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00:00Since he was in KGF, he would have asked you for some inputs on how to shoot Thangalan.
00:06Ranjithanna's first shoot, first scene, 25 takes.
00:12This is how Thangalan will be.
00:14This is his resemblance.
00:16No one else can say this.
00:21He brought some local historians and scholars.
00:25Ranjithanna introduced them to KGF.
00:3470% of people from Tamil Nadu went there to work.
00:37They say they went there for gold mining.
00:41Is this true?
00:43In our history, we are very comfortable in those two generations.
00:47As far as I know, there is no freedom in KGF.
00:50Vikram Sir's acting.
00:52Do you know the reason why I came here?
00:55A hero's work has never reached this level.
00:59But he didn't even use a dupe.
01:01In all the fights, I have seen him directly.
01:04So, I don't even need a dupe. I do it myself.
01:09In English, they would have named it Little England.
01:13KGF.
01:14Almost 3000 square feet above sea level.
01:183000 square feet above sea level.
01:21Of course, it is a cold region.
01:24That place was like England to them.
01:27When they came here from England, they felt like home.
01:34Do you know how royally they lived?
01:36If you see their house in KGF,
01:38they lived royally and lavishly.
01:41There was a golf course of 200 acres in KGF.
01:48Until mining, everything was here.
01:50Education, hospitals, everything was here.
01:53When the mines were closed,
01:55many retired miners came here.
01:57Some came to Tamil Nadu.
01:59Some settled in Bangalore.
02:01Many settled in Bangalore.
02:05What I felt was,
02:07we are the miners of this land.
02:10We have to save this place.
02:12This film gave me that feeling.
02:19Greetings to all the viewers at home and abroad.
02:23I am Anil Karthik.
02:25Today, we are going to meet KGF.
02:29We all know about KGF.
02:32We came to know about KGF when it was released.
02:38We came to know about KGF.
02:40Recently, Thangalan film was released.
02:43Thangalan film was released.
02:45Even though it was well developed,
02:47the acting was good,
02:49the history and basement of the film
02:51is amazing.
02:53We have come to meet someone.
02:55He was born and raised in KGF.
02:57Since he was born in KGF,
02:59let us ask him about the history of KGF.
03:01Greetings sir.
03:03Greetings brother.
03:04How are you?
03:05I am fine.
03:06Your name and where were you born?
03:09My name is Harish Ilangovan.
03:13My father's name is Ilangovan.
03:15My grandfather's name is Raji.
03:17We are a KGF employee generation.
03:23I am an engineer.
03:26I am pursuing LLB also.
03:29At the same time,
03:31I work in a MNC in Bangalore.
03:33That's my background and education.
03:35You were born and raised in KGF.
03:39My father's and my generation
03:42were born and raised in KGF.
03:45Since you were born and raised in KGF,
03:47people would have asked you
03:49for some inputs for Thangalan.
03:51They would have asked you
03:53about the location.
03:55But you had to shoot in a place
03:57where there were no people.
03:59It was like a forest.
04:01It was like an old forest.
04:03You would have helped in some locations.
04:05Can you tell us how it started?
04:08Sure.
04:10Ranjithan came to KGF
04:12for two days to study
04:14and see the location.
04:16We took him to KGF.
04:18There were a lot of films in KGF.
04:20There were a lot of shootings.
04:22We went to the places
04:24that we knew
04:26and showed them to Ranjithan.
04:28We showed him the location
04:30for two days.
04:32He was not satisfied.
04:34We showed him the location
04:36but he was not satisfied.
04:38We did not know the story.
04:40Ranjithan said that we should
04:42shoot a film like this.
04:44We took him to all the locations.
04:46We showed him the British bungalows,
04:48the housing board where the employees
04:50used to live,
04:52the mining area,
04:54the gold shaft,
04:56the refinery centres,
04:58the golf course,
05:00the British people's
05:02bungalows.
05:04We thought he was coming to see
05:06these places.
05:08We showed him the location
05:10for two days.
05:12Ranjithan said that
05:14the location was not set.
