Is it a typical masala film?
I would rate my film much more than that! It is not a regular commercial film, but I have mixed in all the commercial elements. For example, we used belly-dancers for a stylish song. I have never attempted comedy in my films, but this one has Vivek doing a comedy track. There were no action sequences in my previous film either. Were you pressurised to make a masala film? No. There was no similarity between Virumbigiren and Five Star. I want to try different kinds of filmmaking. I do not want to confine myself to a particular style. Do you feel it is important to make stylish, technically good films as moviegoers today are youngsters exposed high quality Hollywood films? Yes. Even someone living in Tirunelveli is exposed to Hollywood films, and he expects Tamil films to be like that with good visuals, good sound and great effects. It is true that we cannot match their quality because we make small budget films. But we try our best. For example, for a fight sequence, I used a 9.8 lens no
