.
16:08Usually, when we make a story,
16:10rehearsals are very important.
16:12But when we make a dialogue,
16:14we have to speak like a native.
16:16we have to speak like a native.
16:18we have to speak like a native.
16:20we have to speak like a native.
16:22Did you take rehearsals for that?
16:24Did you practice?
16:26Did you get the dialogue?
16:28I was born and brought up in Chennai.
16:30I didn't have the ability
16:32to deliver a dialogue in one shot.
16:34I didn't have the ability
16:36to deliver a dialogue in one shot.
16:38There is a small meter
16:40for me to deliver a dialogue.
16:42He was very clear from the start.
16:44Whether it's my character,
16:46Punita's character,
16:48or Srinath's character,
16:50he has a meter for all the characters.
16:52He has a meter for all the characters.
16:54He has a meter for all the characters.
16:56He has a meter for all the characters.
16:58He gave me the dialogues.
17:00I did a lot of workshops with him.
17:02It was easy for me to deliver
17:04when I had to shoot.
17:06It's exactly the same dialogue.
17:08It's exactly the same dialogue.
17:10When I saw the trailer and the poster,
17:12I thought of Vadachalai.
17:14Recently, there was a movie
17:16with a new face.
17:18It was a successful movie.
17:20It was called Dinosaur.
17:22Everyone had a new face,
17:24but it was a very popular movie.
17:26The poster and the characters
17:28in the movie
17:30were based on Vadachalai.
17:32The characters of Charles
17:34were important.
17:36When you were casting for this movie,
17:38did you look at the references
17:40of these actors?
17:42Or did you just choose them
17:44based on their acting?
17:46I didn't look at the references.
17:48They all acted well.
17:50They all acted well.
17:56After I finished writing the script,
17:58I started casting to see
18:00who would be the right actors.
18:02When I was casting,
18:04I had to look at the options.
18:06For example, I had to cast Shiva Master.
18:08Shiva Master was the one
18:10who played the role of
18:12Thangadurai.
18:14He had a shoot and
18:16his salary was high.
18:18But he wanted to act too.
18:20But he didn't have a date.
18:22Simon Tannis was a jailor
18:24and he did a lot of Rajini sir's movies.
18:26I had to be with him for 25-30 days.
18:28He couldn't be with me.
18:30So, I had to look at the options.
18:32Charles Vinoth was an option.
18:34I called him and asked
18:36if I could meet him.
18:38He didn't even think about it.
18:40He didn't even talk about his salary.
18:42He came straight to the office.
18:44The co-artists in this movie
18:46were Srinath sir,
18:50the villain, Charles Vinoth,
18:52and Arul Das.
18:54He played the role of Guna.
18:56His character was superb.
18:58The other three guys
19:00played the supporting roles.
19:02Sampath Ram sir,
19:04IT Arasan,
19:06they all played the supporting roles.
19:08The reason I say this is
19:10that we didn't shoot this on set.
19:12We shot this live after COVID.
19:16In North Madras, Ennore,
19:18Vyasarpadi,
19:20Rayapetta, Rayapuram,
19:22and Kannagi Nagar.
19:24We shot in all these places after COVID.
19:26Everyone cooperated.
19:28They didn't have to stand up.
19:30They were artists.
19:32They didn't have to stand up.
19:34But they stood up and cooperated.
19:36It was a full team work.
19:38That's how we got the output.
19:44The story is family-based.
19:46Some are A-content.
19:48Some are U-A-content.
19:50In this movie,
19:52there's a lot of bloodshed and stunts.
19:54Even in the posters,
19:56you can see the bloodshed.
19:58Is this a family-based movie?
20:00It's a pure U-A-certificate movie.
20:04It's a 100% family-based movie.
20:08Only the place where this movie takes place
20:10will be an action movie.
20:12I also want to make a good movie.
20:16I don't want to make a commercial movie.
20:18There are a lot of people who want to make a commercial movie.
20:20Beyond that,
20:22I want to make a social responsibility movie.
