It is widespread data that Mani Ratnam is a person of few phrases, and the director reiterated this reality at a latest media interplay about his upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan 1. Though the filmmaker stored his reply transient, he touched upon matters like why Vikram’s Aditya Karikalan is on the forefront of the film as an alternative of Jayam Ravi’s Arulmozhi Varman, the assist he acquired from Jeyamohan, working in the course of the pandemic, and his first alternative for Nandini’s character earlier than Aishwarya Rai.
Excerpts from the dialog:
How will the Tamil in Ponniyin Selvan be, provided that the novel makes use of a type of Tamil that’s not in use now?
We tried to make use of the identical pure Tamil for the dialogues. Jeyamohan (dialogue author of the film) gave us dialogues in pure Tamil solely, however it’s introduced in a means that’s simple for the actors to emote.
Is this adaptation your interpretation of Amarar Kalki’s novel or is it a trustworthy illustration?
It would be each. I’m a fan of Ponniyin Selvan novel and Kalki’s writing. I’m additionally a fan who was sitting on that facet of the desk. So, it’ll mirror Kalki, however it will even have a few of my interpretation and my presentation.
Have you ever used this story as an inspiration for your earlier works?
In Thalapathy, there’s this track “Sundari Kanaal Oru Sedhi”, the place Shobana waits for Rajinikanth. The complete sequence is impressed by Poonguzhali’s wait for Arulmozhi Varman.
What’s the explanation behind your casting decisions?
When I learn Ponniyin Selvan, I didn’t assume that I used to be going to make a movie primarily based on it. I had the identical expertise like anybody else, I had my very own model of the characters in my head. When it got here to making a movie, I believed these actors would kind of match into the roles. Once I started working with them, they have been capable of get into the characters.
Is the capturing of Ponniyin Selvan 2 over? When will it be launched?
Yes, the shoot is over. After the primary half is out, it will take about six to eight months for the second half to come back out. Meanwhile, the VFX work will be achieved.
The viewers’s style retains altering and makers complain it’s exhausting to adapt to the altering traits. Did you add or do one thing to make the film appropriate for the viewers now?
I didn’t add something particular to the film. It was higher to make the movie in elements or sequence as a result of one film was not sufficient to cowl all of it. So, I feel it’s good that the novel was not tailored right into a film earlier than. I feel that is the fitting time for a Ponniyin Selvan film as a result of we get to make it in at the least two elements.
Is Aditha Karikalan (Vikram) your favorite character, as a result of he appears to be on the forefront greater than Ponniyin Selvan (Jayam Ravi) in all of the posters and promos?
If you’ve got learn the ebook, you’ll know Ponniyin Selvan comes into the story fairly late. So, we needed to journey in the identical means because the ebook.
After the trailer’s launch, you’ll have acquired some destructive feedback. Did the suggestions make you need to change one thing about the film?
A trailer is only a glimpse into the film, and it’s higher to disregard the destructive feedback as a result of the entire movie is but to be launched. People are making assumptions about your entire film simply by wanting on the trailer. So, if a filmmaker believes he has given his finest, there’s no want to fret about anything.
Did you’ve got anybody else in thoughts for Nandini’s character apart from Aishwarya Rai?
As Rajini sir stated that day (on the audio launch of PS I), Rekha was somebody I had in thoughts earlier than. After that, it was at all times Aishwarya Rai, who I believed was the only option for the position.
Who tortured you probably the most and whom did you torture probably the most on units?
Everyone tortured me, and I tortured everybody.
Just a few phrases on author Jeyamohan, the dialogue author of the film.
One factor I used to be fearful about the film was the dialogues. I needed it to be pure Tamil but it surely ought to be easy and assist appearing. However, Jeyamohan fastened it identical to that. His contribution to the film is gigantic. In Kalki’s novel, all of the characters are properly fleshed out. If you’re taking Sundara Cholan, with a ebook you’ll be able to write rather a lot about him and the way highly effective he was. But with cinema, you’ll be able to’t inform all the things. So, each dialogue turns into necessary. Jeyamohan made all traces mirror their personalities.
There’s a compulsion for celebrities to be on social media. Even Vikram joined Twitter not too long ago. Don’t you’ve got the concern of lacking out or how do you update your self?
If you’re within the second and conscious of all the things that’s taking place round you, you’ll be up to date. For artistic individuals, all the things round them is a narrative, and one can’t afford to overlook that. And… social media will not be my scene.
Have you ever felt that if not for the pandemic, you would have achieved the film in an even higher means?
The solely factor I used to be involved about in the course of the pandemic was that the actors shouldn’t placed on weight. I stored texting the actors, preserving them in examine. I’d be like, “Hi, Trisha, how are you?” But I can’t use the pandemic as an excuse. The pandemic hit everybody, not simply me. It’s by no means an argument to say I might have made a greater film if not for the pandemic. Our job is to ship towards all odds. I can’t launch the movie in theatres, and go inform everybody there, “It’s as a result of pandemic the film is the way in which.”