He is now busy directing a movie for Cloud Nine Productions. I feel you lose your audience when you make movies for others and not for yourself or your people,” says Vetrimaaran. “The directors these days make movies for a multi-cultural audience. However, the director mourns the loss of films that were made by yesteryear directors like Bharatan, for instance. Vetrimaaran is also a fan of Malayalam movies. Later, we would discuss the movie and I guess those discussions sowed a seed in me.” “Despite strict instructions from my mother not to step out of the house, I cycled all the way to Vellore to watch ‘Thevar Magan.' In fact, I grew up watching classic films such as ‘Naayakan,' ‘Thaalapathi' and ‘En Bommukutty Ammavukku.' I had a circle of friends who were also movie buffs we would watch the same movie 15 to 20 times. He recalls how he once cycled from his hometown, Ranipet, to Vellore, in Tamil Nadu, to watch a movie in spite of being down with jaundice.
Movies, according to Vetrimaaran, were always on top of his list while growing up. If you get the right cast, half your work is done,” says Vetrimaaran, who after a Visual Communications degree from Loyola College, Chennai, went on to work under veteran film maker Balu Mahendra. Like Dhanush fitting into the role of the protégée. And my faith in him paid off as he won a jury award for his role in the movie despite being a debut actor. “It was a risk casting Jayabalan in a lead role but I was convinced he was tailor made for it.
Jayabalan played the role of Pettaikaaran in the movie. I was curious to see how he would develop.” And, as a result, the movie had a character whose dark side came to light in the latter half of the movie. For this movie, I let the characters be, especially that of the mentor, Pettaikaaran. A script writer usually manipulates his characters in accordance to the script. “Professional jealously is a universal feeling and is easier to relate to than the cock fight. The script, written by the director, which also won him the best scriptwriter award, is also a journey into the human mind as it unravels on screen the professional jealousy of a mentor towards his protégé. Says Vetrimaaran: “While watching ‘Amores…,' I thought to myself, if a movie can be made on dog fights, why not rooster fights? Besides, as a child, I was involved in rooster fights, so I knew the ins and outs of the whole process.” ‘Aadukalam,' which was inspired by Alex Haley's novel ‘Roots' and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Mexican movie ‘Amores Perros,' revolves around characters who are involved in rooster fighting. His debut film ‘Polladhavan' was a box office hit and his second movie ‘Aadukalam,' has struck gold with six National Awards, including awards for Best Director and Best Actor (Dhanush).
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