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00:00What is your favourite movie of Sivakarthi?
00:04Amaranth.
00:06Before Amaranth, I liked Dawn.
00:10In the movie called Remo, he acted very well.
00:16After the release of the movie, what kind of compliments did you get?
00:20First day, I got a fan moment.
00:22I saw them on screen.
00:24Now I see them in person.
00:26It's a different moment.
00:28He is my brother.
00:30It's an overwhelming response.
00:34Have you seen the gun that Vijay sir gave him?
00:38Yes.
00:40I am a fan of Kalapathi.
00:42From the first itself, I am a fan of Kalapathi.
00:46Sometimes, Shivanna will also talk about him.
00:48How nice of a person he is.
00:50She gave him a gun.
00:52He justified it.
00:54What is the making of that scene?
01:00If you are lifting someone for a second,
01:02that is a secondary thing.
01:04But when you are running,
01:06you have a gun in both your hands.
01:08You have a stick with you.
01:10You need dedication for that.
01:12He had that dedication in his heart.
01:14He was living like an army man.
01:18When Shivanna lifts me,
01:2083 kgs to lift is very heavy and running.
01:22I felt bad for that.
01:26For a week,
01:28I did not eat food.
01:30In that scene,
01:32I look very weak.
01:34I live in Kashmir.
01:36I know everything about Kashmir.
01:38In that context,
01:40when they said
01:42Major Mukund Varadarajan,
01:44it hit me that this is an army movie.
01:46Sir, are you doing a biopic?
01:48Why am I telling you a story?
01:50I gave a narration.
01:54Beyond the army,
01:56you have to roam in the city
01:58or in other areas.
02:00I know that very well.
02:04That is why
02:06everyone calls me on set.
02:12Where can I get dry fruits?
02:14Where can I get saffron?
02:16Everyone was connected to me.
02:18It felt really nice.
02:20Shivanna herself said,
02:22I will eat and call you.
02:24Today is Eid.
02:26We had food.
02:28He went to the airport and I went home.
02:48You have won many awards.
02:50The actor who played
02:52Vahid in that movie
02:54is Umair Ahmed.
02:56Welcome sir.
02:58How are you?
03:00I am fine.
03:02Amaran is a blockbuster.
03:04Your character is very important.
03:08What was the compliment
03:10after the release of the movie?
03:12Thank you to God.
03:14Thank you to the people.
03:16I am very happy.
03:18I got a movie like this.
03:24I got a lot of support from people
03:26from all over the world.
03:28Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Canada,
03:30Delhi, Bombay in India.
03:32They all messaged me.
03:34You acted well.
03:36The movie was good.
03:38It was not even a week.
03:40But I couldn't bear it.
03:42I was so happy.
03:44The approach was good.
03:48Have you seen the movie of
03:50Sivakarthikeyan?
03:52How was the experience
03:54of acting with him?
03:58I came to the cinema industry
04:00for the first time.
04:02My vision was like a commoner.
04:04You are a common man.
04:06You just watch movies.
04:08As an artist, you will understand
04:10how the actor is doing.
04:12As a commoner, you watch movies
04:14to be happy.
04:16Before, I was just using it
04:18as an entertainer.
04:20You don't watch movies
04:22for seriousness.
04:24You watch movies for emotions.
04:26But when you come in,
04:28you see it in a different way.
04:30You see what is happening.
04:34I got a fan moment.
04:36I saw him on the screen.
04:38Now I see him in person.
04:40He is talking to me in person.
04:42It was an overwhelming response.
04:44Beyond that,
04:46his performance was superb.
04:50He is a different genre.
04:52He is a jolly person.
04:54People make fun of him.
04:56That entertainment is already
04:58filled in your mind.
05:00But in this movie,
05:02you see something new.
05:04Everyone has a different feeling.
05:06Even I have a different feeling.
05:08You were surprised.
05:10I was surprised.
05:14What is your favorite movie?
05:16Amaranth.
05:20Before Amaranth,
05:22I liked Dawn.
05:24There is a movie called Ramu.
05:26They acted well.
05:28That is a different thing.
05:30But the make-up...
05:32In Amaranth,
05:34the prosthetic make-up
05:36You sit in a chair for 3-4 hours
05:38without eating anything.
05:40You put on the make-up
05:42and then you act.
05:44It is very difficult.
05:46You are a man.
05:50From a man to a woman,
05:52to a girl.
05:54You transform to a character like that.
05:56It takes a lot of hard work.
05:58Dedication as an artist.
06:00How was it in the sets of the movie?
06:02How was it in the sets of the movie?
