Rediff.com: Movies: An encounter with S Ganeshan November 7, 2002 > > SECTIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • Fabulous Offers! 125/- mother should know Your Lipstick Jeeyo, magar Search the Internet Sites:, 'I didn't want to make cheap comedy' From Mani Ratnam's assistant to independent filmmaker,Susi Ganesan has come a long way Shobha Warrier You would not think that an automobile engineer had anything to do with films. More so if he has graduated from the Madras Institute of Technology, the institute that produced India's missile man, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. But S Ganesan, who graduated from the prestigious MIT, did turn to films. 'I wrote short stories and worked as a student reporter for the Tamil magazine Vikatan. Though it was not a passion, I wanted to be a filmmaker. Huawei echolife hg865 manually.
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In Tamil Nadu, writing and filmmaking are interconnected.' While he was doing his graduation in Physics in Madurai, S Ganesan became Susi Ganesan; 'Su' for Subbayyah (his father’s name) and 'Si' for Sittappa (his mother's name). His elder brother, a Tamil professor, encouraged him to dream about making films, but only after equipping himself with a degree. When he got an admission at MIT after his BSc, he grabbed it without thinking twice.
'I wanted to be an engineer. I wanted to be a professional. I also wanted to be a filmmaker.
Had I been an engineer, I would have been one among thousands of engineers. Now, I am known!'
After he graduated ten years ago, he rejected all the offers that he got from various companies and stood waiting outside the office of noted filmmaker Mani Ratnam to work as assistant director. Recent Stories Don't Miss! Recent Reviews After several days of waiting, he sought the help of his sister's friend, the award-winning art director Thotta Tharani.
At the time, Thotta Tharani was creating the sets of Mani Ratnam's Thiruda Thiruda. His recommendation worked. Susi Ganesan got an appointment with Mani Ratnam but 'it was a failure,' as he couldn't convince the director that he wanted to be a filmmaker and not an automobile engineer. 'Why do you want to waste your time when you are an engineer?
If you really want to make films, write a script and meet some producers. An assistant director's job is the most idiotic job in the world. Why do you want to be an assistant? I never assisted anyone,' was the director’s comment. The problem was Susi Ganesan did not know how films were made. He only wanted to make films. It took him one-and-a-half years after graduation to start working as assistant.