lokmanya in marathi followed by tanhaji the unsung warrior and now adipurush in hindifilmmaker om raut has a special spot for films that stem from history and written material that has been passed down for generations together in a recent chat with bt the writerdirector opened up on why he believes in choosing subjects that have a cultural relevance for the common man he feels instantly drawn to them and the written material available often forms the base of his scripts and character sketches talking about it om said i love drawing character sketches and i do it intently by reading up everything available on the subject that i am pursuing fortunately the films i have associated myself with have been based on a lot of material which one had to read and understand as a part of preparation i also tell my actors to read on the side about the characters they are playing saif ali khan for instance did a lot of reading about his character in tanhaji the unsung warrior and the time the film was set in however i want my actors to rely on the script written for the film for prep all the actors ajay devgn saif prabhas have attended the workshops and reading sessions but it is virtually impossible for them with their work commitments to dedicate excess time to any one character hence it is my duty to handhold them to the cliff from where i want to see them gliding i prepare myself thoroughly so i have answers to all the possible questions they will ask about their character at any given time its worked twice in the past for me om raut didnt become a filmmaker by chance he had been planning to pursue this career from the time he was in school which is the reason he approaches the craft meticulously and delves deep into every aspect of his films subjects i was not an ad filmmaker i used to work for mtv in the us in new york advertising was a part of the job once a storyteller always a storyteller in every form of storytelling you are only trying to paint a picture the way it is in your mind i feel a film like tanhaji needed that canvas and scale and so does adipurush the spectacle is created keeping the narrative in mind for me making films was always something that i wanted to do i have been to a film school and formally trained in filmmaking even during the time when i worked at the music network the conversation was always about cinema i am not an accidental filmmaker i decided to become one when i was in class 4 i had attended the premiere of jurassic park when i was in class 10 it was executed so beautifully i did a lot of reading to understand that all of that was created using computers and technology i did a masters course in