Nithilan Saminathan interview with Sudhir Srinivasan | Maharaja | Vijay Sethupathi

Nithilan Saminathan interview with Sudhir Srinivasan | Maharaja | Vijay Sethupathi | Spoiler Alert

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In this interview with #SudhirSrinivasan, director #NithilanSaminathan discusses #Maharaja, his creative choices for the film, his reference for the characterisation of the protagonist, what it's like working with actors #VijaySethupathi and #AnuragKashyap and editor Philomin Raj, and more
Edited by: Pradeep Kumar
00:00 to 01:38 - Introduction
01:39 to 04:56 - The ironic aspects of the Nithilan cinematic universe
04:57 to 06:51 - On the portrayal of the law enforcement system in the film
06:52 to 12:29 - Nithilan gets candid about the critical feedback on the film
12:30 to 15:53 - On the comparisons between Maharaja and some other films, specifically Oldboy and Iratta
15:54 to 32:44 - On working with Vijay Sethupathi and Anurag Kashyap and their characters in the film
32:45 to 41:21 - Walking the tightrope between cinematic treatment, social responsibility, and political correctness
41:22 to 55:06 - About the scripting, editing, and directorial choices for Maharaja
55:07 to 60:22 - On choosing Vairamuthu to pen the lyrics for the film
60:23 to 62:00 - About the action sequences in the film
62:01 to 65:31 - Final thoughts
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@AbilashGopinath 6 күн бұрын

That's a great question about Vairamuthu.. Very proud of you my dear Sudhir sir.

@jigarthanda7 3 күн бұрын

Actually that was very unprofessional

@nandhubt90 6 күн бұрын

I appreciate him for accepting criticism and said that he will correct. Hope he gives more movies in the future.

@rtsr7220 6 күн бұрын

No journalist would have asked the question about Vairamuthu....Sudhir na🔥🔥🔥

@filmroast5414 6 күн бұрын

Nithilan Saaminadhan's Writing..Man❤✨

@annieigcar 6 күн бұрын

Glad to see the respect Nithilan has on audience's thinking. We need such directors in the field 👌👌👌

@aravindsivakumar8852 6 күн бұрын

Just two minutes into the interview, I felt I must pause and scroll down to appreciate the editing. Superb work! ❤🔥

@Rantism. 5 күн бұрын

The guts behind the Last question🔥🔥 Respect for Sudhir📈🫡

@tharunbhaskar7961 6 күн бұрын

Waiting for this interview ❤

@monosikvis6130 6 күн бұрын

Wow hard hitting questions about vairamuthu

@gokulvenkateshwaran4469 6 күн бұрын

very good questions and the way he accept his mistake ❤

@Nadan2302ARR-hz4gt 6 күн бұрын

Waiting for next movie nitilan sir

@gtranandgtr9544 14 сағат бұрын

Awesome Movie Nithilan Sir 👍👍👍👌👌👌❤️❤️ என்னுடைய favorite top 10 movies குரங்கு பொம்மையும் ஒன்று . குரங்கு பொம்மை படத்தை வெகுவாக பாராட்டி முகநூலில் பதிவிட்டிருந்தேன் .

@gokulsumu4677 6 күн бұрын

Questions tandi as u appreciated him he was giving information what happened in setting those things.. he couldn't take that.. He's really innocent.. semma writting n he is afraid of society n social media.. pakka introvert pola.. sila question ku comfortable ah ila pathale therithu .. sudhir sir u met a different person sir ye. Was good one

@hariharanvijayan2185 6 күн бұрын

Sudhir if that's the case then why no one questioned when Action King Arjun casted in LEO you didn't question Lokesh. Why selective questioning?

@saimadhusudanan 6 күн бұрын

Pleasantly surprised and very very impressed with Sudhir for asking about Vairamuthu and clearly expressing his opinion without sounding judgemental. Nithilan on the other hand is playing the whole separate the art from artist card and "i dont know what happened, i like his songs" feels like a super lazy excuse when your entire movie is literally about abuse.

@LongHornTexas 4 күн бұрын

No fault in asking about Vairamuthu. But i don’t know why this interviewer keeps repeating that question. It looked like he was trying to guilt trip the director and get an apology for using that lyricist. That would mean a lot of publicity and traffic to this channel. I wish personalities avoid such channels and crooked interviewers.

