Tamil cinema has reached heights: Mysskin

Director Mysskin, whose back-to-back films were critically acclaimed, talks to TOI about his future projects

The fact that the release of his films gets delayed hasn��t affected Mysskin even slightly. That��s because the director is sure that his films will strike a chord with the audience irrespective of when it hits screens.
After the criticially-acclaimed Nandalala and Yuddham Sei, Mysskin is now concentrating on his next two projects one in Tamil and the other in Hindi with Arya and John Abraham respectively.
I had pinned a lot of hope on the audience and they haven��t let me down. By patronising films in different genres, they have proved that there��s nothing called A, B and C centres. My last film didn��t have a comedy track, and the hero didn��t break into a song-and-dance routine every ten minute! But, the audience still liked the film. This has given me hope that Tamil cinema has reached new heights in the last few months, he begins
Mysskin��s films have always concentrated on sensitive and dark issues. Ask the director if he chooses film as a medium to drive home a message and he states, I��m a filmmaker and my duty is to entertain the audience. If I��ve managed to keep them entertained and made them think about the plight of the society at the same time, I��ve achieved my target. But no, I don��t deliberately preach through my films. My job is to tell stories.

The filmmaker may have received compliments from many people in the industry for Yuddham Sei, but he cherishes director Shankar��s comments the most. I��ve received appreciation from many, including Superstar Rajinikanth. But, I was touched when director Shankar spoke to me for close to an hour after watching it. He told me that I should stick to the path that I had chosen in the industry. He didn��t have to call or wish me, but he still did. He spoke from his heart, told me which scenes worked for him and areas where I could have improved, he states.

The director has now left his Yuddham Sei days behind. I��ve just finished the bound script for the film that will mark my debut in Bollywood. It will be a pan-Indian film and will touch upon the issues concerning India and Pakistan. But, it��s definitely not military-based. The film will record the events that occur in 12 hours. The film requires two strong protagonists, stronger than Narain and Ajmal in Anjathey. We��ve finalised John Abraham for one of the roles and are on the hunt for the second hero. I��m also planning to start work on Mugamoodi with Arya. I will decide which movie to first start work on by the end of this month, he informs.
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