Vasanth S Sai: I don't crave the limelight anymore | Payasam | Navarasa | Sudhir Srinivasan

In this conversation with Sudhir Srinivasan, filmmaker Vasanth S Sai talks in-depth about his latest work, #Payasam from the Netflix anthology, #Navarasa, the literature that inspired him to make the film, the learnings from his three-decade-long filmmaking journey, and more.

Topics touched upon:

00:00 - 02:17 - Intro - How Payasam happened?
02:17 - 05:08 - Exploring emotions
05:09 - 07:30 - Merits of short-format storytelling
07:30 - 09:17 - T Janakiraman's short story
09:18 -12:40 - Jealousy & disgust
12:41 - 15: 38 - Adapting literature into movies
15:38 - 22:44 - Delhi Ganesh, the veteran
22:44 - 26:16 - The period setting of Payasam
26:16 - 28:32 -The crux of Payasam
28:32 - 30:33 - Creating the wedding ambiance
30:33 - 34:40 - Linear storytelling, Bergman influence
34:40 - 37:19 - Elderly characters in films
37:19 - 41:12 - Anthologies
41:12 - 47:49 - Dark humour, tension-building, and nuances in Payasam
47:49 - 53:55 - Limelight, relevance, and learnings from the past
53:55 - 57:40 - Handling actors
57:40 - 01:0:23 - Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum, Ilaiyaraja, and streaming release


Follow us on

Facebook:   / xpresscinema  
Twitter:   / xpresscinema  
Instagram:   / xpresscinema  

For more film news, interviews and reviews, go to: http://www.cinemaexpress.com

Cinema Express is a wing of The New Indian Express, and gives you the latest in the world of cinema, with special emphasis on South India, and particular distaste for gossip. The New Indian Express is published by Express Publications (Madurai) Limited from 25 centres in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha.
The company also publishes the Tamil daily, Dinamani, Cinema Express (Tamil), Malayalam Varika (Malayalam), Sakhi (Kannada), and Sunday Standard from New Delhi.