That was a huge transformation within me.īelieve it or not, it happened again with Aamir Khan in Rang De Basanti and 3 Idiots. Somewhere inside me, I knew that I can’t be like this with Kamal sir but then again, it all vanished and I was being who I was supposed to be. But, something strange happened when action was called. If there were selfies at the time, I’d take zillions of them! On set, there was of course a power equation because he was Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan and I was a huge fan. I had butterflies in my stomach while he was rehearsing for the scene. Later, I worked with Kamal (Haasan) sir in Anbe Sivam and I distinctly remember the time I was doing a couple of scenes with him.
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But, I actually felt that! You start off with someone like Mani Ratnam in your debut and then where do you go from there, especially since you don’t have a background in the industry? I remember clearly telling Mani Ratnam that after your film I don’t think I will be acting anymore and he only replied with his all-knowing smile. Every time I got an okay or when I read reviews, that’s when I felt like “hey, you know what, this looks like it will be a lifelong profession”. But he was casting me! It happened again with Aaytha Ezhuthu which was completely different from my background. When he offered me Kannathil Muthamittal, it was reassuring that he actually considered me an actor and that I am capable of pulling off a role of a Tamil poet because my Tamil was anything close to being that of a poet.
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So, I remember my first take being okay-ed by Mani Ratnam but I couldn’t believe that he’d actually said okay.
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There was an Alice in the wonderland look on my face till I started Alaipayuthey right upto Anbe Sivam. Madhavan : Since I never wanted to be an actor, I never trained to be one.