05:16He left.
05:18He was not satisfied.
05:20He said he didn't want any location.
05:22These are all buildings.
05:26But his film should have
05:28nothing but a floor.
05:30The places we showed him
05:32were all modernised.
05:34The roads, the buildings,
05:36the power lines.
05:38When we showed him all these,
05:40he was not satisfied.
05:42But when he came,
05:44we took him to
05:46some local historians,
05:48scholars.
05:50We took them to people
05:52who knew about KGF.
05:54We introduced them to Ranjithan.
05:56He spoke to us through them.
05:58We took him to my father's house.
06:00My father was a fan of KGF.
06:02He worked in the gold mines
06:04for two or three generations.
06:06We introduced him to my father.
06:08We had discussions with him.
06:10Many people from KGF
06:12discussed with him.
06:14His entire team,
06:16the ADs,
06:18studied in KGF.
06:20Then they left.
06:22Two weeks later,
06:24another batch came.
06:26The ADs,
06:28cameraman, cinematographer,
06:30Kishore brother,
06:32Murthy sir,
06:34art director.
06:36They came again
06:38to see the location.
06:40We showed the same location
06:42to Ranjithan and others.
06:46But they were not satisfied.
06:48We told them that
06:50this is all there is to KGF.
06:52What did they do next?
06:54They said, there is one last place.
06:56There is nothing in that place.
06:58It is an empty place.
07:00There is no building.
07:02That place is called
07:04Akka Thangachai Kalra in KGF.
07:06We took them there.
07:08The ADs and cameramen
07:10stood there.
07:12The first thing they asked
07:14was if we could show them this place.
07:16We said yes.
07:18What is the name of that place?
07:20Akka Thangachai Kalra.
07:22It is on the backside of Marikuppam.
07:24It is a dry land.
07:26There are no trees there.
07:28It is a dry land.
07:30There are no trees there.
07:32The Britishers who take gold
07:34are completely in that place.
07:36It is a dry land.
07:38We came there for a
07:40five day shoot.
07:42Then the team came
07:44with the assistant directors,
07:46cinematographers.
07:48They gave Ranjithan
07:50a place to shoot.
07:52When Ranjithan came back
07:54from Pune,
07:56to Bangalore,
07:58Kishore brother
08:00who is a cinematographer
08:02wanted to thank him.
08:04When Ranjithan came back
08:06from Bangalore to Chennai,
08:08KGF came and
08:10saw the place.
08:12Ranjithan said it was a five day shoot.
08:14Everyone came
08:16for the five day shoot.
08:18It is a place where
08:20gold mines are mined.
08:22Since it is shot in the real KGF,
08:24the forest area is
08:26owned by the gold mines.
08:28So,
08:30local permissions
08:32from the police,
08:34forest department,
08:36mining department,
08:38Neelam Panpattamoolam
08:40and Neelam Production
08:42took the permissions
08:44for the film.
08:46They shot for five days.
08:48Ranjithan said
08:50in an interview
08:52that the place was
08:54very recent.
08:56We requested them
08:58to shoot a film
09:00about KGF.
09:02We thought
09:04it would be apt
09:06for the film.
09:08We wanted to show
09:10the real KGF.
09:12So, they said
09:14this story
09:16didn't match
09:18the modernized KGF.
09:20It was more modernized.
09:22It was a periodic film.
09:24Finally,
09:26through Kishore brother,
09:28the place was okay.
09:30They shot for five days.
09:32Like Ranjithan said,
09:34he felt the land
09:36was very connected to him.
09:38It was a base.
09:40They shot for five days.
09:42After that,
09:44we thought they would shoot
09:46a film about KGF.
09:48Ten days later,
09:50one month later,
09:52Kishore brother said
09:54we could shoot the rest of the film in KGF.
09:56The remaining portions
09:58were shot elsewhere.
10:00So, all this happened in the village?
10:02Yes.
10:0470% of the KGF
10:06was shot in KGF.
10:12Through Neelampattu,
10:14there were
10:16around 300-400
10:18of our brothers.
