We began by asking Ameer about what made him take up acting and pat came the reply that it was this very question that made him reconsider his earlier decision against acting. He felt the need to do so as he was asked in almost every interview about his views on directors taking to acting as though it was taboo. He went on to reiterate that this movie is about the lives of people living in slums and isn’t about a larger than life personality.

We pushed the paper a little by asking him if he has bid good-bye to direction to which Ameer replied that he has a script in mind for a movie titled Kannabiran. This film was to have hit the floors soon after Paruthiveeran made it to the screens but finding the right cast played spoilsport, in addition to the 9-month time frame required to finish the screenplay. He took this time off to accept the acting offer as he could use it for developing his screenplay and insisted that direction is his domain and that he would start work on Kannabiran as soon as he had the screenplay completed. As for the casting for the film, he said he would announce it as soon as the script is ready. On whether he would accept acting offers in future if they came his way, Ameer said that he would consider them on an ad hoc basis. Now that’s a director speaking!