[some random interview video where someone is speaking about maniratnam for

10secs]

Hello friends, welcome to "THE ALTERNATE REALITY".[channel opening video]

Cinema is not about a single art and artist, it’s a combination of different art forms
and director is the headman for all the artists.[some clips of cinematographers
running is dangerous situations and large sets for 12secs].

He is the one responsible for coordinating the creative activities of the artists and has
to see that consistency of style and quality is achieved throughout production and
ensure that the desired output is obtained.[random clips of director intensely explaining
a scene to his crew 12secs]

Indian cinema has seen many successful directors through the decades but not many
could sustain the cultural and commercial changes and last longer. [clips/posters of
some directors who started successfully but couldn’t last longer for 12secs]

But, Maniratnam has mastered the art and has always stayed relevant in time for the
last 4 decades and is still continuing his prolonged success. Today, we try to find the
reasons behind his timeless genius. [random clips of someone praising mani and his
journey for 10secs]

1.characters and characterization:

The character arcs of his lead actors are written in a way that they are relatable to us
and we travel with them for a long time. whatever the movie is, he teaches us
something. [some clips from his movies where the actor is saying a relatable dialogue
for 10secs]

most importantly, at a time where the lead ladies are not being given any importance
and are only used for a few scenes and mass numbers,[clips of some random hindi
commercial cinema with zero importance to actress for 8secs]

his stories mainly revolves around women or the consequences of the relation between
a man and woman. His women are not just remembered for their looks but they has
their individuality and are strong, desperate, fighting for their desires. These strong
characters are always designed and portrayed beautifully on screen which made
everyone love them. [different clips from different movies showing strong women centric
roles for 20 secs]
2.visual story telling and metaphors:
A story is not just said through the words or actor’s actions, it can be expressed visually
by all possible ways and maniratnam knows that very well.[clips from any movie
showing some vst for 8secs].

from the very beginning he is metaphorical in using the name surya for rajini in
dalapathi , sakthivelu in nayakan,, inba in yuva…also, he often uses natural elements
like sun, wind, rain to display particular emotions or sequences brilliantly.[shots from
alaipayuthey where wind blows madhavan’s hair towards his head and shalini’s away
from her and the usage of wind in uyiraye song in Bombay for 20secs].

he uses natural light and open locations in most of the sequences to show emotions
and a position character is in. even in designing those, he took meticulous care of
everything.[some brilliant shots in natural light or the truth the revealing scene to the girl
on her birthday scene in kannathil muthamittal for 15 secs]

The way he designed the looks of the character like kamal in naayakan which was
inspired from the textbook gangster drama Godfather and michael from yuva, inspiration
of student leader george reddy, were trendsetters. Also, the visual grandeur he offers
and the way his songs are shot usually are always enriching for audience. [pics
comparing looks of godfather and naayagan and other visually great shots songs for 12
secs]

3.Mastering the genre and staying with the time:

Throughout his career, his focus has been mostly on romance, crime or inspirations
from real sequences.[different clips showing these three genres from different movies
for 15 secs]

but during these last four decades he showed us different forms of love that changed
from time to time and which was relatable to the current trend in the society. With his
debut, Pallavi anu Pallavi he has shown us love is beyond age and separated the lines
between trust and attraction.[clips from this movie for 12 secs showing the ambiguity]

In Bombay, we have seen that love is beyond religion and everything. Naayagan taught
us love has nothing to do with the past. In mounaraagam and roja he showed us life
after love failure and love after marriage. Geethanjali and dilse are the tragic love
stories which taught us to love until death and love that leads even leads to death.[clips
from all these movies depicting these description for 40-50 secs]
Alaipayutehy , o kadal kanmani , kaatru veliyadai are the modern day love stories that
are written exactly with their present day societal position.[ clips from these movies
showing modern love for 15 secs]

Often, he chose subjects inspired from real events and dealt them with ease
portraying the love in them. he took political subjects like hindu-muslim riots, sri
lankan civil war, the shaping of the modern tamilnadu politics and even included
anti-nationals in dilse and roja. [different intense clips from these movies for
15secs]

Whatever the subject is, his stories are always written in accordance with the
present trend in the society but can be remembered forever.[clips from o kadal
kanmani where the dialogue is about live-in relation and another clip from
another old movie about long term relation for 15 secs]

4.MULTIPLE LANGUAGES:
one of the reasons why his fame has spread all over the country is because almost
all his movies were dubbed or remade in other languages and also the frequent
collaborations with stars from different industries helped him spread his fame.

[ geethanjali movie climax clip for 12secs, raavanan hindi, dil se, guru, raavan,
sakhi telugu posters in the background for another 12secs ]

5.GREAT COLLABORATIONS : [a picture of maniratnam with some of his

famous cast and crew]
A good director always needs great artists. From the beginning of his career he
always chose great actors for all the roles and everyone delivered unbelievable
performances in their roles.[videos of some strong performances from his movies
for 15secs].

Its sometimes unbelievable how he could cast the same actor in three varied roles within a span
of 4 years[clips of madhavan in loverboy look in alaipayuthey and thug look in yuva
and other role in kannathil muthamittal for 15 secs]

and also reverse the role of the same actor for a different version of the same movie.[ shots of
Vikram in different roles of raavan for 10secs]
b)when it comes to music no one needs to remind us the music in his movies. everyone's
playlists contain his evergreen albums. the way he always got such great output from ilayiraja sir
and still gets from rahman is always fascinating.[ some songs in the background for 15
secs]

c)A cinematographer must enhance the vision of his director and our
cinematographers like pc sreeram who shot the epic crime drama nayakan,
mounaraagam [some famous shots from these movies running in the background
for 15secs]

and santosh sivan who won consecutive national awards in 97and 98 for Iruvar
and dil se [famous hand shot and other shots from these movies for 15secs]

and many greats like ravi chandran, rajeev menon...who put their best never
failed to glorify the visuals. Its always a visual treat to watch a maniratnam movie.
[other great shots from kaatru veliyidai and other movies for 15 secs]

of course, his display of patriotism, good production values, staying away from of
all the typical masala content,fan stuff and his offscreen clean slate have all been
some added assets for his successful journey.[the hindu-muslim unity shot in
Bombay and other colorful scenes of any movie on screen and morethukochindi
song humming in the background in a fading tone till the end for 15secs]