‘Even Rajinikanth craves directors’ praise’: Vetrimaaran keeps backup actors on standby if he wants to fire someone

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Vetrimaaran continued, “I tell them how I have envisioned the scene, and give them the space to be themselves.” He said that if he is ever dissatisfied with an actor’s performance, he tells them to make certain changes, but he communicates this privately. Asked if he gives his actors a script, he said with a laugh, “How can I give them a script if I don’t write?” He said that he enters production only with a basic outline of the plot, and doesn’t write his scripts down to this day. “They’ll know what scenes they’re supposed to shoot, but what that scene will change into they don’t know,” he said, adding, “The lines they will get on set, but I think most directors work like this.”

In the same interview, Vetrimaaran was asked by a member of the audience how he gets his crew on the same page as himself if he doesn’t have a script to show them. He explained, “I’m going to give away the trick. You have a great team, and it’ll be taken care of. I call them and tell them that I want to film a certain sequence in the next 10 days. My team will ensure that all the actors who are supposed to be in any scene in that sequence are there. All the costumes, the props, and whatever is required for those 10 days, that’s also ready. They will also make sure that if some of these actors are not able to perform, there are standby actors who can come in and fill in for these people.”

Vetrimaaran shared what his team says about him: “Now that we’ve worked with you, we can work anywhere in the world.” Vetrimaaran is currently working on a film starring Simbu. He is also one of the producers of the film Bad Girl. Rajinikanth’s last film was Coolie, which underperformed at the box office.