Naga Neram

[laddu]

Naga sir....when is your next serial coming.........????

[bingleguy]

Naga sir !

What is your opinion on screenplay ..... ?

Do u think screenplay contribute almost 50% to the success of the serial ..... ?

[bingleguy]

Naga sir ... still expecting your answer on the SCREENPLAY

[bingleguy]

Meendum CR

[nacdaman]

Naaga Sir...When is paramapadam going to be on air???? is it a bi lingual..

[kelly]

Mr Naaga, we are still waiting for your new serial

[bingleguy]

I am sorry for the long gap that i left on this thread .....

well I had a call with Naga sir yest so happy to speak to him after a long time ..... We went on and on and on ... n i forgot that i am disturbing him on his daily schedule ..... so thought of giving a gap ... arai mani nerathukku appuram dhaan avarai vitten
enna panradhu.... u r so admired ....

Naga sir ...... as usual another question from my side ...

how do u choose the actors ????

>> based on their familarity .... ?
>> based on their rating and ability ?
>> can make anyone act ?????

[aanaa]

thanks to keep this page in live

[Naaga]

Im sorry too...for the long gap.

how do u choose the actors ????

>> based on their familarity .... ?
>> based on their rating and ability ?

Well, choosing actors start with the character getting etched in my mind. Then first the body structure and age come into play.

After i identify some people in the right age group and with the right body structure...........then one of the faces (with certain minor corrections popularly known as 'Get-up-change')will define and complete my characters.

If the inherent personality of the actor has shades of the character as seen by me, then nothing like it.
(example: if you happen to meet Krishna somewhere, you will see there is not much difference between him and 'Somu')

Then, if the person is a first time actor, i go for an audition to find
1.if the person has talent
2.whether he is interpreting my character well
(many a slip happens here........ basically because certain people are still bathroom actors.)

>> can make anyone act ?????

Can anyone be made to act.......?

Difficult question to answer.
If the person is inherently complex with inhibitions/hangups/egoism then it is difficult to make them act.
Though there are techniques to acting....all of them demand that you change or atleast suspend your self-evaluation. Hardest thing to do in life.
Once you master that, then the techniques are learnt in no time.

[P_R]

Sad basically because certain people are still bathroom actors.)

Though there are techniques to acting....all of them demand that you change or atleast suspend your self-evaluation. Hardest thing to do in life.
Once you master that, then the techniques are learnt in no time.

Has a universal ring to it, even outside the context.

Questions to Mr. Naga
1) A few years back Raj TV retelecast first MarmadEsam serial. The original weekly series, was telecast daily in the afternoon (!!).
The impact was very different. The hair raising suspense, mystic characters and music - not to mention the Olaichuvadi read by the booming voice-over- were all still there. But it was a shadow of the original.

It got me thinking about how , unlike filmmakers, you operate under the restrictions of the existing living room environment. Given a limited leverage on telecast slots, how much attention is it reasonabe expect out of the TV viewer ?

2) Whodunnit formats have the mandatory 'explanation' sequences. 'naan En appidi paNNinEnnaa........ hahahaha'. This, IMO, forces a dip in the visual storytelling . How do you strike a balance between telling the audience enough without getting someone to actually 'tell' it ?

3) Ramani vs. Ramani was among the first serials in Tamil to use the laughter track. Usually laughter cues in serials and stage were/are given with the help of music. Do you think 'laughter-track' is an improvement over this ? How would you respond to the common accusation that laughter track is used to cover-up when a joke falls short on screen ?