06:04It was an army based movie.
06:06It was a real life story.
06:08It was a serious story.
06:12How was it in the sets?
06:14The sets are always fun.
06:16You are in Kashmir.
06:18The Kashmir aura is different.
06:20It is like a place in Sivajiland.
06:22It is a very good location.
06:24When does the shooting end?
06:26Do you have a place to eat?
06:28Do you have a place to explore?
06:30In Chennai,
06:32when you shoot,
06:34you go to a hotel.
06:36Instead of going to a hotel,
06:38you go to a place to eat.
06:40You show the city.
06:42It was fun.
06:44It was a lot of fun.
06:46You are together for 80 days.
06:48You see each other every day.
06:50There were a lot of things.
06:52It was tough and tense.
06:54It was hot.
06:56It was cold.
06:58How do you handle the heat?
07:00I was asked a lot of questions.
07:02It was fun.
07:04It was fun in the set.
07:06When I saw the movie,
07:08it was shot in real locations.
07:14You grew up in Kashmir.
07:16It must have been a comfortable spot for you.
07:20You,
07:22Shivakarthi,
07:24other co-actors,
07:26did you tell them
07:28about the visuals of Kashmir?
07:32Yes, definitely.
07:34These locations are not
07:36touristic locations.
07:38Why am I going to such locations
07:40for the first time?
07:42I am not going to an army camp.
07:44As a Kashmiri,
07:46I will have seen it from outside.
07:48It is new to me.
07:50Sometimes, the director will ask me
07:52why I am going to such locations.
07:54They will ask me
07:56if I like such locations.
08:00When they asked me
08:02which is the best place to go
08:04for the evening walk,
08:06I would tell them
08:08that I have shown a lot of locations
08:10to Shri Anna.
08:12They were surprised
08:14that I had shown locations
08:16to our cat team.
08:18They had seen me hiking
08:20and we went to take a bath
08:22So it was a different, different mood because I've lived in Kashmir for 19 years, I had already a vision.
08:30But apart from army stuff, if you want to roam in the city or in other areas, I know that well.
08:40That's why everyone calls me on set.
08:44Let that be line producer, let that be people from production, actors, director, direction team.
08:51I was like, where is this? Where is this?
08:55So I was like the center of attraction for everyone on the set.
08:59Call them, they know what's going on.
09:03They would have asked you about location and food.
09:06They would call me daily.
09:08Where can I get dry fruits? Where can I get saffron?
09:11Tell me like this, please, please, please.
09:13So everyone was connected to me in a way.
09:16It felt really nice. It felt really nice.
09:18It was a super feeling.
09:20When it comes to army officer, we've all seen movies.
09:24We've seen real army officers, retired officers.
09:27But when you make it into a character, let it be their body language,
09:33let it be their disciplinary, everything is in everything.
09:37What did you have to do to follow all that?
09:40Okay, first, before this, I was into modeling.
09:43In modeling, you have to have a chiseled body.
09:45You have to be lean, your face has to be slim.
09:47But when these movies come, when the characteristic of a person comes,
09:53you're doing a character sketch of an individual.
09:55The director showed me a video.
09:57The actor of the template, the character of the template, his name is Aurangzeb.
10:01So a real-life incident happened to him like this.
10:04So he was six feet tall, long hair, round face.
10:09They don't have this chiseled face, this army look.
10:12It's not like a hero look.
10:14It's a local, proper Kashmiri.
10:16After eating food, you have a muscular body like that.
10:20I got a sketch like that.
10:22So when I saw it, I was not fitting into the character.
10:24So I have a kind of life.
10:26Sir, why are you asking me?
10:28I don't even fit in this face.
10:31This is not my face.
10:32I have a different face cut.
10:33I can do a different role, but it is not meant for me.
10:36But the director said, it is meant for you only, Waheed.
10:39At that time, they said my name, Waheed.
10:41So that Waheed got stuck into my head.
10:44Sir, I told, give me three months.
10:46I went to the gym for three months, did a lot of hard work.
10:48I ate a lot of food.
10:50And not in a way that I look very fat,
10:52in a way that I look according to that character.
10:54So I was 71 kgs.
10:56After taking that, I went to 83 kgs almost.
11:00And also, when you see,
11:02when Shiva bro lifts me,
11:0483 kgs to lift is very heavy and running.
11:06So for that, it came to my mind.
11:08Oh no, poor thing.
11:10Okay, let's reduce something.
11:12So for a week, I did not eat food.
11:14And also you are going to see, in that scene,
11:16I look very weak.
11:18So also that weakness came into that character.
