As it was your first film, were you nervous when the shooting started?
I was totally nervous. First of all, I didn't want to let my friend down. He had invested Rs 1.5 crores after going through losses. My career and my friend's money were at stake. I was so scared that I used to go to the local ground where we were going to shoot the film and pray all night.
I read that when the film was ready, distributors did not want to touch it...
True. They were scared to buy it. The film had newcomers and the only known name was Yuvan Shankar Raja!
One big distributor after watching the film remarked that it would not do well. We were very disappointed. But Charan was confident that the film would work.
Finally many young and first time distributors bought the film. For example, Actor Simbu loved the film so much that he bought the Madurai area.
How was the first day of release?
It was a very tense day. We released it in six theatres in Chennai. We were in all the theatres. To our surprise, we found the first theatre we visited was packed. We were thrilled and shocked at the same time.
We didn't know why. Then, we heard people chanting the song Saroja Saamaan Nikalo and realised that it was Yuvan Shankar Raja who's responsible for the packed houses.
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