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00:00Malaji Shakthivel sir, who is an actor and an actor, is here with us, let's talk about a lot of things.
00:06Shankar sir is everything to me. I have been working with him since his gentleman days.
00:12That's why I am always grateful to him.
00:16I would like to thank him through your question.
00:21He is a chubby chocolate boy.
00:25I really like the dedication he has shown in this year.
00:33He demonstrates the incidents that happened in Madurai.
00:38I am very impressed by him.
00:42He is my son.
00:44I feel very happy when I see that he is an actor and an actor.
00:52For some people, there is no such thing as beauty and acting.
00:55If they are beautiful, they can act.
00:58If they are good at acting, they won't be beautiful.
01:02He is the one who broke that.
01:07He is the one who committed to me after he finished his studies.
01:11He came forward after a lot of hard work.
01:14He showed a lot of dedication to the core.
01:16You would have seen it even now.
01:18I was very saddened by his character.
01:21I tortured him a lot.
01:25In Mishkin's office, all the directors,
01:28Muni sir, Shankar, Bala, everyone was there.
01:33We were just having fun.
01:35He told me to act the next day.
01:38I said no.
01:40I said I would like to do it.
01:44In the film, Kaadhal,
01:46when the girl was taking the test,
01:49the director told me to play Selvarajan.
01:53He is my heroine.
01:57There is a man who is injured.
01:59No one knows anything about him.
02:01We will go like this.
02:03Oh my god! Do you know who he is?
02:05That's the story.
02:07There are people who understand me.
02:09They know my level.
02:11I don't have a huge budget.
02:13I have a very small budget.
02:16I was very sad when the three girls died.
02:20I wanted to record it.
02:23I wanted it to be a film.
02:25I wanted everyone to remember that incident.
02:31He told me to write the story of Amaranth.
02:35The love story was based on the original.
02:38But I wanted to make a film with the consciousness
02:43that Shivakarthi is acting in this art.
02:46I wanted to do it in that art.
02:49Everyone wants to act.
02:51I was like that when I was young.
02:55I am not like that now.
02:57I realized the difficulties.
03:02I just came out of the movie.
03:04It was just three days.
03:06There was a movie called Good Night.
03:08There was a movie called Nandan.
03:11I just followed what they told me.
03:14I didn't care about my acting career.
03:18I didn't have any excitement because it was an accident.
03:23He told me that I am a good actor.
03:28I have never seen such a great actor in my life.
03:34He told me that I look like a cooker in the movie.
03:38He told me that I look like a cooker in the movie.
03:41He told me that I look like a cooker in the movie.
03:44He told me that I look like a cooker in the movie.
03:49Welcome to One India Film BB Tamil.
03:51Our special guest today is Balaji Shakthivel.
03:57Let's talk about many things.
04:00I think it would be good to start with your memories.
04:05Let's talk about the actors you worked with.
04:09I think it would be good to share your memories with them.
04:13Shankar sir.
04:15Shankar sir is everything to me.
04:17I worked with his gentleman in the movie.
04:23He was the one who made the movie called Kadhal.
04:27He told me that he will give a speech before me.
04:32He is the main reason for that.
04:35I am very thankful to him.
04:38I thank him through your question.
04:42Bharath sir.
04:44Bharath is a very dedicated artist.
04:48There is a workshop in a small town near Madurai.
04:55He is a boy who grew up in the city.
04:58I asked him to take a train in the workshop.
05:04He changed into a chubby chocolate boy.
05:13I like his dedication.
05:18I can't forget Bharath.
05:22How did you get Bharath as a chocolate boy?
05:28I tried a lot with the new face.
05:32I told him about Dhanush.
05:36But it didn't happen because of many reasons.
05:39That's his big history.
05:41I told him the story.
05:44I asked him why he didn't do it with the boys.
05:49He is a city boy who dances to the boys' songs.
05:56He is a great dancer.
05:58I was hesitant to do it with him.
06:05I asked him to do it with me.
06:08Shankar sir gave me the confidence.
06:12I told him what to do.
06:14It changed when he gave me the training.
06:18That's why he is important.
06:20I told him that I would change.
