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) .

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.

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.

Kancherapalem director #VenkateshMaha (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VenkateshMaha) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about working with stars, his vision of Prabhas playing the lead role in Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya, why a big moustache was important for the character, and his theory behind referring to #JrNtR (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23JrNtR) and #MaheshBabu (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MaheshBabu) in his film.

#Kancharapalem (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Kancharapalem) director #VenkateshMaha (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VenkateshMaha) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about his latest release #UmaMaheswaraUgraRoopasya (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23UmaMaheswaraUgraRoopasya) , how he got into films , his troubled childhood, why he wanted to remake #MaheshintePrathikaram (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MaheshintePrathikaram) and what #DileeshPothen (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23DileeshPothen) told him about the movie.

Actor #SatyadevKancharana (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SatyadevKancharana) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about his latest film #UmaMaheswaraUgraRoopasya (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23UmaMaheswaraUgraRoopasya) , his passion for acting and much more.

Director #SandeepReddyVanga (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SandeepReddyVanga) talks to Baradwaj Rangan on his debut film #ArjunReddy (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ArjunReddy) , on its third anniversary. He also talks about #VijayDeverakonda (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VijayDeverakonda) and #ShahidKapoor (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ShahidKapoor) , why he finds the lead character a nox-toxic guy, the length of the first rough cut, and why he wants to produce his own films.

Director and actor #RakshitShetty (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RakshitShetty) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about stardom and his 10-year journey. He speaks of his passion for writing and acting, the kind of films he wants to make, how his sensibility is more like #UlidavaruKandanthe (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23UlidavaruKandanthe) . He  talks about his current project 777 Charlie and his pet project #Punyakoti (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Punyakoti) .

On the eve of his Hollywood role, #Nepoleon (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Nepoleon) talks about his return to acting, his favourite roles, and how moving to the US expanded the life of his son with Muscular Dystrophy.

In the Second part of the Face 2 Face interview, director and actor #LakshmyRamakrishnan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23LakshmyRamakrishnan) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about her future priorities, how she might respond to any social issues in future and the importance of her family.

Director and actor #LakshmyRamakrishnan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23LakshmyRamakrishnan) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about why she wants to help out struggling women, why she thinks social media is not a correct medium for activism and the episode with the #Bigg (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Bigg) Boss contestant.

For K Balachander's 90th birthday,  actor #KavithalayaKrishnan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KavithalayaKrishnan) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about his legendary guru, about his love for #KamalHaasan (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23KamalHaasan) and the first spotting of #Rajinikanth (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Rajinikanth) , and much more.

Director and producer #CVKumar (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23CVKumar) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about #RegalTalkies (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RegalTalkies) (his pay per view platform), about working with Pa Ranjith and Karthik Subbaraj, and why big films like #Vijay (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Vijay) 's #Master (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Master) won't work on OTT.

#AditiRoHydari (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AditiRoHydari) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about working with #SanjayLeelaBhasali (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23SanjayLeelaBhasali) , #ManiRatnam (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ManiRatnam) , Bejoy Nambiar, Sudhir Mishra and Naranipuzha Shanavas.

Director #VetriMaaran (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VetriMaaran) talks to Baradwaj Rangan about his latest film #Asuran (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Asuran) , #Dhanush (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Dhanush) 's performance and how he has given it his everything, how he adapted a book for the same. He also talks about making Vada Chennai's superb interval scene. He further talks about his plan for making #VadaChennai2 (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VadaChennai2) and his next movie with comedian Soori and more.

Actor #VijayDeverakonda (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23VijayDeverakonda) responds to the #ArjunReddy (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23ArjunReddy) criticism and decides he needs to get a few things off his chest.