All your four films have been hits. What is the secret of your success?
I think I know what the audience will like. I like to be among them and observe the changing trends — the kind of stories people will appreciate. Script is the most important ingredient. Then comes the screenplay.
Creativity becomes fake when you lose your contact with the public. I think of success, not money. If you are successful, money will follow automatically. But if you only think of money and no success, it’s of no use. [rediff.com: 'I was doubtful if Aamir will suit the role']
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December 18, 2008 at 3:31 pm
“Script is the most important ingredient. Then comes the screenplay.”
What does he mean?
December 18, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I ve watched ghajini and later on memento ( hollywood source )
ghajini was a class 1 entertainer sans doubt. But there s only a trace
of memento in ghajini. The movie was crafted with indian audience in mind. This aspect underlines what u ‘ve quoted from murugadoss here.
Personally i do not favour directors who does scene by scene remake movies without giving credits. But murugadoss had done a lot to light up a dark movie like memento to a ghajini which had ‘suttrum vizhi” hummed from every one who left the movie hall.
December 19, 2008 at 12:00 am
who’s talking about script here? the man who didnt leave
a single idea out of ‘memento’ in his ‘remake?’ and still
he didnt have the guts to follow the climax to beginning
narration of the original movie.
December 19, 2008 at 2:45 am
A great tip indeed from a person who has lifted an entire storyline from a Hollywood flick (Memento) packaged it with some songs (Creativity, if you want) and made it in Tamil and Hindi.
December 19, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Firstly, I wasn’t talking about any of that. I haven’t watched any of his films. Only heard about it through the internet like this.
“Script is the most important ingredient. Then comes the screenplay.”
My question is what does he mean by script comes first, then screenplay. Aren’t they both the same thing. Scripts and screenplays.
Anyway, Nolan’s “Memento” isn’t really Hollywood.
It more of an indie American film. It wasn’t even distributed
by any mainstream studios. Still, that film made approx 40 million.
Four times its budget.
Is it possible for any non-mainstream films in India to do that?
I think somebody should ask Nolan for a tip, with his latest flick
making $996,748,227 (almost a billion) world wide.
December 21, 2008 at 7:55 am
You don’t need much of a talent in what these guys are doing. Rent the DVD of some acclaimed film. Get some paper & a pen (or a laptop). Start writing a script by ripping-off parts of it. Add songs. Add ridiculous fight sequences and any other ‘masala’ elements. Shoot the film. But most importantly market it well. You got your movie.
@James
“A script is for actor reference mostly. It gives a detail of spoken word, broken down into each character’s lines. It has small details about plot setting, but nothing in depth. The screenplay is what get sent out to designers and preliminary actor calls. It’s got more details about how shots work, and acts more as an inspiration to design around. It expresses the emotion of the film completely and has notes about colors, lights, setting, and feelings the writer wants to portray. The screenplay is what gets people interested in the film. The script is the shorter, working version.” – http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006032705193
December 21, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I thought scripts were a short form for screenplays.
As Tom is for Thomas.
I knew there were the screenlays (scripts) written by
the screenwriter(s). And the “shooting script” used
by the film director which has his notes on the frames and scenes and other visual elements.
December 22, 2008 at 8:58 am
first half enjoyable. second half bore.
nayanthara’s generous anatomy display was one reason the film was a hit – not to mention asin and the nice songs