Chennai-based Santosh is today a filmmaker of international repute after his first film in English Beyond the Rains (2007) swept the critics off their feet and was also a commercial hit.
How different is this film from your earlier films on terrorism —Roja and Dil Se as cinematographer and The Terrorist as director? Roja was quite an experience as it had a lot of newcomers like A R Rahman and Aravind Swamy. It was an interesting blend of cinema, patriotism and terrorism. The Terrorist dealt with the internal journey of a suicide bomber. Tahaan is a film inspired by a newspaper clipping. When are you doing another film with Mani Ratnam? I have learned from every film and every director. But Mani is special and someone I really love working with. The last two films I worked for him, Dil Se and Iruvar got me national awards for the best cinematographer. My all-time favourite film of his is the classic Iruvar, which I think is his best work. I'm quite positive that sometime in the future, we will work together. Unfortunately, we don't know yet what this film is about or when it's going to happen. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Reeling_under_santosh/articleshow/3417312.cms -- regards, Vithur ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