10:20We were Neelam members.
10:22We were all
10:24boys and girls,
10:26college students.
10:28We were all in Neelam.
10:30Until Ranjithan
10:32came here and
10:34shot the film,
10:36we wanted to support him.
10:38We asked him what he wanted
10:40in KGF.
10:42He would have told us
10:44in an interview,
10:46that 70% of the KGF people
10:48came to shoot the film.
10:50There would have been
10:52a lot of disturbance.
10:54He was scared.
10:56But he told us
10:58that even if
11:00there was a small sound,
11:02we would have to retake the shot.
11:04Since it was a live sound,
11:06people would have to avoid it.
11:08So, we called our team
11:10and asked the volunteers
11:12to meet us in the evening
11:14so that we could shoot the film.
11:16We had to convince the people
11:18in the village.
11:20So, Neelam volunteers
11:22were involved
11:24in all these activities.
11:26We were fully supportive
11:28of Ranjithan
11:30throughout the entire shoot.
11:40In Chennai,
11:42there is a thing called
11:44North Madras,
11:46North Chennai,
11:48local guys, local people.
11:50In KGF,
11:52we see a lot on social media,
11:54even though there is a history,
11:56there are some KGF guys
11:58in North Chennai,
12:00like the local people.
12:02Are they well settled
12:04or are they still
12:06in the backwoods?
12:08In KGF,
12:10generally,
12:12everything was there
12:14till the mining.
12:16From education to hospital,
12:18everything was there.
12:20When the mines were closed,
12:22some people came to Tamil Nadu
12:24and some settled in Bangalore.
12:28Now,
12:30there are so many schools in KGF,
12:32so if you ask me,
12:34if I was born in that village,
12:36I would have definitely
12:38become a graduate.
12:40If I study at home,
12:42everyone around me
12:44would look at me
12:46and start studying.
12:48So, what we know
12:50about KGF is that
12:52we never thought about our work.
12:54Since we were born,
12:56we studied everything in the convent.
12:58Sports, KGF,
13:00Britishers,
13:02their area is like
13:04a school for an area,
13:06and a ground for another.
13:08In KGF,
13:10no matter which area you go to,
13:12it is not just a playground,
13:14it is like a professional stadium.
13:16They have built all this.
13:18KGF supports the livelihood
13:20of the people.
13:22At the same time,
13:24it supports their leisure time.
13:26I don't feel that we are
13:28slaves.
13:30Maybe our generation,
13:32we are all 80s kids,
13:34when we were in our parents' generation,
13:36we didn't feel that
13:38we were slaves.
13:40We didn't feel that
13:42we were slaves.
13:44Only now,
13:46we feel that
13:48we have come forward.
13:50Our history shows that
13:52in those two generations,
13:54we were very comfortable.
13:56As far as I know,
13:58the freedom in KGF
14:00is nothing else.
14:02Because the food we eat,
14:04the clothes we wear,
14:06the language we speak,
14:08no one controls us.
14:10In this village,
14:12we can go anywhere,
14:14we can live anywhere,
14:16we can talk anywhere.
14:18That is the real freedom we experienced.
14:20But, because everything
14:22has become better,
14:24we don't know what happened in the past.
14:26We used to think that
14:28we are like kings,
14:30but now,
14:32after closing the mines,
14:34now,
14:36the people,
14:38we are like
14:40immigrants from Tamil Nadu.
14:42Then, Ranjith brother used to say,
14:44you are not from Tamil Nadu,
14:46you are the roots
14:48of KGF.
14:52Half of the people say that
14:5470% of people
14:56went to work in Tamil Nadu
14:58for gold mining.
15:00How is that true?
15:02Actually,
15:04they went to Tamil Nadu
15:06in 1800s.
15:08At that time,
15:10there was no state
15:12differentiation in Tamil Nadu.
15:14At that time,
15:16there was only
15:18dynasty presidency,
15:20Madras presidency,
15:22Mysore presidency.
