What made you choose Nandanar's life and his stories as the subject of your first feature film?
I have always been attracted by Nandanar's stories. There have been other writers as well who have been excellent in some of his pet topics -- like war and those based on the rural Valluvanadan settings -- but he has been the best as far as children's stories are concerned.
His stories are highly relevant even now and the current generations can relate to the characters. The language that his characters speak is in the tone which the common people use.
Nandanar's stories also reveal his political views though the writer himself was never too vocal about that aspect. He was an extremely interesting person who had a tremendous love for life but had decided to end it on his own, at a certain point.
My efforts have never really been to answer the questions that arise as we analyse his thoughts, but to pass them on to the minds of the audiences.
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