![]() ![]() I had been hurt so many times, that when mega serial director Sundar K Vijayan called me to assist him, I left all my dreams of acting behind and ventured into direction. There have been people, who have asked me to swim on the ground and have laughed at me. I have heard everything there is to hear. ![]() For two years I tried, bearing all the insults, curses and taunts of ‘have you looked at yourself in the mirror?’. You started your journey as a director but your acting skills have won you the award. Throughout that phase of my life, I kept coming back to cinema, trying to find a job here.Ĭinema has always been my first and only love and there came a point in my life when I realised that this was the only thing I wanted to do. Today finally after many, many years of struggle, there is this small sense of satisfaction, the happiness of having achieved something. I think it has taken 20 years of my life to finally find my place in this industry. I worked at a construction site, cooked in marriage halls and even sweated it out at an iron factory. But when I realised that this was not what I wanted to do, the search for something else began. While I was in standard 12, I started delivering newspapers believing that this would be my life. We are all searching for something in our life and rejection, failure and ridicule are part of that struggle. This was the path that I chose to take, a long-time dream, and I have embraced the struggles along the way willingly. You have always spoken about your struggles. And winning the National Award brought a lot of joy, a sense of satisfaction. All the little hopes, dreams and pleasures of everyday life were lost in this continuous struggle to find myself a place in this world of cinema.īut yes, there have been some wonderful moments too. I have been ( working) here earlier too, since the time I was 14-15 years old but it was in 1992 that I finally decided cinema would be my life. You have won a National Award after being in the industry for 20 years. In this interview with contributor S Saraswathi, the actor-director talks about winning the National award, and his struggles in the industry. In the last few years, we have seen the Naadodigal director more in front of the camera than behind, in a wide variety of roles ranging from that of a caring father to an inspiring teacher, a sincere cop and a corrupt politician.Ī man of many talents, Samuthirakani is a protégé of legendary director K Balachander. Samuthirakani opens up about his struggles and love for cinema.ĭirector Samuthirakani’s brilliant performance in Vetrimaaran’s crime thriller Visaranai has won him the National Award for Best Supporting Actor. 'Cinema has always been my first and only love and there came a point in my life when I realised that this was the only thing I wanted to do.' 'All the little hopes, dreams and pleasures of everyday life were lost in this continuous struggle to find myself a place in this world of cinema' ![]()
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