CAST SRIKANTH INTERVIEW

Of course, I’ve faced a lot in the industry. I’ll be honest with you - there were times when I was impressed with a script and agreed to do the film. But within one week of filming, I sensed that the process was not going right and right away told the director that the film wasn’t going to work because he can at least rectify his mistake the next time. Even then, I had worked in the film just for the commitment that I’d given to the team. So I’m more practical and also vulnerable. I’ve seen people back-bite and I’ve also seen people praise me no matter what. So I don’t believe in praises and blames.

Honestly, one fine morning, I entered the sets and suddenly they asked me to go and get dressed up in a school uniform! I had no idea! A college guy role is fine, but a school guy role was pushing too hard. Before the director could convince me, I saw Raai Laxmi in that dress and she was all excited about it. I thought ‘what the hell !?’ ( cracks up a laughter). I asked her if she was sure going to do it and she said yes. when she herself was ready, I felt that I should proceed too. We then decided to forget about the dress and go about with the acting. Finally, the team was happy with the output and that’s what’s important to us. But yes, I was a little uncomfortable (winks and smirks)

If I say Raai Laxmi is the scariest person, she’d find it really odd ( Oh, the grin again). I think she’s done a few horror films previously and so I find her scarier.

We actually introduced the word Boochiyaa to our son, which meant ghost and whenever he was mischievous, we used to threaten him by saying that we’d hand him over to a Boochiyaa. But eventually, he started liking that aspect and started loving horror films. I actually found this when I once took him to the horror movie Kanchana where during the scary scenes, his body got panicky. I got scared and said ‘let’s go out’ for which my boy replied that he wanted to watch the film. After getting out of the theatre, when asked how the film was, he jumped in joy saying ‘Wow, so cool!’ and even asked me ‘Daddy, when will I see you in a Boochiyaa film?’. This is one of the reasons why I wanted to do Sowkarpettai. I took him to the shooting spot one day where he came all excited and running. He saw the way I was flying and kicking and turned toward Kanal Kannan and said “Oh, you’re so cool! Daddy is so cool, he’s flying!” (imitating his son, where I, for a moment, saw the cutest version of Srikanth!). Whether the film has a fear factor or not, the fact that it is a horror film, thrills him. When it comes to actors, he likes almost everybody but he’s a lot more a Vijay fan because of his dancing.