@shivendran 6 күн бұрын

கேள்வி - வைரமுத்து இந்த படத்துல பாடல்கள் எழுதியிருக்காரு... சட்டையில "இசை - இளையராஜா"... தரம் 👌👌👌 Just Sudhir things, I guess

@nanmaransarathi8554 4 күн бұрын

honest review😍 suthir, nithilan

@Nadan2302ARR-hz4gt 6 күн бұрын

Good interview

@Jamaljahpalmeries 5 күн бұрын

Good you asked about Vairamuthu , atleast the director would have thought about it now, this guy seems simple minded and might have not thought about the sensitivity. VJS should have stopped him from hiring Vairamuthu.

@ramakrishnan1896 3 күн бұрын

Even that KuruthiPunal ideas is inspired and homage to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction

@VigneshWaran-ot8of 6 күн бұрын

Sudhir t shirt❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

@user-jp2in9mh9q 6 күн бұрын

My son nithilan super 💕

@Nadan2302ARR-hz4gt 6 күн бұрын

RJ shirt with 'isai illayaraja'very nice

@aravindkumar6631 6 күн бұрын

Want subtitles pls it was huge hit in telugu too

@neelakandanp4150 5 күн бұрын

T shirt 💛

@rameshsk5332 6 күн бұрын

Sudhir Respect ❤ Vaira Me-too🥸👎

@ajithapillai2753 6 күн бұрын

Did you raise distastefulness in how the SA was filmed and I missed it? Thank you for raising: if "it is wrong only if it happens to their daughter/wife/husband"? and the point on the necessity of SA in the script, respect for you.

@Jagdtiger46 6 күн бұрын

What was distasteful in the filming of SA?

@SelvaSpeaks 6 күн бұрын

What's SA here?

@thalla1asal1wolf 6 күн бұрын

Sexual Assault, I guess

@Th11bee 6 күн бұрын

@14.17 can anyone please tell me those movies names to add on my watch list!!

@vsnu-cp 6 күн бұрын

Oedipus - Greek mythology Moebius (2013) - Dir: Kim Ki-duk Bairavi (1978) - Dir: M. Bhaskar That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) - Dir: Anurag Kashyap

@nikolatelsa338 6 күн бұрын

Vera level movie ithu varaikum ippdi oru padam naan parkala sir

@ramakrishnan1896 3 күн бұрын

'Isai Iaiyaraja' in T Shirt. And Sudhir Bro asking accusations about Vairamuthu sir.. Irony at its best!!!

@gokulanath647 5 күн бұрын

If anyone knows any movies like Oldboy suggest me

@vipulan 5 күн бұрын

good

@pandiyanrajendran1612 2 күн бұрын

Director Nithilan , neenga eduthathu than correct ,yen na pinnadi eppadi nenga Singampuli a bad a katta mudium audicnece kovam varanum ,connect aganum

@sukiir1965 5 күн бұрын

Sudhir bro, the title card for the video is bit reductionist i think, especially for an open minded person like nithilan. He accepted that must work on his political correctness, so let him progress. Branding him with the statement in the title card is not healthy. 🤗

@gjayar 5 күн бұрын

I thought you will also discuss about the role played by the snake in the film… I couldn’t understand it, and you were also not sure about the meaning of snake in your review..

@maniR-mg6il 2 күн бұрын

Director very simple, clear and very down to earth person.. avar ena epdi movie pananum nenacharo apdiye pani successful movie kuduthurukaru... ... but this time sudhir asking like "Nan dhan puluthi.. en opinion dhan valathi" mathri... ipdi en panenga.. apdi en panenga... en ipdi panala.. apdi panirukalame... athuku ena reason.. ipdi vaikurathuku.. apdi vachirukalame.... then ....vairamuthu pathi prove agatha aligation ha public forum la ketu avara. uncomfortable position poitaru...innocent nithilan don't know what to say.. epdi sonalum..thappa pogum nu.... .. worst interview of sudhir soo far... You Destroyed his confidence of filmmaking with ur puluthi questions 👎👎👎👎

@anushanagasundaram6165 4 күн бұрын

Try casting Bharat, movie actor.

@DilshanShen-df8ml 6 күн бұрын

Edhukku isai ilaiyaraja tshirt??

