You have written the story and screenplay. From where did you get the inspiration to write such a story?
During the 2006 elections in Tamil Nadu, one political party promised to give 20 kilograms of rice free every month, 10 sovereigns of gold free for their daughters' wedding and also a computer free. Not to be outdone, the opponent promised to give everyone, if they were elected, a free television set. Guess who won? The one promising the TV set!
People would rather go without food, without getting their daughters' married off and without providing their children proper education, than doing without their daily dose of the idiot box. This got me thinking.
My story is a social commentary too. I feel a lot of people will relate to the story. It took me two years to write the script. It was a tough script to write. I wrote seven different drafts before finalising it. As it is a suspense thriller, I have to engage the viewer from the first scene till the last. That was why it took me so long to write.
13B/Yaavarum Nalam is my effort of spinning an interesting yarn around the TV, using a typical Indian family with its fascination for home grown soaps, as the backdrop.
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