11:20That's why I didn't eat.
11:22And also I reduced the weight to 76 or 77 kgs.
11:24And he was able to lift me and run with the gun.
11:26So there were a lot of things like this.
11:28So in order to live the character,
11:30I actually had to do a lot of,
11:32I had to undergo a lot of process.
11:34You said, first,
11:36the character needs a picture
11:38and a character like this.
11:40When it comes to the real life incident,
11:42we have not seen that person in person.
11:44We don't know how they will walk and act.
11:46But an imaginary thing,
11:48they would have been like this,
11:50they would have been like this,
11:52I don't know if you are playing a frictional character or not.
11:54You are playing a frictional character.
11:56But a real life character,
11:58how they walk,
12:00what they eat,
12:02how they talk.
12:04So when I first went inside the army camp,
12:06I searched for a place for them.
12:08Okay, they are sleeping here.
12:10They are sleeping here.
12:12I talked about their friends.
12:14How they are,
12:16how they talk to the boys.
12:18So I used to get bits from every person.
12:20I used to get bits from every person.
12:22Every individual.
12:26They told me he was a shy character.
12:28He will speak when some subordinate,
12:30a big person comes.
12:32So he was a little shy in him because he was a Kashmiri
12:34and being an army officer for a Kashmiri,
12:36there are a lot of things.
12:38So in the back of his head,
12:40he was a little under confident.
12:42So that was there.
12:44Sorry, spoiler alert.
12:46The first time Shivanna tells me,
12:48I do not look into his eyes.
12:50I just roam here and there.
12:52Because I was scared.
12:54What will they ask me?
12:56So small details like this,
12:58we took care of.
13:00I did it on a personal level.
13:02I thought it would be good if I did it like this.
13:04It had actually a good...
13:06It was like writing.
13:10This movie was a school to me.
13:12I was a new student.
13:14I was a new boy.
13:16I was just trying to write and read everything.
13:20Your screen space,
13:22your characterization,
13:24was given a strong characterization.
13:26In all the movies,
13:28there will be small deleted scenes.
13:30It will be even more interesting when it comes out.
13:32Is there anything like that in Amaranth?
13:34There are a lot.
13:36There are so many powerful scenes.
13:38Like this, you see on the screen.
13:40Oh, he acted well.
13:42I acted to another level for that.
13:44It is there.
13:46I don't know why I asked RK if I could bring it out.
13:48I acted to another level.
13:50I know when the prosthetic makeup comes in,
13:52it is a torture scene.
13:54There is no fear in the eyes.
13:56You are talking to him.
13:58There are certain scenes which define the character of an individual.
14:00The movie is not very long.
14:02There were editorial cuts for that.
14:04I don't know.
14:06Maybe behind the scenes,
14:08or in a deleted scene,
14:10there will definitely be a superb scene.
14:12Do you talk about the making of the scene
14:14where you are carried on the shoulders
14:16of Shwakthi?
14:20There is a different story
14:22behind that scene.
14:26That scene happened on Bakrid.
14:28Bakrid is very famous in Kashmir.
14:30Now, it is Diwali.
14:32During Diwali,
14:34all the kids will be at home.
14:36The whole village is going around.
14:38All the shops are closed.
14:44One day before the shoot,
14:46I decided to go home
14:48for a holiday.
14:50I wore new clothes.
14:52In Bakrid, you will wear new clothes.
14:54You will get blessings from your parents.
14:56But we were very far away.
15:00We were very far away.
15:02Around 100-150 km.
15:04The shooting spot is in a very remote village.
15:06It is on top of a mountain.
15:10At 4 o'clock,
15:12I decided to go home.
15:14It was around 10 in the evening.
15:16But I had to go home.
15:20I got a call sheet.
15:24I called the production.
15:26I told them that I was not coming.
15:28I immediately told the production
15:30that I was not coming.
15:32But the director and ADS came in.
15:34They told me that I was not coming.
15:36Everybody was trying to convince me.
15:38I was not getting convinced.
15:40But the director and Shivanna said
15:42that this is a cinema field.
15:44Here, happiness is when
15:46you see yourself on the screen.
15:48That will be your Eid.
15:50In that motion,
15:52it kind of helped me.
15:54I was sad inside.
15:56For that emotion,
15:58I had to be sad.
16:00I don't know
16:02how to stress more on it.
16:04It came out very well.
16:08Everyone was supportive.
16:10They told me to eat something.
16:12I said that I won't eat anything.
16:14In the evening,
16:16Shivanna herself said
16:18that she will eat and call me.
16:20Today is Eid.
