''I ADMIRE SURIYA SIR A LOT AND IMBIBED HIS TRAITS''

Leading dance choreographer - actor Sathish Krishnan was recently seen in Uppu Karuvadu, directed by Radha Mohan. He played an aspiring actor who gets his maiden break in the film that Karunakaran sets out to direct with Nandita as the female lead. We have a small interview with the actor about his Uppu Karuvadu experience and the feedback that he has been getting,

 

"No one is ridiculing the film with trolls and memes. That itself is a big deal in this day and age."

 

On director Radha Mohan and the other veteran comedy actors in the film,

 

"Radha Mohan sir is such a chilled out person with a natural ingrained humor sense. I thought that he was a serious person as I didn't know him much before this film, but he has a nice casual way of extracting work from his actors.

 

Mayilsamy sir is forever filled with wisecracks whenever he speaks. It would be uninhibited comedy, just being around him. Chaams has a serious face while delivering his lines but his screen presence does the trick. I did learn a few things about comedy from them. 

 

The comedy scenes which are being appreciated now by the audiences just happened in the moment and didn't require many takes. The natural spontaneous factor of comedy goes down if a scene is done across many takes. It is so tough to do comedy actually."

 

More on his role and what was required from him,

 

"I had to just behave as myself for this role. For some scenes, I did few gestures with my legs and hands to add to the scene's funny mood. When I had to enact certain scenes from Karunakaran's film (the film within the film), it had to have a commercial flavor and I imbibed what heroes like Suriya sir do in their commercial films. l admire Suriya sir a lot and it looked apt for the character as an aspiring actor who has influences of other actors."

 

Sathish would be seen next as an actor in Gautham Menon - Simbu's Achcham Yenbathu Madamaiyada and is also choreographing all songs in Kabali.