06:22When I was shooting Godfather,
06:26Francis Ford Coppola was a great actor.
06:29I was hesitant to do it with him.
06:33I read in a book that he changed himself.
06:38That's why Bharath is important to me.
06:41Suri sir.
06:43Suri.
06:45He acted in a small role in my film.
06:50In Lingesamy's office,
06:54he used to tell the incidents that happened in Madurai.
06:59He used to demonstrate it.
07:01He used to act.
07:03I was very...
07:05I was a boy then.
07:07I was very young.
07:10I gave him a small role when I got the chance.
07:15He is a great actor.
07:17I was very happy when he was different.
07:21I'm very happy.
07:23Thambanna.
07:25Thambanna.
07:27She was very fair.
07:31She was very...
07:33If she danced too much in the sun,
07:35her face would turn red.
07:37In the sun,
07:39I shot it in April.
07:43She came from there.
07:45She was a great actress.
07:47I thought she was an artist.
07:50She was a heroine.
07:53That's another thing.
07:55But I saw her acting.
07:57Some people can't do both beauty and acting.
08:00If she is beautiful,
08:02she can't act.
08:05If her acting is good,
08:07she can't be beautiful.
08:09Thambanna broke that.
08:11That's why I love her.
08:13Vikram sir.
08:15Vikram.
08:17At that time,
08:19after completing the film,
08:21he committed to me.
08:23He came forward after a lot of hard work.
08:26He had a lot of dedication.
08:28To the core.
08:30You would have seen it even now.
08:32He came forward.
08:34I tortured him a lot.
08:36He did all that.
08:38It was a great thing.
08:40He was a very dedicated artist.
08:44I saw it from the side.
08:46That's why Vikram is very special to me.
08:49Vetri Maran sir.
08:51Vetri Maran.
08:53He made me act.
08:55I like his films a lot.
08:58When he and I did it,
09:02Balamundar Saravanan and his wife
09:05were watching it.
09:07They saw the premiere.
09:09That's when I liked it a lot.
09:11He never shows his face.
09:13Once,
09:15in Mishkin's office,
09:17all the directors,
09:19Muni sir, Shankar, Bala,
09:21everyone was there.
09:23We were just having fun.
09:25He told me to act the next day.
09:27I said no.
09:29He gave me the opportunity
09:31in the film, Asuran.
09:33I said,
09:35it's very difficult to handle me.
09:37I can't do it.
09:39Behind the camera, it's easy.
09:41I said it was difficult before.
09:43He said, you can do it.
09:45He made my acting easy.
09:47I used to act easy.
09:49He made me easy.
09:53Vetri Maran.
09:55Selvaraghavan sir.
09:57When I was testing the girl
09:59for the love film,
10:01I asked Selvaraghavan
10:03who the director was.
10:05He said Selvaraghavan.
10:07My heroine.
10:09She liked it a lot.
10:11The song, Devarayan,
10:13the title was very good.
10:15I had that too.
10:17After watching the love film,
10:19I asked Selvaraghavan
10:21who I should get
10:23appreciation from.
10:25He said Selvaraghavan.
10:27I called him
10:29and gave it to Selvaraghavan.
10:31He got goosebumps.
10:33It was the release of the film.
10:35At that time,
10:37he got used to me.
10:41Naturally,
10:43he doesn't do anything to anyone.
10:45He doesn't talk to anyone.
10:47But,
10:49I'm happy that
10:51he talks a lot on Twitter.
10:53Dhanush sir.
10:55Dhanush.
10:57I can't forget him.
10:59When I went to Malaysia,
11:01Lingu Sangam
11:03gave me the tickets.
11:05I went to see him.
11:07He was very excited.
11:09He said,
11:11love is acting.
11:15He was very excited.
11:17It was in my eyes.
11:19But,
11:21I couldn't do it.
11:23Till now,
11:25I could have done it.
11:29But,
11:31he went somewhere.
11:33That's a big thing.
11:35That's a big thing.
11:37For him,
11:39acting is...
11:41Many people say that
11:43they will become famous
11:45after being humiliated.