16:22We had food.
16:24He went to the airport and I went home.
16:26The next day, I celebrated Eid very jolly.
16:28Finally, the Eid I celebrated
16:30was when I saw the first show.
16:32There was an army officer
16:34in the rescue scene.
16:36When he gave his hand,
16:38they clapped it.
16:40They hooted it.
16:42I was like a flashback.
16:44I got my Eid.
16:46It was a really nice moment.
16:50At first, you were reluctant
16:52and couldn't go home.
16:54But when you saw that scene
16:56on the big screen,
16:58how did you feel?
17:00It was a different level.
17:02My eyes got wet.
17:04It was a really nice scene.
17:06Not only me,
17:08Shivanna also practiced a lot.
17:10It will take you a lot of time
17:12to do such a stunt.
17:14You said that a hero
17:16should have a proper body language.
17:18He should walk properly.
17:20He should have a proper gun holding.
17:22He should weigh 78 kgs.
17:24You have to think of him as well.
17:26He should not get hit or hurt.
17:28Bullets are flying around.
17:30It is not an easy task to do.
17:32If you are lifting someone for a second,
17:34that is a secondary thing.
17:36But when you are running,
17:38you have a gun in both your hands
17:40and you are sleeping.
17:42You need dedication for that.
17:44He was living like an army man.
17:46He is like a person like me.
17:48When he lifts that guy,
17:50when he falls, he trips.
17:52Then he gets an appreciation.
17:54Right from the beginning itself,
17:56he actually lived the character.
17:58When he lifted me,
18:00I had a different feeling.
18:02I was like,
18:04he is saving me.
18:06I was also enjoying it.
18:08Before the release of this film,
18:10we got to know about the promotions.
18:12It is the real life story of Major Mukund Varadarajan.
18:14Did the director inform you
18:16before the shoot?
18:18Or was it like an army movie?
18:20No, no.
18:22I grew up in Kashmir.
18:24I know everything that happened there.
18:26I live in Kashmir.
18:28I know what happens there.
18:30I know everything about it.
18:32So, in that context,
18:34when they said,
18:36Major Mukund Varadarajan,
18:38it automatically hit me
18:40that it is an army movie.
18:42Sir, can you do a biopic?
18:44I gave a narration.
18:46This is what happened.
18:48Sir, I grew up there.
18:50I know everything about it.
18:56As a Kashmiri point of view,
18:58how do you see it?
19:00Certain scenes are there.
19:02There were certain MOD cuts.
19:04Otherwise, it was a very secular film.
19:06If we showed it in a different way,
19:08it was a very secular film.
19:10Maybe those scenes will come out.
19:12If MOD has given it a cut,
19:14it may not come out.
19:16I already had an understanding
19:18before giving it a cut.
19:20I was well prepared for it.
19:24Have you seen the gun
19:26that Sivakarthi gave Vijay sir?
19:28Have you seen it?
19:30Yes, yes.
19:32I am a Thalapathy fan.
19:34I am a Thalapathy fan.
19:38When I came to Chennai,
19:40they were giving letters.
19:42So, I always wondered
19:44who Thalapathy was.
19:46I used to watch Vijay movies
19:48in a Hindi dub,
19:50but I didn't know the reference.
19:52But after 2019,
19:54I got an understanding
19:56of how great a person he was.
19:58Even though sometimes
20:00Shivanna will also talk about him,
20:02how nice of a person he is.
20:04They gave him a gun,
20:06and he justified it.
20:08Have you seen Vijay sir's film,
20:10Thuppakki?
20:12The film is specially
20:14dedicated to the Indian Army.
20:16Have you seen it?
20:20You can see it in a different genre.
20:22You can see this film in a different genre.
20:24That is a different story.
20:26Thuppakki is a blockbuster.
20:28When you come into a real-life location,
20:30you are showing a particular individual.
20:32There is no focus on the entire Indian Army.
20:34There is a focus,
20:36a point of view,
20:38on an individual,
20:40revolving around one family.
20:42In this film,
20:44although they don't highlight it,
20:46it is an Indian Army film,
20:48but there is a point of view
20:50of a human being.
20:52It is an emotion, a connection.
20:54Every story has a different line.
20:56I feel this film has a different vision.
20:58Vijay Thalapathy's film is different.
21:00This film is different.
21:02They are two different entities,
21:04but they are doing well
21:06at their own levels.
21:08He is a planned man.
21:10He is an organized man.
21:12He knows what steps to take
21:14and what should be good for him.
21:16He is a sensible man.
21:18He is a person with a family.
