“We have to understand that the roots of these problems are firmly within our education system, which is designed to create corporate slaves. The trailer of a star’s next film has accummulated views by the million, and we really have to begin asking what we get out of such films. How can we change our taste, our appreciation of cinema? How can we stop making deities out of actors?”
Category: Conversations
A slave of art: The Vijay Sethupathi interview
“If I fail, I become a bad, frightening example for this road. They will point at this route and say, “That’s where Vijay Sethupathi died.” For this reason, I must not fail. My success is important.”
Not rankled anymore if I don’t have a film with a star: Samantha Akkineni
“I can summon tears at will. With due respect to method actors, I think truth comes out of spontaneity.”
Searching is my Following: Anish Chaganty
“The media and Hollywood usually portrays technology in negative light. Searching isn’t one such indictment. Yes, technology can alienate, but it can also connect. It can make us hope, it can make us love… and maybe, it can bring a dad and daughter together — like in Searching.”
Kamal Haasan: ‘I have turned out to be like Thevar Magan’s hero’
“I’d like for Vishwaroopam II to be among my last films, because I have work to do. I’ll do these last few films I’ve already committed to because I need money for myself and the party. Once my political responsibility increases though…”
