director Rajkumar Periyasamywho have recently worked together Actor Sivakarthikeyan on the film AmaranTalked openly about his pitching process. He said that while some actors enjoy long narrations, others are happy to hear only brief summaries. In a roundtable interview conducted by Galatta Plus, the filmmaker talked about the different processes of actors like Sivakarthikeyan, Vijay and Sai Pallavi.
He said, “There are actors who read the script, and there are people who only give five minutes. But I always insist on telling the whole story. Describing only four key scenes is like showing a trailer. I would like all stakeholders, actors, actresses, even supporting actors to know… I would insist on describing completely, otherwise I am in no mood to even go out and present my script ‘
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Recalling his conversation with Sivakarthikeyan As for Amaran, Rajkumar Periyasamy said that he knew the deal was done after narrating the first part, but he insisted that the actor continue listening. “At the end of the first part, when I said, ‘Intermission,’ he was already in. But I said, ‘No, you’ll still listen to the second part.’ Even before the meeting I had told him, ‘This is a biopic of a martyr and in the end you will die.’ He was shooting a song and the narration was happening at 9 pm, but I insisted him to listen to the entire script. I did not even tell him who was the producer of the film. Only later did I tell him Kamal Haasan Is producing.”
Throwing further light on his experiences with ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay and Sai Pallavi, the filmmaker further said, “There are some actors who insist on knowing the entire script. I had worked with Vijay sir in the film Thuppakki (as an assistant), and he used to insist, ‘I will go to the sets only when I know the entire script. Whether it’s good or bad, it doesn’t matter, but I have to know the entire script before I go to the set. This was a few years ago, I don’t know how he is now. Sai Pallavi always likes to read. In our case, he read it, and then we had a statement.
Rajkumar worked with Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi on Amaran, which proved to be a critical hit at the box office. Earlier, he had directed the film Rangoon starring Gautam Karthik.