21:20He knows all these things.
21:22He has come from a very small space.
21:24He knows where he has gone.
21:26He knows how to respect it.
21:28In order to maintain that respect,
21:30he has earned that fame.
21:32Hopefully, it is doing good to him.
21:34In Thuppakki Connect,
21:36during the release of Thuppakki,
21:38Sivakarthikeyan tweeted
21:40that the person holding the gun
21:42is not a big shot,
21:44but the person holding the ticket
21:46is a big shot.
21:48Actually, the ticket was bought
21:50by Rajkumar Periasamy,
21:52the director of the film.
21:54In this film, I feel
21:56everything is destiny.
21:58Director Vijay TV,
22:00Actor Vijay TV,
22:02Heroine Vijay TV,
22:04It felt like destiny.
22:06Everyone was connected.
22:08I was a boy in that universe.
22:10All the dots were connected
22:12and it became a different movie.
22:14It became a different circle.
22:16There was a belief in that circle.
22:18You will definitely do something.
22:20This role will only suit you.
22:22It was a belief.
22:24It was a destiny.
22:26It was a calling from the destiny.
22:28It actually happened.
22:30In the shooting,
22:32Sivakarthikeyan,
22:34Rajkumar Periasamy,
22:36will they share
22:38their experiences
22:40with you?
22:42Yes, definitely.
22:44S.K. and I used to live a lot of time
22:46with him. He will tell
22:48how it works in promotion.
22:50Even though he is a movie prince,
22:52he didn't do it well.
22:54But he took it in a positive way.
22:56Ajith sir told me
22:58that he met Ajith sir.
23:00Before the shoot,
23:02our hotel location
23:04was around 40-50 kms away.
23:06Sivakarthikeyan used to ask me
23:08where I was.
23:10I used to tell him that I was in my car.
23:12Sivakarthikeyan and I
23:14used to talk a lot
23:16when we go out.
23:18He used to ask me
23:20what I wanted to grow as an actor.
23:22He told me that
23:24I will get a lot of opportunities
23:26but I should work on my Tamil.
23:28For a hero to grow,
23:30his language should be polished.
23:32He should have a good dialogue.
23:34So, I thought about
23:36how much I could learn Tamil
23:38in a year or two.
23:40With time, everything will be better.
23:44The director told me
23:46what happened in Rangoon.
23:48The director used to tell me
23:50that I should come with him
23:52for a recce.
23:54I used to go with him
23:56and talk to him.
23:58I told him not to worry.
24:00It was a big film
24:02and 300 people trusted him.
24:04He was very stressed
24:06at that point of time.
24:08But he took it very nicely.
24:10He was very calm and composed.
24:12He might look small
24:14but he is a very big hearted person.
24:16His brain is working properly.
24:18I really liked him.
24:20I really liked the director
24:22because he trusted me.
24:24He was a newbie.
24:26He didn't know anything about cinema.
24:28But he told me that I would do well.
24:30Even on the sets,
24:32he was always appreciating me.
24:34He used to tell me not to worry
24:36because I would come in front of
24:38300-400 people for the first time.
24:40It was a normal fear.
24:42But he would always come and
24:44tell me that I did very well.
24:46He would never shout at me.
24:48Nothing like that.
24:50He would appreciate it
24:52and tell me that I did well.
24:54Even some of the actors
24:56did very well.
25:06This film was a big hit.
25:08It was more than
25:10Umair.
25:12Even the director would call him
25:14Wahid.
25:16Can you tell us about
25:18your next projects?
25:22I have some OTT platforms
25:24and another film.
25:26There are some things
25:28like your reputation
25:30or about the cost.
25:32You just have to keep yourself
25:34up forward.
25:36I got a couple of offers.
25:38When you justify a character,
25:40the kids get an imagination.
25:42I can't say that
25:44I am a great artist.
25:46But if you have done
25:48some work,
25:50people will have
25:52a little bit of faith in you.
25:56Next time, there will be
25:58a responsibility on you.
26:00I am just looking for
26:02a proper role
26:04which I will fit in.
26:06Maybe I might do a talk show
26:08that we are still in the
26:10working process.
26:12A lot of kids tell me that
26:14I speak Tamil well.
26:16I had a vlogging channel
26:18when I was a kid.
26:20I wanted to do a talk show
26:22for our people.
26:24You shared a lot about
26:26the shooting spot
26:28behind Amaran's film.
26:30You shared a lot about
26:32Sivakathiyan.
26:34You shared a lot about
26:36the making of your role
26:38in the main scene.
26:40Thank you so much
26:42for joining us.