Elan Interview with Baradwaj Rangan | Star | Deep Dive
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
- Watch director Elan dive deep into the details of his latest work, 'Star'. He talks about how the film was conceived, why he didn't want the movie to be about cinema, and what 'success' means to him.
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This is a good film, and I completely agree with BR! Those who have experienced life at its toughest will understand the impact of ‘STAR’. The dream that the protagonist had is simply a medium called ‘cinema’, which you can replace with any industry one dreams of. This movie is strictly for dreamers. One should approach this film with an intellectual and philosophical mindset to fully appreciate its depth. The climax, 8 minutes single-shot hospital episode, is a brilliant piece of construction that showcases many subtle nuances. I enjoyed every detail. This movie stands on par with Malayalam cinema, and I hope the Tamil industry takes note and strives to produce high-quality movies like this.
Kavin’s acting is simply superb. I am in awe of his effortless transitions. All the actors have given their 100%, contributing to a truly collaborative and compelling performance.
I appreciate the way the director conveys his opinion. Good creators speak less, and as the wise man William Shakespeare once said, ‘Have more than you show, speak less than you know'. I am definitely going to watch this a few more times to savor and understand the nuances. And, it goes without saying, I am a fan of Pyar Prema Kaadhal too.
Dear BR, if you happen to read this, could you please let me know how I might contact you?
P.S. I appreciate your work and would love to connect!
Completely agree. Totally hit home for me.
Jimikki' charecter intro is like... laila in mounam pesiyadhe climax...
So many negative comments,
This movie inspired people who already gave up in life, if it didn't work for you, keep it with yourself.
its not being negative on purpose, and there is ntg wrong with negative comments as long it doesnt hurt or affects anyone in a bad way. People tend to share why it didnt work for them and thats fine. The part where it turns toxic is when you force others to comply with yr thinking/opinion, thats it. so chill tf down
so if BR says it didn't work for him will you say the same 🤣
If the movie inspired you, you must not know what it really takes to succeed
I somehow felt the movie lacked coherence. The college portions and Preity portions were over- generic and unnecessary. They only hindered the pacing. You can't keep mixing commercial elements with art film elements. You have to take a bold call and lean to one side. The journey part of Kavin's struggle could have been explored more. The ending seemed like a "Deus Ex Machina", a plot device meant to suddenly bring a happy ending by solving an unsolvable situation for closure. Felt too convenient. Overall, Star had a lot of nice moments but felt empty as a whole.
Baddy tells it's an exceptional film
Opinions are subjective. Maybe it worked for him. Can't complain.
I have not seen the film, but these don't know to write a coherent story... We don't have a breed called screenwriters here like in malayalam.
you definetly can mix commercial elements with art film elements. They are not making pretentious movie. What you are saying is bunch of nonsense and using pretentious words to describe a film.
@@Skylotgh idhu art film ah da, modhala idhu lam oru film ah da
Really beautiful conversation..So far my fav tamil film of the year..Thanks to Elan director...Thanks to BR for addressing all beautiful moments
The problems I saw in this movie:
- Within first 15 minutes we know that this is a zero-to-hero story where the hero is going to become IAS officer, or cricketer, or music director at the end of the movie. So for the rest of the 2 hours and 20 minutes, we are just waiting for it to happen, which is really boring and that is why lot of people feel this is just short film content stretched into a movie.
- Aiming to become a movie star is a desire and not a fight for survival, so we are not able to empathize with the main character and it is not giving the audience an immersive experience.
- If he doesnt get admitted into the most popular acting school in India, then he should try one of the hundred others in the country. Idhellaam oru problemaa paa ?
- A beautiful girl stalking you after you just had a breakup is more like every man's dream and not really a problem.
- Lot of unnecessary subplots. Most annoying was the second heroine's father not being able to pay his rent and almost 10 minutes running time around it.
- Lot of lazy writing like there are almost 6 instances where one character slaps another character. The frustration and exchange could have been conveyed through other ways.
Exactly I felt the same. If you see Soorarai potru, To own a flight & take people is also a desire. Nothing wrong about the desire. But how convincingly you're making the audience to dwell into the character's life is what is missing in Star. Namma jeichittom maaraa nu sollum podhu vandha connection and emotion, Good take kalai nnu vetrimaaran voice la varum podhu I just felt like...Oh ok....
Wow!!!! Spoke my mind!
After first 20 minutes of fun, i thought movie was going to lie flat and usual movie.. but after the Bombay sequence, the movie picked and held me completely... Brilliant climax topped it...
I just want to delete the word 'lag' from english...
First try to delete that word from your comment....
For me this movie is one of my favorite. Love it a lot. Scenes, dialogue and music.
