Jigarthanda Page #8

Synopsis: When Karthik is given a task by his producer to come up with a gripping gangster flick infested with heavy dosage of violence, he focuses on Sethu, a ruthless gangster surrounded by quirky yet scary henchmen. Karthik discreetly tries his best to find out about Sethu to develop a film script, but fails miserably in all his attempts. However when he finally gets the chance to gain an insight into Sethu's life, disaster strikes as he gets caught in the mêlée following the discovery of a mole within Sethu's gang.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Karthik Subbaraj
Production: Five Star Films
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
171 min
3,446 Views


I will act as a hero in our film

Brother!

Don't make fun of it

I am not cracking jokes Karthik

I am the Hero in our film

She's crazy, don't

take her seriously

- Acting is not-

- Stop it

I didnt ask your permission,

I'm telling you

I film

I hero

Okay?

Beat the drum

Good morning!

Have blabbered a lot in the night

Don't keep those in your mind

Thank God!

I was afraid thinking

that to be serious

It's okay

Come inside

I have got a guest at my home

He wants to meet you

Please come

Shall we go?

- Have they come?

- Yes

Sethu bro, is he the director?

He is the director

Sir is our guest

Sir...?

Have discussed everything with Sir

The hero in the movie that

you gonna direct in his production

...will be me

- What sir?

- For sure!

I am so proud to introduce

you to the film industry

What's wrong in him

playing the lead role?

He looks good like Jayachandran

This is my life

My passion and Dream

Who the damn is he?

What the hell

he knows about acting?

Acting is an art

Who the damn

is he to perform art?

Cinema is not a whore house where

anyone with money can come in

With the time spent on an emotional speech,

better do think about the solution

I don't have an option

Have to escape tonight

How?

Do go by the cross streets

Be careful and take care

- Don't get caught

- Sorry, dude

I have troubled you a lot

I can manage these troubles

But I can't tolerate

seeing Sethu as a Hero

- See you dude

- Bye

I bought it just for you

Super!

Did you get caught?

I was emotionally driven, thinking

that we will meet after many years

You left during

the movie title card

And you are back before

the movie hero's introduction

Hey look at our

hero's introduction now

Sethu, please leave me

Leave me Sethu please

Sethu bro, please let him go

Let me go, please

Do I look like a Joker?

How long would it take for me

to nail you in the coffin?

All the fear you had looking

at me from a distance,

Fear goes away once I made

you part of the gang

Either direct a film

with me as a hero

Otherwise just sit there

and think about your career

You have got only 2 options

Understood?

Don't cry

Don't cry dude

Leave me

Karthi

Is it the director?

You got hurt

Are you crying?

Don't get upset

This is just the beginning

Irony in cinema is...

To make the audience laugh,

the director has to cry

It's been 35 years

since I started crying

What are you looking at?

40 years before, I came to chennai

with a passion for cinema

5 years, I still hadn't got a start

Then 10 years I worked as an

assistant and experienced cinema

Everyone gets an opportunity

It's like an Angel

If you respect it,

It comes again and again

But if you disrespect it,

It will never come back

The new directors want to be

Sathyajitray on their debut film

They wont compromise

for a single thing

They create problems

on every small issue

Me too of same category

My producer wanted his cousins

to be casted in the movie

I said no and stood by

I said go and walked out stating

I will get 1000 more producers

But till now I haven't met...

...one among the thousands

I will just get hold of

people coming to my shop

And start telling them stories in

the name of Sivanesan and Kuruvamma

But they don't exist

That's my story Kuruvamma

If it would have got released in that period,

It would have been a massive hit

Should have been like

Balachander and Bharathiraja

Now I am 64 years old

Never Uttered the word

'Action and Cut'

Are you scared that

you'll end up like me

According to you

I might have lost,

But for me I am successful

Your success and failures,

shouldn't be determined by others

You should know from within

The clever pave their own way

Go on, do your work

I have to open the shop

Can't change a thing

by crying about it

What?

Hey I am telling you

Hey stop

Leave him

What do you want?

Thought about it

I have decided

to keep you as a hero

Nothing helps like pounding

Congratulations!

I've become a hero

We'll be unstoppable

after 5 films

They'll never leave us alone

They might come

back at us any day

What else can be done?

He has agreed

to direct the movie

Ask him to finish the shoot

smoothly and come back

Then we can look at it,

Once he is back

Yes, please ask him

to do that, just a movie

Ashok...

Just a minute

(A film monologue)

Super...Super

Was it okay?

I don't have a choice

You have to undergo

an acting training session

There is an acting

guru named 'Muthu'

You can go for

10 days acting classes

Then we will look into it

If Guru is coming,

let me also join the class

In Sethu's story definitely

I will have a role to play

Bro, I am the second hero as well

Whoever wishes to act, Can go

for the classes conducted by Muthu sir

Once he says okay,

let me start the shoot

- Only if he says okay

- He will,

If not we will ensure

When you act like a King

Every part of your body including

the hair and nails should feel like a King

Only when you act like a King

If it's a leper then...

Sir...please help me

You...?

He is our Guru,

don't hurt him

Only if he says okay

we go for the shoot

Sethu I've told you already

Don't hurt the guru

Come...come

Sir, are you okay?

Apologise sir!

It's by mistake

You may be a don in your place

You can be

whomever you are

Still you are my student

You will realise it

as we move ahead

Didn't understand?

Your classes starts from

tomorrow morning 5 a.m

Can't come at 5 AM

When I speak, I don't

want anyone to interrupt

Your classes starts from

tomorrow morning 4 a.m

For an actor the most important

language is body language

We will enact if we have to speak to someone

who doesn't understand our language

As an actor the language

we need to learn is gibberish

What's that, gibberish?

Can't understand

What is special in Madurai?

Most of the shops in Madurai is famous

for Parotta and Mutton Chukka food

Okay, convey the same in gibberish

In Madhurai Parotta...

Now everyone speaks in gibberish

This is very funny

Are you talking in Tamil?

Punishment, Ten times kill and laugh

What is it?

If you bathe in Kuttralum falls,

it will be very cool

Sethy, have you guys gone mad?

How long will this go?

From tomorrow we will

start the main course

It's just a warm up session

What did you say?

Warm up!

Are we looking like clowns?

Karuna - Compassion

Shringara - Love

Raudra - Anger

Veera-Courage

Bhayanaka-Fear

Arputham - Surprise

Bheebhatsya-Disgust

Hasya-Laughter

Shantha-Peace

Mercy...

How do you react

when someone gets injured?

Look at me and act

Why are you staring at me?

Why do you howl?

I'll hit you on your mouth

You are looking with lust,

Do I look like a woman?

Pull, pull out your tongue

You'll die

Do Shringharam

Why do you bite your lips?

Why do you cry?

Cry...feel and cry

Others should shed tears

looking at your cry

How would I make you understand?

Come on cry

Don't cry, master

Cry Sethu...cry

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Karthik Subbaraj

Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director, writer and producer. He made the short film "Kaatchipizhai" in Madurai, which was selected for Nalaya Iyakunar (a TV competition for short films). He then went on to make other films and released the 2012 low-budget thriller Pizza which was a commercial success. He won the Best Debutante Director in 2013 at SIMA awards His film Jigarthanda, which deals with the Madurai underworld, was released in September 2014 and received critical acclaim..The film starred Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon, Bobby Simha and Karunakaran. more…

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