The Elan interview with Sudhir Srinivasan | Star | Kavin | SPOILER ALERT

In this interview with #SudhirSrinivasan, director #Elan discusses #Star, the female leads in the film, fan wars, the single-shot climax, and the highs and lows of stardom.

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Edited by: Pradeep Kumar

00:00 to 01:36 - Introduction
01:37 to 06:48 - The idea behind Star
06:49 to 08:15 - How Vaaranam Aayiram inspired Star
08:16 to 10:22 - Kalai's aloofness
10:23 to 11:10 - Elan's definition of success and failure
11:11 to 12:05 - Kavin's looks in Star
12:06 to 17:30 - How Mugavari and Tom & Jerry affected Elan as a child
17:31 to 19:26 - Innovative editing choices
19:27 to 20:32 - Not an on-your-face period film
20:33 to 21:55 - Elan's measured approach towards actors' performances and the emotion in certain scenes
21:56 to 23:35 - Elan the STAR
23:37 to 27:51 - On Kalai playing a woman
27:52 to 32:03 - On Yuvan Shankar Raja and Oru Naalil
32:05 to 33:16 - Selvaraghavan touches in Star and PPK
33:18 to 35:10 - To cry or not to cry
35:11 to 41:35 - Do Meera and Surabi dichotomise 'bad woman and good woman'?
41:37 to 48:43 - On Kalai's obsession with success and his flawed nature
48:45 to 49:41 - On creating memorable moments with Lal
49:42 to 51:49 - The process behind the single-shot scene
51:51 to 54:36 - Elan on his best years as a director
54:57 to 1:00:52 - On writing and executing Star's climax sequence

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