You can sense the unsettling thought from the dir elan. A true talent who would not compromise anything less ordinary. A great watch.
For me, Star is an offbeat gem that won't cater majority of the audience positively; maybe in a few months, it'll be truly appreciated! There are certain moments which felt disjointed/clichéd/impractical, but from watching in the shoes of Elan, my heart was full! Pleasant surprises, great focus on Kalai and his family, some hard slaps to reality and all of those topping with YSR's incredible musical score - it was an enthralling journey! Best wishes to the team for the success, and I hope the universe will fall in love with Elan soon ❤
Yet to see the film, but I like the thought process Elan seems to have put to the movie script… makes me want to watch Star. He had me when he said his inspiration was The Fablemans.
Great interview...movie pathutu intha interview patha better understanding kidaikuthu... comments la neraya peru baradwaj kunja kadikuranunga...dei avar begining la sollitaru template la work panirkanganu...
Love everything about this conversation
One of the best climax of recent times 🎉🎉🎉
I was hoping Elan would be asked whether he is a big Varanam Aayiram fanboy. I picked up on a lot of similarities (intentional or not) with VA like supportive father, travel in pursuit of something, heartbreak in that pursuit, the iconic crying telephone booth scene, the heart break setting him up on a journey to rediscover himself, etc
Best movie for this year so far after manjumel boys. Kudos to the director Elan and his team. The movie was unbelievable and was inspiring for me as well because the movie is not about cinema is about following your passion no matter what happened in your life. Vera level movie. Be stubborn to be a star in your life. 🌟
Wonderful conversation. Elan doesn't have the usual vibe of a Tamil director, even compared to his other young peers and that difference is felt in the way he treats his scripts, things don't feel forced and he reasons quite beautifully too.
Yeah, he is sensible but has to go a long way before taking on huge material like star.
#STAR is already my film of the year ✨ loved the way of how he presented the life of kalai. this movie really worked for me..The one shot climax was one of the best climax scenes of Kollywood. i don't know about others but I personally think Elan made the film really well.
Unga interviews ku marana waiting baddy ayya ur lineups are 🔥
June - Kalki and raayan (nag ashwin and dhanush)
July - indian 2 and thangalaan (shankar and Ranjith)
August - pushpa 2 and amaran (sukumar and RajKumar periyasaamy )
September - goat and og (venkat prabhu and sujeeth)
October - devara and vetaiyan (kortala Siva and gnaavel)
November - kanguva,vidaamuyarchi,sk23,kaantara chapter 1and kuberaa(Siva,maghiz tirumeni,ARM,rishab shetty and sekhar kammula)
December - thug life ,viduthalai 2 and game changer (mani rathnam,vetri maaran and shankar)
His smile is just contagious ❤🎉
Genuine feel i felt in this movie is explained very well here ❤❤❤
I have 2 question to director:
1. The accident scene is perfect cut for interval. Why extension for few more minutes? What is the impact of additional shots?
2. The reference of dusty mirror. Where was the idea came from? This is one of metaphor in Upanishad.
Baddy has answered your first question in the review of this movie
The best post release interview ❤️🔥
This is too flat a “wannabe”movie for so much hype!
It tries so hard to be “intellectual” when it clearly fails
Kavin 😍
Was expecting interval to be cut at accident shot... except that all other thing worked for me... can get the reasons of elan for criticism thrown. Hope he don't change his novel approach.
Best climax in the recent time ❤ mind blowinggggggg
Very good movie . Motivating and inspiring . Hard work is the main element for success
is Elan a dhanush fanboy or a rajini fanboy? coz we did get couple of references for both actors in Star
First time I am doubting Baddy's credibility....
The opinion on a movie is subjective, i also felt the movie was extremely mediocre but after seeing BR’s views I think some parts of the movie hits close to home for him and thats why he likes it…ig
I accept your point. But this movie will grow on you through the time. Like selvaraghavan's movies. But motta is really hyping this movie.😂
He likes certain directors like maniratnam , maari Selvaraj and Elan
He liked a movie called Befikre also 😂. He just likes some movies a lot 🙂
Maybe not everyone has same taste
Yuvan pathi oru vartha kuda pesala... Very surprising
Watched the ads more than the interview, damn it
🌟🌟🌟🌟
Although the movie did have unexpected and confusion(good and bad) points in it, I think this approach should have been taken by Elan like in a potential Star 2. The second movie onwards of any series is often watched by the ones who have watched the first one and are willing to engage themselves again for the second time. There seems to be many types of perceptions amidst this film primarily because of the "confusion" factor.
The "good" part of the confusion is that suddenly we are like "wait, I didn't predict this...how does this connect?...." which maintains interest for most watchers while a minority would get frustrated that it's nonsense.
