in a threestar hotel i resigned my job in 1992 and then got serious about entering the film industry in those days you will have to narrate scene after scene to directors to even become assistant directors directors used to have so much attitude those days even getting to meet them would be very difficult today if you have creativity you can make a short film show that to a producer and even direct a film innikku ulla varadhu easy nilaikkiradhu kashtam you are also debuting as a composer with this movie are you trained in music my native is in pudukottai district in our village we have an annual thiruvizha that is held for 10 days they will hold music events and i grew up listening to that music and then there were the mgr songs i used to set write my own lyrics for the tunes of that years biggest hit songs that was my entry into music as for playing instruments i havent learnt any under a tutor during the thiruvizha they used to lock the instruments up inside a room my friends and i used to open the lock with a hook go inside and play those instruments on our own not really knowing what we were doing and i used to assemble different vessels at home and with a bamboo stick play them like drums even today between 7pm and 10pm every day i compose some tunes if i didnt have any musical knowledge will someone like imman sing for me the directors i have worked with know my interest in music during the shoot of viswasam in ramoji film city siva would ask me what song i had composed that day in fact one of the songs in my film is based on a tune i had sung to siva during the shoot of vedalam even vijay sir knows about my interest in composing music and you are now acting in viswasam with ajith again i play ajiths thaai mama in the film if i say anything more than this i will get into trouble with director siva laughs but it feels nice to be working with ajith and siva again after vedalam you mentioned how young actors feel a bit nervous when acting with you what about top stars like ajith and vijaymore than stars they are wonderful human beings i admire them a lot but i wouldnt say im their fan id be lying if i say so you do not become a fan of someone who did not inspire you during your growing up years i grew up idolising mgr what i like about both of them is how they have managed to stay grounded despite having reached such great heights i entered the industry around the same time when they made their debuts but they treat me as a senior actor and respect me this humility is what impresses me