Radhakrishnan Parthiban is a restless soul. He keeps getting innovative ideas, some of which turn into films, and some of which change into interesting dialogues in those films. Some of them, in fact, turn into gift ideas as well.
For the audio launch of his last film Iravin Nizhal , the actor-director invited guests with a mouth organ. For his latest film, Teenz , keeping with the theme, he would pack a ruler and blackboard with the invite. “If I sell some of my ideas or lines to an ad agency, I would probably be a rich man today,” he smiles.
At his office in Chennai’s Nandanam, a space dotted with film posters, awards and a variety of pens, Parthiban is chiding one of his assistants for serving tea in a paper cup. He is also simultaneously talking to a theatre owner in Puducherry regarding show timings. The actor-director is a perfectionist, a fact he unabashedly admits to.
“My father taught me dedication and discipline, something that I try emulating in my cinema life even today. There are a few directors who can work with huge stars in a couple of films and charge crores of rupees..
.but those are exceptions and not the norm. I see myself as the norm, because I am someone who has to struggle to get out a film,” he says.
A still from ‘Teenz’ A different line Teenz , his latest effort that has music by D Imman , revolves around a bunch of children who are eager to announce to the world that they are “not kids anymore.” For Parthiban, usually known in the fi.