20:24I want to make a social responsibility movie.
20:26But if you give a movie as a preacher,
20:28like Mammanithan,
20:30Joker, Kadaisi Vivasayi,
20:32all of them are good movies.
20:34But in a U-certificate,
20:36they are not good movies.
20:38But they are good movies.
20:40It's not a commercial movie.
20:42It's a sad thing.
20:44But I really like action movies.
20:46So, in action movies,
20:50I want to bring in sociality.
20:52That's what I wanted.
20:54And I have brought it.
20:56So, in a movie,
20:58everything that takes place is an action movie.
21:00There will be gangsters,
21:02and all the elements that kids expect.
21:04Beyond that,
21:06I have kept the things I wanted to say.
21:10In August 2023,
21:12some of your important movies were released.
21:14They were produced by good,
21:16family-based actors.
21:18There's a story about your movie.
21:20If you come to our movie,
21:22you will definitely get this story.
21:24Can you say that?
21:26All three of us can say that.
21:28We are confident about our movie.
21:30First of all, I am very happy.
21:32My movie will be released
21:34with Kottai Kaali and Vaalai.
21:36Both of them are very good movies.
21:38Kottai Kaali is a festival movie.
21:40Vaalai is also a good movie.
21:42It's a Narik Selvaraj movie.
21:44We are also proud of our movie.
21:46So, what the audience can expect
21:48from Vaalai is...
21:50I don't want to talk too much
21:52about that movie.
21:54It's a movie that
21:56takes place in a drama zone.
21:58When I saw the trailer,
22:00I haven't seen the Vaalai trailer yet.
22:02The Vaalai trailer is also a new face.
22:04He has taken it with young kids.
22:06It's a real incident.
22:08It's an incident he has seen in his life.
22:10So, what's the variation
22:12in this movie?
22:14If I compare the two movies,
22:16Vaalai is a commercial action movie.
22:18In addition to that,
22:20there is an excellent twist
22:22at the end of the movie.
22:24You can't even imagine
22:26that twist in the movie.
22:30That twist will affect you a lot.
22:32After watching the movie,
22:34you will have that effect
22:36for at least two days.
22:38That's this movie.
22:42This movie connects with everyone.
22:44Whether it's men or women,
22:46it will connect with everyone.
22:48It will connect with everyone's home.
22:50It might have happened in a neighbour's house.
22:52It might have happened in a neighbour's house.
22:54It might have happened in a situation
22:56where you can't do anything.
22:58But you can start from home.
23:00You can start everything from home.
23:02You can start some good habits
23:04from home.
23:06We can learn something like that
23:08from this movie.
23:10We can start this from home.
23:12We can start this from home.
23:14We can start this from home.
23:16Many people will relate to this.
23:18Will this have happened?
23:20Will this happen?
23:22Are we doing this knowingly?
23:24Many people will relate to this.
23:26Even women.
23:28It will relate to everyone.
23:30It will be difficult for mothers
23:32to watch this.
23:34They will say,
23:36this is what's happening.
23:38It will relate to everyone.
23:40Everyone should watch this movie.
23:46This movie will connect with everyone.
23:50You can't separate this genre.
23:52This movie will connect with everyone.
23:54Everyone will like this movie.
23:56If you want to enjoy this movie,
23:58but you want this movie
24:00to connect with you emotionally,
24:02you can definitely come to this movie.
24:06I'll pay you 110 rupees.
24:08If you want to send me a message,
24:10you can definitely come to this movie.
24:16This movie will not deceive you.
24:18You should definitely watch this movie.
24:20You should definitely watch this movie.
24:22If you watch it, you'll know.
24:24I don't want to compare it.
24:26I don't want to compare it.
24:28I don't want to compare it.
24:30But we have a very good movie called Sala.
24:32But we have a very good movie called Sala.
24:34There's no doubt about it.
24:36There's no doubt about it.
24:38Thank you for your time.
24:40Your new movie is being released.
24:42We wish you all the best for this movie.
24:44We wish you all the best for this movie.