Director

The budget of 'Vada Chennai' is nearly Rs 60 crores.

We all have to consciously make efforts to identify our roots and nurture them.

I wrote 'Aadukalam' keeping Dhanush in mind. As an actor, he delivers exactly what I need and sometimes more.

There is a huge market ready to accept good Tamil content.

Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films.

When you're a filmmaker or a scriptwriter, you face a lot of challenges while making a film. And when you produce it, you have to put in an extra effort.

The psychology of education is all about how the society gets benefited from it.

Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

It is a challenging task to adapt a book to screen presentation and you will not be able to satisfy those who read the classic novel.

I wasn't happy the way I completed 'Asuran' or abandoned the film as it isn't complete. People are liking it and it's making money and I'm glad but I'm not happy with how I had to finish it.

Big-budget movies might have huge marketing budgets, but only some films have the content to stand out.

Every film that I make is an accident.

Despite strict instructions from my mother not to step out of the house, I cycled all the way to Vellore to watch 'Thevar Magan.' In fact, I grew up watching classic films such as 'Naayakan,' 'Thaalapathi' and 'En Bommukutty Ammavukku.'

Dhanush paid my salary in 2015 when I needed it to make 'Visaaranai.'

A script writer usually manipulates his characters in accordance to the script.

When we belong to a community and learn things that are no way related to our society, we live as unwanted entities in that society.

Whatever film it is, the geography has to be right. If I cannot establish it, I'll get lost. I wouldn't even understand it in the first place! I hence visit a place and decide what can be conveyed from where; how that can be incorporated in the story.

It's always good to promote a film on a larger scale before it's been put to test.

Visaaranai' reflects a stark reality from which you cannot shut yourself out: that is its success.

My films are a reflection of the society I live in, what I see and observe.