15:24At that time,
15:26as shown in the film,
15:28their generation,
15:30back to many generations,
15:32took the gold,
15:34went to KGF,
15:36cut the gold,
15:38the Britishers
15:40took the people
15:42in the same belt
15:44and again
15:46took the gold
15:48from KGF.
15:50They have the skill
15:52to take the gold,
15:54and the energy
15:56to work hard.
16:00You will know
16:02when you watch the film,
16:04there is a lot of
16:06ghost, devil,
16:08Yes, there is a lot of ghost.
16:10Generally,
16:12wherever there is a treasure,
16:14there will be a snake,
16:16or there will be
16:18evil things,
16:20or spirits.
16:22In Tamil Nadu,
16:24they have shown
16:26the ghost,
16:28so they show the truth.
16:30As Ranjith brother said,
16:32it is there in the books.
16:34I will share
16:36the references
16:38in the books I have written.
16:40In that reference,
16:42the way of the people,
16:44in those days,
16:46the way was
16:48wood, stone,
16:50this is what they called
16:52as God.
16:54In some places,
16:56to call it evil spirit,
16:58we can call it a good spirit.
17:00The way they show Ranjith brother,
17:02he is like a God
17:04who protects the place.
17:06So, they too
17:08see it as a God.
17:10For others,
17:12when they see
17:14an Arthi character,
17:16it feels like a devil.
17:18It feels like a devil
17:20for the people.
17:22Actually, when the film is over,
17:24they will feel like a hero.
17:26If you see the heroine in real,
17:28she is like Vikram Sir,
17:30Vikram Sir will feel
17:32at the end,
17:34I should be with him.
17:36This is our fate.
17:38From the beginning to the end,
17:40Arthi is like a God
17:42who protects the place.
17:44Did you feel like,
17:46I belong to this place,
17:48I belong to this house.
17:50We feel like that after the film is over.
17:52What I feel is,
17:54we are the miners
17:56of this land.
17:58We have to save this place.
18:00This film gave us
18:02that feeling.
18:04We didn't expect
18:06that last climax.
18:08We didn't want to
18:10ask Ranjith brother
18:12about the rest of the story.
18:14He has studied it.
18:16When we see it
18:18through the film,
18:20on a big screen,
18:22that feeling is what makes it good.
18:24When we first heard the story,
18:26we didn't know what was going to happen.
18:28We didn't have the enjoyment.
18:30We were in suspense.
18:32We might have heard about it,
18:34but we didn't want it.
18:36Ranjith brother told us
18:38about the climax.
18:40It's one of the best climaxes.
18:42It wouldn't have been apt
18:44if it was anything else.
18:46But this climax,
18:48with all the KGF people,
18:50is emotionally connected
18:52to everyone.
18:54This is our place.
18:56We have to protect it.
19:02In the last two generations,
19:04we have been very comfortable.
19:06But the reason for that
19:08is what Ranjith brother
19:10proved in this film.
19:12All the comforts
19:14you are experiencing
19:16are not easy to come by.
19:18Everyone has to work
19:20with their ancestors.
19:22In this film,
19:24Ranjith brother shows
19:26only a small part of it.
19:28There's a lot more to come.
19:30There might be a part two.
19:32There's a lot to come.
19:34I think we should stop here.
19:36Chiyan Vikram and Ranjith brother
19:38had a meeting in Hyderabad.
19:40They said that they
19:42would be discussing
19:44about a part two.
19:46They said that they
19:48and Ranjith brother
19:50would be discussing a lot more.
19:52There's a lot more to come
19:54after part two.
19:56Part two will be even more
19:58important.
20:00We know the background
20:02of part two.
20:04When my grandfather
20:06came to work,
20:08this will be even more
20:10important.
20:12They came to KGF.
20:14What happened after they came?
20:16How did they
20:18come to KGF?
20:20They cut off Thangalam.
20:22There will be another set of
20:24Britishers.
20:26I don't want to reveal the next part.
20:28Ranjith brother studied it fully.
20:30We know the up-to-date
20:32of Ranjith brother.