On another level, There is the perception of how much "we" understand. Your red may be my white and so on... This leads to people who might judge the film as good but mostly bad due to the "incomplete" screenplay as justifiably many critics as well as comments section have highlighted. This is definitely respectable as sometimes due to human flaws we, as movie watchers might not capture the nuance of the film all at the same time and at the same capacity.
Critics like Blue Sattai Maaran say that the screenplay is rushed, abrupt, no time to digest the scenes, as well as why create such a huge confusion outside of tamil industry and place it in Bombay? A notably logical aspect also is....why can't Kalai apply elsewhere?
Mr Bharadwaj Rangan is highly appreciative of confusing scenes with a bit of predictability.
By partially joining all of these, as highlighted by the tone of his conversation in the interview(expressing appreciation, directly pointing out scenes that are not working) Mr Bharadwaj is "pandering" the director to answer his perceptions. Now, the question is, How much of Mr Bharadwaj's perception of the film is genuine? And, what is the director's vision in answering perception related questions of the film, if he says most of it is through the eyes of Kalai and little less of the audience(as indicated in the scene where Surabhi first joins in...quite abrupt intro and not having a connected start....but it is to be looked in Kalai's eyes as something is happening to "him" and not for "us" as viewers directly).
It looks like Elan wanted to stretch the bounds of the film in many directions- Commercial, Main character, emotions, scene executions....but ultimately the film has turned out to be like a rubber band that is tightly taut. For some viewers, the rubber band slips(overwhelming amount of perception) thereby the rubber band snaps back and hurts them, for some the rubber band tears apart leaving many confused and frustrated, and for some like baddy he is still exploring the threshold point...
Phew, I myself am exhausted reading my own perception! XD
Exactly, the climax wouldn't have worked if Jimikki portion was edited!
Naan lam 2 months passion thedi vera uruku ponennah yen family panam illama kasta paduvanga..so I need to work... But cinimala chance theduravangaluku mattum epdi intha Liberty kidaikuthunu therila ...but elan Kavin are youngster like me...they need to succeed man...
Please please please add subtitles for the Tamil interviews please!
Best movie❤
20:54 could be because of the father too, and the approval cycle he sets in place which starts all the time from the time in college. Four years chasing a mirage. Narcy and empaths are like feviglue
Dada looks like a masterpiece in front this mediocre movie and baddy chose to hype it up!
Baddy losing his credibility over this totally unworthy movie?!
The best host ever Mr.BR ❤❤️🔥✅
Endha scene lam enaku work aagulayo andha scene ah perusaa pesuranga pa.especially interview scene
Good soul movie 👍 ❤️❤️
What???
I like the movie 🎉
Baddy is not paid for review but very biased because I guess he was involved in script!
No other explanation wud make sense!
While Vetrimaran Was Seeing Kavin's audition video it was a scene between father and a daughter talking about the remembrance of his wife. Elan Already Gave a clue there that the scene was from the movie he acted.
at 6:10 inspired from Imtiaz Ali's Tamasha
🤌🏼❤️
The movie hits at a different level to those who have pursued their passion (like BR) or have not given up yet on their passion in some form in their otherwise routine lives (like me).
For others, it is just another movie.
I too feel no commercial elements in the movie
Please interview Shanta Kumar for good movie of rasa vathi
First time (probably), I could not empathise with Baddy's take on a movie.
The character development lacked depth, like the crucial core of why Kavin aspired to be an actor, his conviction, his love life and the dramatic turnaround.
Take a scene where Kavin delivers a thumping speech on feminism, just after dancing on stage (dressed as a girl) in a vulgar fashion. The reason? Well, it becomes the base for almost the whole second half.
Such a lack of depth in character development disappointed me indeed. However, STAR has its moments for sure. Lal sir's character, the funeral scene, and the lover's conversation in front of a father are all moments that were natural and went well with the flow. The "award" moment really tops the rest, having showcased the real pain of any passionate person.
Why That type of dance because of that teacher
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He used his art to protest ( lal sir scene include for that)
@@junaidnadapuram That is no excuse for the vulgarity. And the feminism that suddenly arose on that occasion seemed out of the blue.
I would say that the connections b/w scenes were having some small holes which altogether left a gaping hole in the film, however Baradwaj rangan tries to fill the holes in this discussion with his emotional take. I want to listen to the director speak not Bharadwaj keep interrupting him
I think for baddy this film was too relatable
Star movie like , some scenes is too good, some scenes very very average especially after second heroine entry.. I expect more on hero journey to became actor after accident.. overall i think, star is if u watch scene by scene is good movie but overall average. My opinion 😊
41:25👌
Little bit giving more hype to this movie anyway it is watchable
⭐movie is excellent movie climax❤
Bluesattai thaakapattar😂😂😂
Director soldraru cinema aasai irukka aana cinema ponatha kaata maataram idhu epdi irukuna mutta bonda panna pora but mutta illayam
Antha Climax DADA movie core plot
Below average film! We move on to Bloody Beggar now.