@LongHornTexas 4 күн бұрын

@jigarthanda7 3 күн бұрын

Agree

@usaithmohamed3197 5 күн бұрын

Unwanted question about VM - he is just a lyricist he did his work And Unproven allegations cannot be talked about

@Guganindira 6 күн бұрын

Nermaiyana nerkaanal....nermaiyana manidhargal iruvarum

@saravananduraiswami3963 4 күн бұрын

So Sundir confirms that allegation against Vairamuthu is true and it happened really.. and he's asking the director why u boarded him to ur film since Vairamuthu already committed crime.. is it??

@davidbilla4119 5 күн бұрын

Sudhir Srinivasan seems to look smart with his questions SINCE SUDHIR SRINIVASAN IS CHINMAYI’s CLOSE FRIEND, HE ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT VAIRAMUTHU. I APPRECIATE HIS QUESTION ABOUT VAIRAMUTHU. BUT NEXT TIME, WHEN SUDHIR SRINIVASAN MEETS CHINMAYI, PLEASE ASK YOUR FRIEND CHINMAYI, WHY SHE DID DUBBING IN LEO MOVIE, WHEN ACTION KING WAS PART OF THE FILM.

@LongHornTexas 4 күн бұрын

@DIRECTIONTAMIL 6 күн бұрын

Non linear aa sollalalana intha story weak than.....Anurag Kashyab charecter romba weak a iruku....Thannoda kolantha mela pasama irukura oruthan innoru ponna Rape panratha oru pothum allow panna matan....ishtathuku story aa valaika koodathu....Climax very predictable....Konjam nenja nakura maari iruku ivaroda movies....Kuppathotti complaint scenes lam logic ye kedayathu....Police aa comedy aaki apram hero va katurathulam weak aana screenplay....Strong aana charecter nu solli Natti yemathapatirukuiraar....Msg sollanumnu ...story, screenplay, charecter sketch lam valaikirathu not good. Anurag Kashyab Rape aa allow panra aalunu mudivu pannita avara glorify panra mari shots theva illa....Vikram la Surya va kaatuna mari...Thirudanuku ethuku BGM....Non linear aa sonnalum Audience purinchipanganu Audience aa underestimate pannatha Director....Anurag Kashyap ku BGM pottu Audience ya underestimate pannidraru.....Anurag kashyap glorify pannalannalum Audience intha padathoda msg aa purinchipanga 1.Vijay sethupathi acting very good 2.Choice of content is good

@101-vimalant3 6 күн бұрын

One kind request to sudhir,control your impulsivenes to express your opinion to the directors.we expect to hear the opinions and details of the movie from the director.😊❤

@gopigalatta 4 күн бұрын

The question about vairamuthu is totally unnecessary and out of place. First of all, there is only allegations against him. No proof or verdict or anything like that. If one cannot professionally work with someone who was accused of something bad, then how many people are left to work with? Then you seem to imply movie theme and vairamuthu issue as if they are same. Movie theme is brutal assault and rape. That is not vairamuthu is blamed about. At best it was more like suggesting and coercing someone to have sex. Again only allegations so far. This question is absolute non-sense. Let me ask you something in the same vein - if a movie theme is about a person who is arrogant, over-proud, putting down others, thinks he is superior to others, then the director should not approach ilayaraja for music, right? according to your logic? because the theme and real person have the same issue ? Does your logic apply only to sex related allegations or to other areas? What about drinking? Can a director use a lyricist who drinks if the movie theme is evils of drinking? Should a director research into personal life of every technician he works with before approaching him?

@ramprasath3752 6 күн бұрын

Chinmayi ku chance kudukka venanu engaum sollirukkengala bro engayachum

@deepasannidhi481 6 күн бұрын

The director seems nice n down to earth .. But the anchor thought he s one who directed Maharaja n talking more n didn’t allow the director to express his thoughts .. And further more, not paying attention to what Nithilan s talking .. Dude , you need to step up your communication skills .. Was eagerly waiting for this director’s interview.. You spoilt it terribly..

@LiveAndLetLiv 5 күн бұрын

Lol, the director thinks that each and every question is to accuse him someway. Questions are really neutral and try to get more reasons and explanations from the movies story. Nithilan should believe that some people do not have bad intentions. He is not settled at all in this interview. However, talking seems like his not strong Suite.

@rockraj8094 4 күн бұрын

என்னயா கதைய சொல்றீங்க 😂😂

@ramprasath3752 6 күн бұрын

Nengale solrenga kutrsatru thaan nu solrappa, yen kutrasatrukkaka vaippu meerapadanuma enna??