11:47He told me that
11:49it's a big thing
11:51to become famous
11:53after being humiliated.
11:55Let's come to the interview
11:57from the memory segment.
11:59I want to ask you
12:01a question.
12:03All your films
12:05are based on true stories.
12:07All your films
12:09are based on true stories.
12:11In a fantasy story,
12:13there's a lot of leverage
12:15as a director,
12:17as a writer,
12:19as a director.
12:21But,
12:23in a true story,
12:25you have to show what happened.
12:27You don't have to add anything extra.
12:29But,
12:31in a true story,
12:33it connects with the audience.
12:35How do you make that decision?
12:37Everything is a story.
12:41In a fantasy film,
12:43you have to live as a story.
12:45Even if it's true,
12:47you have to follow the story.
12:49Suppose,
12:51a man is injured.
12:53No one knows about him.
12:55You'll be shocked.
12:57Do you know who he is?
12:59That's a story.
13:01You have to take the truth
13:03as a source and make a story out of it.
13:05When you do that,
13:07you have to tell the truth.
13:09There's an approach.
13:11Like you said,
13:13if someone is like this,
13:15if someone is a leader,
13:17if someone comes like this...
13:19In college,
13:21if he saves you,
13:23it's a story.
13:25But, it didn't happen.
13:27But, when you have to tell it painfully,
13:29my approach is like that.
13:31The director breaks the bus,
13:33it's a story.
13:35That's fantasy.
13:37It's not believable,
13:39but it's good.
13:41So,
13:43I'm doing it because
13:45I'm comfortable with it.
13:49Samurai is a fantasy story.
13:51A man is leading his life.
13:53But,
13:55there's a small twist in the story.
13:57I'm doing it because
13:59I found love easy.
14:01But,
14:03both are necessary.
14:05That's my view.
14:07Your films,
14:09even if it's a commercial film,
14:11it should have a hero and heroine.
14:13That's what everyone expects.
14:17But,
14:19when you bring a hard-hitting reality,
14:21when you pitch stories,
14:23how do the producers receive it?
14:25My friends are the producers.
14:27Shankar is the producer.
14:29They only do the link songs.
14:33There's an incident-driven story.
14:35There's a character-driven story.
14:37People like Bala do the character-driven story.
14:39Heroes and fantasy stories
14:41are based on characters.
14:43So, it's about how the character
14:45happens in the film.
14:47They do the story from that point of view.
14:49I do it from the incident.
14:51I do it for real.
14:53Both are
14:55right.
14:57I'm not saying they're wrong.
14:59So,
15:01this is what benefits me.
15:03I have to tell this hard-hitting story.
15:05Now,
15:07you asked about the producers.
15:09My friends are the producers.
15:11They understand me.
15:13I don't have a budget of millions.
15:15It's a very small budget.
15:17Because, we want everything.
15:19When we go to a shop,
15:21we buy small and big things.
15:23In the film industry,
15:25there's a place for this.
15:27We have to tell this.
15:29It's very important in art.
15:31It's a contemporary thing.
15:33The three girls who died,
15:35it affected me a lot.
15:37I wanted to record it.
15:39I wanted it to be a film.
15:41I wanted everyone
15:43to remember that incident.
15:45That's why I did it.
15:47It's a shop story.
15:49It's not just about
15:51going to a circus.
15:53It's a film that impacts.
15:55In this,
15:57they do it because
15:59there's a producer.
16:01Even if it's late,
16:03I'm good.
16:05The film, Kalluri,
16:07even if it's a real incident,
16:09it was a circus incident.
16:11When the film was released,
16:13there were problems.
16:15How did you handle it?
16:17Now,
16:19I understand the question.
16:21It happened in Tamil Nadu.
16:23But, in the film,
16:25it happened in Andhra.
16:27I couldn't do anything.
16:29There were problems.
16:31But, when I changed the location,
16:33it became like that.
16:39If you take Amaran's story,
16:41the love story,
16:43it's all based on the original.
16:45But,
16:47in this art,
16:49there's a consciousness
16:51that he's an actor.
16:53That's what we want.
16:55So,
16:57you can put a disclaimer
16:59that it's just a story.
