my novel is based though the movie touches upon itas a writer how do you feel when you have to sacrifice some part of your story for a cinematic representationi have now realized this its painful as a creator but the canvas that the cine industry has is big and so its reach is vast so the positive is that my story is reaching many audiences on the other hand sometimes i feel the essence of the story has gotten somewhat diluted due to the commercial angle of the film industry other than vetri maaran who do you think could have directed a movie based on your novel the bestthe late mahendran or bharathiraja would be my choice mahendran as a filmmaker has fascinated me a lot his film uthiri pookal is a testimony as to why he excelled as a filmmaker and it is also a fine example of how an adaptation should be treated vetri maaran has also done a great job his filmmaking is technically very strong especially the camera work of velraj was adorable in the movieafter the success of asuran do you think there will be a trend of adapting novels to feature films this trend has always been there in the film industry on the one side it is a boon to the literary circle but this also shows the drought for good writers in the tamil cinema industry when i directed karuvelam pookkal it was easy to say what i think as i also wrote the screenplaywhich actor in asuran fascinated you the mosteveryone did their role to the best but ken karunass acting was perfect and the way he carried the role it didnt look like he was a firsttimer at all i even called his father and wished him conveyed my wishes for his son portraying my chidambaram without any flawother than vekkai which novel of yours do you want to see on the silver screen noweven though agnaadi has won awards piragu will be my choice as it portrays the life of a cobbler who reflects the social conditions after 25 years of freedom it also touches various social evils and i feel this novel of mine would be relevant to todays world your next noveli spent nearly seven years writing agnaadi which also took a toll on my health as i had to search and wander a lot for the resources to write about a series of real incidents that happened at sivakasinow i am writing a novel on goddess andal this might well be my last novel