Mani Ratnam on Tamil cinema now not having Rs 1000 crore field place of job hit: ‘Why are we making films…’

Mani Ratnam used to be just lately requested about his view on why Tamil cinema hasn’t hit the Rs 1000 crore benchmark on the field place of job.

During an interview with YouTube channel Gobinath, the filmmaker spoke back, “Why are we making films? Is it just because we want to make a high-yielding movie or a film that is authentic and, to an extent, a good film? Initially, it used to be whether a movie was good, bad, or just average, but now it goes too much into collections and all.”

Upon being wondered whether or not such obstacles would kill creativity, the director was hoping that it could now not occur within the days to come back.

Mani Ratnam is recently busy with interviews, owing to the discharge of his film Thug Life. The gangster actioner slated to unencumber on June 5, 2025, options Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan TR in lead roles, taking part in father and foster son.

The film co-penned through Haasan and Ratnam options the story of Rangaraaya Sakthivel Naicker, an getting old gangster who’s presumed to be lifeless. In his eyes, suspicions of his loss of life ended in his followed son, Amaran, who has now turn into the pinnacle of his mafia gang.

With vengeance in his thoughts, Sakthivel makes a decision to guide himself on a sport of loss of life to conquer Amaran, highlighting how their destinies have been all the time intertwined.

As Haasan and STR play the main roles, the film options an ensemble forged of actors like Trisha Krishnan, Abhirami, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Ashok Selvan, Joju George, Nassar, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, and plenty of extra in key roles.

The makers of Thug Life just lately attended the movie’s audio release tournament. With all of the album composed through AR Rahman being unveiled, maximum netizens took understand of ways one track used to be crooned through Shruti Haasan.

Check out the Thug Life album:

Coming to Mani Ratnam’s paintings entrance, the mythical director used to be remaining observed helming the undertaking Ponniyin Selvan I and II, which launched in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

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