17:01It's not for everyone.
17:03You can put a simple disclaimer.
17:05Then,
17:07that's why it changed.
17:09When it was released in Andhra,
17:11it escaped from that.
17:13That's a small compromise.
17:15There are many directors
17:17working on Swarga Vasal.
17:19That's a speciality.
17:21Selvaraghavan sir is here.
17:23Ajay Balaji sir has directed it.
17:25How is the collaboration of directors
17:27working on the same film?
17:29I don't know.
17:31When I asked,
17:33they told me about the characters.
17:35When I did it,
17:37they said they were doing the characters.
17:39It was a coincidence.
17:41But, Ekunaru Karela
17:43is very clear.
17:45He, Ashwin,
17:47and Tamizh Prabha
17:49did the script together.
17:51Tamizh Prabha is a good writer.
17:53He is a good writer.
17:55Ranjith Iyer.
17:57So,
17:59he could have done it
18:01from his personal life.
18:03But,
18:05he is doing it
18:07from a sad incident
18:09in a jail in the 90s.
18:11That's why it's so interesting
18:13for the youngster.
18:15He is telling it
18:17to the contemporary youngster.
18:19The teaser
18:21was praised
18:23by everyone.
18:25The reason for that
18:27is the director's
18:29incredible talent.
18:31When it's clear,
18:33as a director,
18:35if I do a supporting character,
18:37I should be a supporting character.
18:39If I direct it,
18:41there won't be any interpretation.
18:43It won't be from me.
18:45It will be from Ajay Balaji.
18:47Ajay Balaji
18:49is a character
18:51I haven't done before.
18:53Everything is under the
18:55director's control.
18:57The writing part
18:59is under their control.
19:01They have done the script
19:03for years.
19:05So, it has to be convincing.
19:09I am not saying this as a politician.
19:11There is no issue.
19:13They did it happily.
19:15Seriously,
19:17I did it happily.
19:19How do you feel
19:21when you act
19:23and when you act?
19:25It's easy for me.
19:27It's easy to be a supporting character.
19:29I wanted it.
19:31This is what
19:33Vettri Maran did.
19:35He wanted
19:37everyone to know
19:39his face.
19:41It's a psychology.
19:43Everyone wants to act.
19:45It was difficult
19:47when I was young.
19:49But now,
19:51I know the difficulties.
19:53When I act,
19:55I have to get the story
19:57and keep the dialogue.
19:59It was difficult.
20:01What is the leverage
20:03for a director
20:05and an actor?
20:07Since the director
20:09is fully responsible for the story,
20:11there is a lot of work
20:13for the actor.
20:15It's a part for the actor.
20:17He has to do the character.
20:19When I do it,
20:21the hero does it.
20:25There is a lot of work
20:27for the director.
20:29What is your favorite
20:31film among the films you acted in?
20:33This is a difficult question.
20:35I just acted in it.
20:37It was a 3-day film.
20:39There was a film called Good Night.
20:41There was a film called Nandan.
20:45I just acted
20:47based on what they told me.
20:49I didn't care about my career.
20:51I didn't have any excitement
20:53because it was an accident.
20:55I did what they told me to do.
20:57I can only say it now.
20:59I can't say it now.
21:01I can't say it now
21:03because it was an accident.
21:05You acted in the film Nandan.
21:07In that film,
21:09can you share
21:11your memories?
21:13I had to act
21:15under Karnas.
21:17He is Sesh Kumar's character.
21:19But Sesh Kumar
21:21changed his character
21:23while acting.
21:29He didn't come for the first week.
21:31He didn't come for the first week.
21:33They took it as my portion.
21:35He came after that.
21:37At that time,
21:39I didn't know about him.
21:41Many people told me about him.
21:43Even a superstar told me
21:45that he was a good person.
21:49I never saw him in my life.
21:51Sesh Kumar is a great man.
21:55That's why I liked him a lot.
21:57When I travelled
21:59for a month or two
22:01through this film,
22:03he was a good person.
22:05He was a good producer,
22:07director, and actor.
22:09He was a person
22:11who carried all three.
22:13As a director,
22:15who are the promising directors
22:17among the contemporary directors?