34:41 which karnan is he talking about? 1964 or 2021?
1964
Namaku mattum vera STAR movie potu kaatitanga pola... Ivanga discuss panra movie nalarukum pola.. Seekram release pana solunga sir...!!!
Over use of orchestrated music, too many emotional elevation scenes. It could have been better with better simplification
21:15 Happy Accident
Can anyone pls answer me whether surobi died in real life too? Pls
Nooo she is not dead
Oru continuity eh illa... love pananume nu scene, sogama irukanume nu scene , jeykanume nu oru scene.. elam edho venum ne vacha mari iruku en da ponum nu airuchi
Motta Rasavathi review poduya...
Bombay poi enna kaththukittar?
Nadippu
Climax purila bha😢 someone explain??!
That hospital sequence was not real but is the scene from a movie that Vetri Maaran directs kalai. That's why u can hear "cut, nalla panninga kalai" From vetri Maaran's voice. That kalai becomes actor, so at last there's a flex of him in beach(with other actors, shows he became an actor)
He(baddy) tells everything why he likes the movie and still thinks he just hyping just he like the director or team ? Star is different and is good❤ opinion on mivoes may differ for person to person
Why everbody is doubting BR, continuosuly chetans are giving block buster, BR ku valikum illa, so may be he is praising this guy, for that matter even PS1 was appreciated like kakaikum than kunju pon kunju, anyway premalu was just feel good movie you guys celebrated it way too much😂😂😂
Baddy very good acting😅
Get a life guys.. the movie is amazing n inspiring.. elan has made one of the most important movies in indian cinema !!!
It is a danger to appreciate mediocrity
The question is who decides mediocrity
Anyone with a rational mind. Art uh subjective nu varadhinga bro.. padam aniyayathuku mattama irundhuchu scene by scene cliche dhan.
@@vallir4156again the same question. Who decides?
@@rahulbeenime bro all the audience in social media said its mediocre so the question to your answer is "majority"
Two things..
1. Film was not a complete trash there were some good scenes in the movie and it is commendable.
2. Remember, Baddy was okay with Bigil, which even as a thalapathy fan I couldn't bare.
At the end it not baddy or majority decides. It's only we like it or not .In this case, Baddy liked the movie and he is appreciating it.
This film lacks in writing
i don't think so,The climax justified all the writing flaws in this film!!
@@kabilesh3381 I can't watch 2 hrs 20mins film for just a climax brother
@@nithishkumarbtechit1927 haha!! in my pov.. it wasn't that much worse bro..the whole writing was to justify the climax..i loved this tbh..
Which karnan did he meant, the dhanush one
No he said old karnan
Aaditi pohaankar star ah illayaa ilan? Or will you judge her morally for the previous roles she did to justify whether she is nallavalaa illayaa nu? And motta rangan has no sense at all, generalising whole west as individualistic and the whole East as collectivist..what a moran really🤦 If you're going to deny individualism is not part of our ethos, deny liberalism (which is intrinsic to freedom) also rangan. Why to just wait at individualism and what's stopping you to say that freedom is not eastern culture? 😂😅 you can't. And it goes same with individualism as well. Avoid venturing into these areas where you've little sense about. Stick to masala movies.
I am stop playing at 25.14.. idhuku melayum indha derailed movie ya praise panradhu mudila sathyama mudila
For me trailer is 5 star compared to movie...
Very mediocre film receiving more appreciation
Mooka padam da athu 😂 u want best motive film lot is there tamil no one Pele birth by legend 👏 🙌 this movie is nothing
Ok bro neenga poi aranmai paarunga ungalkku crt irrkum
@@Gopinath-ih8de bro athula la 8+ kids movie mad max parunga pa1👍
I have an explanation for why the climax was a single shot.....since the director of that movie is vetrimaaran and he is famously known for his single shots😀
Nalla vela mime la panala !!
Only small number of parts good.. overall..worst movie
Blue sattai maaran thaakapattaara 😂
Dai aathu mokka padam da
What a overhype for an Instagram mashup movie… baddie i know there will be difference in opinion, but fundamentally this movie felt very flat and bad and kind of all over the place.
Talking about selfishness, people couldn’t root for Kavin because the story didn’t offer anything to root for him not because people don’t have dreams or unhappy and learn to be satisfied.
Stop trying to sell your mediocre product with people’s mindset and people’s choices