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Megapowerstar
Bewarse
Username: Megapowerstar
Post Number: 563
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 155.201.35.50
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 1:12 pm: |    |
i am waiting for this movie since a very long time. its definetely a different movie. |
Dasarabullodu
Pilla Bewarse
Username: Dasarabullodu
Post Number: 21
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 130.203.65.31
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 11:20 am: | |
AMAZING MANI"S INTERVIEW
It’s Mani that matters
By: Udita Jhunjhunwala
May 19, 2004
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YUVA MANI:
Filmmaker
Mani Ratnam
Pic: Suresh K K
Director Mani Ratnam’s first (and last) Hindi film was Dil Se, released in 1998. Its box-office performance was below par for a filmmaker of Ratnam’s reputation who has films like Roja and Bombay to his credit.
Six years later Ratnam is ready with his second Hindi film. Speaking from Chennai, where he lives and works, Ratnam speaks about Yuva...
How do you make a film in a language you do not read or speak?
If the language were in my control, I’d try and get involved everywhere. But since I don’t speak Hindi, I trust the actors a lot more. Different actors do roles differently. I try to use that without deviating from the character or from the scene and its flow.
There is a difference in the meaning of the Hindi (Yuva) and Tamil (Ayitha Ezhuthu) titles…
Ayitha Ezhuthu is the last letter of the Tamil alphabet. It is denoted by three dots in a triangle. This is a film about three individuals.
There are strong resemblances between Yuva and the Mexican film Amores Perros (Love’s A Bitch).
Not really. There are three stories in my film which are related to one particular route. I’d say that my film is closer to Rashomon. The starting point of my films was the spirit of a person who was at Osmania University.
How did you go about casting for Yuva and why did you decide to cast Esha Deol in both?
Casting is a process. You have to consider who’d be likely to fit in, be available, be interested. Work becomes easier later if there is passion. It was good to get the cast we have. Esha did the Tamil film first and did it quite easily. We have used synch sound and since she knows the language, she could make the transition easily.
A R Rahman and you have worked together since Roja. Is he the only composer you work with?
As long as we are able to inspire each other and enjoy it we’ll work together. When it gets stale, we’ll need to look ahead. Rahman is big now internationally; he’s been great with the score.
Yuva is set in Kolkata. Why there?
It could have been set in any metro. Kolkata has a nice character and ring. Bombay is overused.
Why has it taken you six years to make your second Hindi film and what lessons did you learn about the Hindi film market from Dil Se?
In the six years I made two films Alai Payuthe and Kannathil Muthamittal. Some films cannot be made in any language at all, like Kannathil… — that is rooted in Tamil. Alai Payuthe was made in Hindi as Saathiya. Then Yuva’s script came along, and this film could be made in any language.
You learn from every film, especially those not received well. I don’t think of it as linguistic audiences, even the Tamil Dil Se was not well received. When a film does not work, there’s a flaw in the storytelling.
What next after Yuva?
You usually start ideating for the next project about halfway through the current project itself. But first I want to take a holiday, and catch up with the rest of the world. A film possesses you and takes the wind out of you
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