22:21Recently,
22:23I saw a film called Loverbund.
22:25Wow!
22:27That director is very promising.
22:29He is a writer and a director.
22:31Before him,
22:33there were people like
22:35Maari Selvaraj,
22:37Lokesh,
22:39Karthik Subbaraj.
22:41Recently,
22:43he is the one
22:45who is very promising.
22:47Loverbund.
22:49They made a film called Jamaa.
22:51He is a director and an actor.
22:53There are many youngsters like him.
22:55I think he is the one.
22:57Tamil cinema
22:59is changing
23:01with the audience.
23:03The making ways are changing.
23:05How do you see this evolution?
23:07What is your opinion
23:09on the upcoming films?
23:11Before,
23:13there was no social media.
23:15We used to watch
23:17only theatre releases.
23:19Now, the world is expanding.
23:21People are watching world films.
23:23Iran, Iraq, Spanish films.
23:25The way of narrating
23:27the story
23:29has completely changed.
23:31That's what I was saying.
23:33Siddharth
23:35is making a film
23:37based on a real incident.
23:39He has taken
23:41it in a very stylish way.
23:43He is like
23:45Mani Ratnam.
23:47He has made it
23:49in that style.
23:51Stylish?
23:53But he has taken it
23:55in an impactful way.
23:57It's very promising.
23:59I'm not just praising him.
24:01There are so many advantages.
24:03It's a great thing
24:05that he has incorporated
24:07it into the content.
24:11In the shooting of this film,
24:13how will be the working of
24:15RJ Balaji?
24:17He will be very nervous.
24:19How will he be in the set?
24:21Prem
24:23used to be very happy
24:25in front of him.
24:27I got to know him
24:29when he was in RJ.
24:31He used to say
24:33that he was a fan
24:35of his interview
24:37in Kadhal Kalluri.
24:39Halfway through the interview,
24:41we saw the cricket commentary
24:43and said that we were his fans.
24:45He used to be very happy
24:47when he worked
24:49with Prem.
24:51He is a great human being.
24:55Since he worked so hard,
24:57he is able to
24:59handle everything
25:01from his assistance
25:03to his family.
25:05I like that quality of him.
25:07He has a pure heart.
25:09When he speaks,
25:11you can hear it
25:13like a rain.
25:15But in this film,
25:17he is like that character.
25:19How will director Siddharth
25:21ask the actors
25:23for the things he needs?
25:25He wrote it very clearly.
25:27Three people
25:29discussed it
25:31and came to an agreement.
25:33But now,
25:35he should not be nervous.
25:37He is not nervous at all.
25:39The reason is
25:41that he has been writing
25:43the script for 2-3 years.
25:45He calls the character by its name.
25:47He says,
25:49I am Cook in the film.
25:51He will come back like this.
25:53He would have told this before.
25:55He says,
25:57this is too much.
25:59He is in command of the story.
26:01It was surprising.
26:03He finishes the work easily.
26:05He does not teach acting.
26:07He lets you act
26:09and attempts it.
26:11That is his character.
26:13He is behind the character.
26:15Can you say something about it?
26:21He is a diabolical,
26:23a murderer,
26:25a criminal.
26:27He is also a criminal.
26:29But he has been in jail
26:31for many years.
26:33He is like a child.
26:35That is why
26:37everyone calls him Cook.
26:39He is really
26:41a criminal.
26:45After you finished the film,
26:47did you feel the same nostalgia
26:49when you were called Cook?
26:51The film was a success.
26:53When the character
26:55of Cook enters everyone's heart,
26:57it happens.
26:59But here,
27:01in the shooting spot,
27:03they call me Cook.
27:05This is why I am an actor.
27:07I am an actor.
27:09I do comedy.
27:11You shared a lot of things.
27:13When I hear your memories,
27:15I feel like
27:17I won't be able to interview him
27:19for a long time.
27:21I have to see it.
27:23He will definitely see it.
27:25Thank you for sharing
27:27a lot of things with us.
27:31Thank you for the interview.
27:33If people watch this,
27:35it will be a great experience.
27:37Thank you, sir.