20:34If he does a part two,
20:36our people
20:38will be very happy.
20:40Our people will be very happy.
20:42They worked till A to Z
20:44for Thangalam.
20:46There's a lot
20:48to be said.
20:50Even after positive reviews,
20:52some people don't understand.
20:54They don't know the basics.
20:56They give negative reviews.
20:58You must have worked in the field.
21:00You know how much they have
21:02written. How do you feel
21:04when you see such comments?
21:06One thing is
21:08that comments are
21:10individual freedom.
21:12You can talk about anyone.
21:14You know if you're speaking the truth.
21:16If you want to do a fake propaganda,
21:18or if you want to
21:20do a propaganda on Ranjith brother,
21:22if you put a negative comment,
21:24it's like you're personally
21:26attacking him.
21:28But if you see a film,
21:30it's Vikram sir's acting.
21:32Do you know
21:34the reason for this?
21:36A hero's hard work
21:38has never reached this level.
21:40He didn't use
21:42dupe in all his fights.
21:44I've seen him in all his fights.
21:46I told him not to use dupe.
21:48I'll do it myself.
21:50There are some fight scenes.
21:52Maybe
21:54Sam sir
21:56will talk about it
21:58in his interviews.
22:00But when we see it,
22:02most of the stunts
22:04are done with a dupe or a stunt master.
22:06But Vikram sir is so old.
22:08It's natural for him to do it.
22:10He did all the stunts
22:12himself.
22:14First of all,
22:16it's very...
22:18For a goldsmith,
22:20this is how a goldsmith
22:22should be.
22:24This is his resemblance.
22:26No one else can say it so beautifully.
22:28Vikram sir
22:30showed it clearly.
22:32Secondly,
22:34all the actors in the film,
22:36all the
22:38junior actors,
22:40Parvathy madam, Aarthi madam,
22:42all of them are very simple.
22:44When I saw the film,
22:46I was confused
22:48whether they were acting
22:50or living.
22:52They were all
22:54200 years back.
22:56That's how they were.
22:58When I saw them
23:00in the shoot,
23:02they didn't look normal.
23:04They were just characters.
23:06The way they spoke,
23:08I think that's what
23:10gave continuity to the film.
23:12Their body language
23:14was the same.
23:16It was the first time
23:18I saw a live shoot.
23:20It was a long time.
23:22When I saw it up close,
23:24I was very surprised.
23:26Vikram sir was one side,
23:28while the other artists
23:30worked very hard.
23:32On the opposite side,
23:34there was a direction.
23:36The first day...
23:40I have to mention this.
23:42Ranjith anna's first day shoot
23:44was the first scene.
23:4625 takes.
23:48All our relatives
23:50and friends came
23:52for the shoot.
23:54A big crowd of people
23:56came.
23:58We were afraid
24:00that the shoot would be disturbed.
24:02They said,
24:04this is the only scene.
24:06So they left.
24:08We were very satisfied.
24:10They shot 25 takes
24:12for this scene.
24:14It was perfect.
24:16It was a live sound.
24:18There were five or six people
24:20on the screen.
24:22Ranjith anna took 25 takes
24:24to make sure
24:26the scene was perfect.
24:28Ranjith anna didn't
24:30lose his patience.
24:32He didn't get angry.
24:34He didn't get angry in any situation.
24:36He was patient.
24:38All the technicians
24:40who supported him,
24:42the cameraman,
24:44the art department...
24:46Ranjith anna was one of the best
24:48in all the shoots.
24:50Technically,
24:52he needed a lot of patience
24:54to make this film.
24:56He shot for 134 days.
24:58In those 134 days,
25:00he patiently...
25:02Vikram sir would have said
25:04this in many interviews...
25:06without shoes,
25:08he worked hard
25:10on the rocks,
25:12the soil,
25:14the bees,
25:16the bees,
25:18the rocks,
25:20the soil,
25:22the bees,
25:24the bees,
25:26When I saw this film,
25:28I had a great feeling.
25:30Thank you for your time.