@ResidentNotEvil5 6 күн бұрын

Maharaja way better than kalki mokka padam 😅

@Dorayaki3005 6 күн бұрын

Compare pannadhada loosu pulu

@ResidentNotEvil5 6 күн бұрын

@@Dorayaki3005 dei mokka means mokka what do you expect multi star cast but wasted

@Dorayaki3005 6 күн бұрын

Compare pannadha da mokka puluthi yellame set of entertainment which differs in own way idhu vera genre adhu vera genre kalki padatha phone la partha naai dhane attempts la dhan mistakes find panna mudiyum mundam test illama yellam theriyumnu namma irukuradhu use illa kalki staged for entertainment dhan miss agalam hit agalam aana efforts rendu perum potrukanga unnayum ooranayum compare pannalama ? @@ResidentNotEvil5

@murugaprabuu9878 6 күн бұрын

Dei Sudhir uh. Director ah pesa viduda

@LiveAndLetLiv 5 күн бұрын

Director eh vitta romba damage agirukum, he doesn't have control, only during that time Sudhir was redirecting, it's infact to help him, eventhough unna mathiri aaluga complain pannuvanganu therinju irunthum. Did you see how VJS closed the mic when Nithilan tried to say something. He seemed to not have any filter while he was talking. Good writer and director, talking in public is not his strong area

@vivekshekhar6687 4 күн бұрын

I don't get the point...Nothing against Vairamuthu has been proven...Chinmayee also hasn't gathered enough support/evidence from other victims or anything...Just like any other incident, what if Chinmayee was doing all of this for a publicity stunt/ personal benefits at the cost of her image? Sudhir being biased and taking advantage of Nithilan's innocence seems disrespectful and cheap journalism. I hope people become better and avoid such idiocy in future.

@Jagdtiger46 6 күн бұрын

Sudhir what have you done against vairamuthu? Aren't you as a cinema journalist supposed to voice out? Have you filed any cases against vairamuthu? Why are you moral policing someone into boycotting someone? Let judiciary do the job and movie makers make movie...who are you to question their choice? Nithilan is not a judge in the case of vairamuthu...he has nothing to do with the allegations...stop moral policing...looks like all it takes is two woman to allege sexual assault incident on sudhir...ane sudhir will quit his job and stay at home... wtf man...i am not vairamuthu supporter but who the hell are we to ask someone else to boycott him

@sudhirsrinivasan4480 6 күн бұрын

If you paid attention to the conversation without feeling compelled to get outraged, you’ll see that nobody asked for a ban on anyone. That’s why even asked to tell him what he should do, I tell him it’s not my job to dictate his choices-and that I’m merely having a conversation and figuring out the complexity of it all.

@Jagdtiger46 6 күн бұрын

@@sudhirsrinivasan4480 the intention of bringing this question itself is a sign of questioning the directors moral stand on the me too issue...which is highly irrelevant to the movie discussion...this question is definitely out of place...i am clearly outraged at the media doing trials in such cases...vairumuthu could be a criminal but interview is not a place to comment on it... judiciary exists for a reason...

@Jagdtiger46 6 күн бұрын

@@sudhirsrinivasan4480 in the event of you figuring out the complexity of the issue ..you are pulling a director into the chaos of activism...that was definitely a loaded question which could lead a person to face heavy criticism...all while he has nothing to do with the allegation...

@sudhirsrinivasan4480 6 күн бұрын

@@Jagdtiger46I don’t think our society has arrived at a place where one can cleanly disassociate from allegations from over a dozen people. So, given that the subject of the film is what it is, I did feel that the topic was warranted, even if only on a level that allows for a brief exchange of thoughts that doesn’t necessarily derail the conversation. I’ll trust that those who consume this will do so with nuanced understanding and empathy.

@Jagdtiger46 6 күн бұрын

@@sudhirsrinivasan4480 no man...i have to disagree...Nithilan was constantly in the fear of backlash from the public after he answered many questions...one such example is him using the word "cheating" and was worried about being misunderstood....that question clearly pulled him to a different topic...this is similar to a journalist asking a persons stand of Israel palestine war and watch the person suffer with whatever answer he gives...i know it is your right to ask any questions...but its clearly loaded...anyways i like the way you conduct interviews...keep up your good work...all the best man!