Face 2 Face

Sruthi Hariharan talks to Baradwaj Rangan about how she started her career as a background dancer before falling in love with the process of filmmaking. She talks about how rare it is for an actress in the Kannada film industry to speak her mind and about using art to drive change.

The acclaimed actress also talks about the MeToo movement, explaining her stand on the ongoing controversy and the difference between ‘bad touch’ and a harmless one. Calling her fight a need of the hour and something she needs to do for her future daughter, Sruthi also explains the emotional, physical and financial toll of the entire ordeal.

Director #Sasi (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Sasi) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about his latest hit film  #SivappuManjalPachai (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SivappuManjalPachai) starring #Siddharth (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Siddharth) and #GVPrakashKumar (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23GVPrakashKumar) , how he casts, his working process and more.

Santhosh Narayanan talks about his 25th album, Vada Chennai, directed by Vetri Maaran. He speaks of the song, Kaarkuzhal kadavaiye, and why he wanted it in this album. He talks about his sound and why it came about, and how he goes about composing a song. He speaks of how ideologically inclined directors like Pa Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj have shaped his work and his life. 

He speaks of the gaana song's resurgence and how his gaana songs are different from those by Deva. He talks about Karuppi, from Pariyerum Perumal, and his rural songs versus those by Ilayaraja and others. He speaks of his love for MS Viswanathan. He discusses how he composes background music, and his pet cause of substance abuse.

He talks about how he chooses a genre, and why he works with a particular set of singers. He name-drops Attakathi, Pizza, Soodhu Kavvum, Jigarthanda, Iraivi... He concludes with thoughts on his new open-door policy about interviews and whether it will last.

Box office trackers and Influencers #RameshBala (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RameshBala) and #KaushikLM (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KaushikLM) talk to Baradwaj Rangan about how easy it is to track a movie's collection in Chennai, the difference between production and distribution of films, why a producer will not know the original collection a movie has made, and how they work and when they work. They also talk about how disorganised the TamilNadu box office report is and how difficult it is for them to track the overall run of a movie.

In this two-part interview, Rajiv Menon talks about being a dominant-caste filmmaker tackling a Dalit narrative in Sarvam Thaala Mayam, his relationship with the "musically modest" AR Rahman, and why the cinematography in Mani Ratnam's "Bombay" is a milestone in his career.

In this two-part interview, Rajiv Menon talks about being a dominant-caste filmmaker tackling a Dalit narrative in Sarvam Thaala Mayam, his relationship with the "musically modest" AR Rahman, and why the cinematography in Mani Ratnam's "Bombay" is a milestone in his career.

On the 20th anniversary of #KandukondainKandukondain (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KandukondainKandukondain) , cinematographer and director #RajivMenon (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RajivMenon) talks about working with #Mammootty (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Mammootty) and #AjithKumar (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AjithKumar) , #Ash (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Ash) and #Tabu (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Tabu) , #ARRahman (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ARRahman) and more.

Director #PriyaKrishnaswamy (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23PriyaKrishnaswamy) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about her film #Baaram (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Baaram) , the real life incidents the film deals with and more.

Ahead of #OththaSeruppu (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23OththaSeruppu) ’s release Director and actor #RParthiban (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RParthiban) talks to @BaradwajRangan about his early films and also about his love for the technicians who work in abstracts. He also talks about his experiences from working with his Guru #KBhagyaraj (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KBhagyaraj) . He also talks about how he wants to technically improve with every film and how producers shut doors when you give a single flop.

Nithilan Swaminathan (Kurangu Bommai) and Lokesh Kanagaraj (Maanagaram) talk about being new-gen directors. The challenges. How they learnt their craft. About compromises and finding producers like SR Prabhu (Potential Studios). About reading books to make good cinema. Watching world cinema, Kamal Haasan films, Martin Scorese films, Truffaut and De Sica's films. How they can make a new Thalapathy with Vijay/Ajith, because only if stars act in new-gen films can this become a movement.