I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A DIRECTOR'S ACTOR - Kalaiyarasan

KALAIYARASAN IS ONE OF THE PROMINENT ACTORS WHO IS VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT CHOOSING HIS SCRIPTS AS HE LIKES TO PLAY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. MOST OF HIS CHARACTERS ARE LOVED BY HIS FANS. HE SHARES HIS ACTING JOURNEY AND SOME OF THE INTERESTING ANECDOTES IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR PROVOKE LIFESTYLE.

- KIRUBAKSHINI

1. What made you decide to enter the acting profession?

From my schooling, I was attracted to the media. I loved watching films and wanted to get into the field of cinema in any stream. Later, in college we used to discuss cinema and were directing short films. I acted in a short film back then. That’s where the journey of acting started.

2. What are your short-term goals for your acting career?

I’m not sure about the goals; rather I wanted to be a good actor. If a director writes a story with different roles and performance-based unique characters, then they should have that confidence in me that I can pull it off better than anyone else.

3. What do you hope to achieve in the long term as an actor?

Every actor has a dream of doing lead roles. Even if I do a lead role, the story should create an impact among the audience. I cannot do commercial scripts but instead would like to focus on different characters and interesting scripts for a long-term career. Adding to it, I also want to stand out as a good performer.

4. What is your greatest strength as an actor?

One of the greatest strengths for an actor is self-confidence. I love to be a director's actor. When a director is designing the character, he knows it well how to shape his actors. My duty as an actor is to work on the character and analyse it with real life. Also, we should have the orientation on how to take it to the audience and justify the character. Another greatest strength is to get engaged with the character with a good performance and then automatically the audience will start loving the character.