Did you try to make a film very different from Kaadal Kondein or did you follow the same pattern?
7-G Rainbow Colony is very, very different from Kaadal Kondein, which was technically advanced. There, the story of a mentally disturbed guy was experimental. It concentrated more on what was going on internally. You won’t see many guys like him in society but the hero of 7-G is an average guy with whom youngsters can identify. Nobody wants to make films on below average, middle class guys; either the heroes are geniuses or physically strong enough to beat up 100 people! My hero is a normal guy who cannot score more than 50 percent or 60 percent in school and college. If you go to any classroom, you will see that only 10 percent to 15 percent study really well, while 65 percent to 70 percent fall short of something, and at least 15 percent to 20 percent fail. Nobody is interested in making a film on them, and these students always suffer from inferiority complex. Just think, is there a life for them? They don’t finish the course in the stipulated time. If at all, they get a degree, the
