Face 2 Face

#NaveenPolishetty (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23NaveenPolishetty) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about being a struggling actor in Mumbai,  co-writing #AgentSaiSrinivasaAthreya (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AgentSaiSrinivasaAthreya) , and says that the first quality to do comedy is... "you must be depressed". He also talks about his upcoming film #JathiRatnalu (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23JathiRatnalu) and much more.

Actor #Madhavan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Madhavan) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about his debut film #Alaipayuthey (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Alaipayuthey) on its 20th anniversary, the memories he had and also about working with #ManiRatnam (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ManiRatnam) . He also talks about visiting the theatre on the second day of release and recalls dupattas flying in the air.

Director and actor #KamalHaasan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KamalHaasan) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about #ArivumAnbum (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ArivumAnbum) , the song he wrote (and directed) about Coronavirus.

Join us for the Film Companion South Directors' Round Table. Looking back at the decade and looking forward, with #VetriMaaran (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VetriMaaran) , #GauthamMenon (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23GauthamMenon) , #RParthiban (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RParthiban) , #LakshmyRamakrishnan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23LakshmyRamakrishnan) , #Chezhiyan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Chezhiyan) and #RathnaKumar (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RathnaKumar) .

Join us for the Film Companion South Directors' Round Table. Looking back at the decade and looking forward, with #VetriMaaran (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VetriMaaran) , #GauthamMenon (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23GauthamMenon) , #RParthiban (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RParthiban) , #LakshmyRamakrishnan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23LakshmyRamakrishnan) , #Chezhiyan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Chezhiyan) and #RathnaKumar (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RathnaKumar) .

Anand Shankar, director of NOTA, talks about his learnings as an Assistant Director in Bollywood and in Tamil cinema. (He assisted Siddharth Anand in Anjaana Anjaani, and AR Murugadoss in Thuppakki and 7aum Arivu.) He talks about his sensibility and why his second film (Iru Mugan) was less "Hollywoody" than his first (Arima Nambi). He talks about whether a big star means compromises and his learnings from his two films. He discusses why the action choreography in our films is so unimaginative. He speaks about NOTA and casting Vijay Deverakonda (Arjun Reddy had something to do with it). And he discusses not having his star speak in the trailer.

Anand Shankar, director of NOTA, talks about his learnings as an Assistant Director in Bollywood and in Tamil cinema. (He assisted Siddharth Anand in Anjaana Anjaani, and AR Murugadoss in Thuppakki and 7aum Arivu.) He talks about his sensibility and why his second film (Iru Mugan) was less "Hollywoody" than his first (Arima Nambi). He talks about whether a big star means compromises and his learnings from his two films. He discusses why the action choreography in our films is so unimaginative. He speaks about NOTA and casting Vijay Deverakonda (Arjun Reddy had something to do with it). And he discusses not having his star speak in the trailer.

On the fifth anniversary of Premam, director #AlphonsePutharen (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AlphonsePutharen) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about making the blockbuster film. He talks about working with actor #NivinPauly (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23NivinPauly) , about the Malar character, how much he likes actor #KamalHaasan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KamalHaasan) and Ilaiyaraaja, and the magic that happens on set.

On the fifth anniversary of Premam, director #AlphonsePutharen (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AlphonsePutharen) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about making the blockbuster film. He talks about working with actor #NivinPauly (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23NivinPauly) , about the Malar character, how much he likes actor #KamalHaasan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KamalHaasan) and Ilaiyaraaja, and the magic that happens on set.

Aishwarya Rajesh talks about TV serials and her entry into cinema with films like Pa Ranjith's Attakathi. She talks about casting couch, about North Indian heroines and the opportunities they get. Despite performance-oriented roles like the ones in Dharma Durai (with Vijay Sethupathi) or Kaaka Muttai, she emphasises the need for glamorous roles opposite big stars like Ajith and Vijay and Vikram (her Dhruva Natchatiram co-star). She talks about being a Shah Rukh Khan fan, and about Simran, Roja, Khushbu, her favourite actresses. 
She discusses working with Seenu Ramasamy, Gautam Menon, Mani Ratnam, VetriMaaran, Manikandan, and talks about learning cricket for Sivakarthikeyan's Kanaa.