00:00Hello. Hello. Welcome. First of all, I feel so, so, so good seeing you all after so many years.
00:12Same venue, same people, same smiles. I remember 2002 when I came into Chennai for the first time
00:21for Kaadal Adivadilai. Those days I met media friends and since then I did so many movies.
00:29I got so much love from you all. Until today, I feel like when I am meeting you all and
00:35talking to you,
00:36I feel that we did not lose any connect. I felt that bond and warmth with you all talking to
00:43you
00:43and spending time with you today. Tamil, little bit okay. I don't want to mess up unnecessarily.
00:54So, I lost track. Setu sir also will not speak in Tamil. He wants to learn Telugu,
01:01so he will ask me to speak in Telugu. So, I completely lost track. Yeah. So, coming back to this
01:09movie,
01:11Slumdog. I am here again, but this time as a producer and by God's grace, we have produced
01:19a lot of successful films in our banner Puri Connects and this is our first straight Tamil film
01:26coming from Puri Connects and it feels amazing to be here as a producer. We have got so much love
01:34already and Slumdog is a blend of action and emotion. Coming to action, it is very original
01:48and real kind of action you will see. You will see a lot of human to human connect, very grounded,
01:56original emotions you can expect from Slumdog and beautifully storytelling, beautifully expressed
02:07the screenplay and a blend of Setu sir and Puri Jagannath. It's going to be beautiful. Commercial
02:19meets the best talent. It's going to be beautiful and I promise you, we are going to make you proud
02:29with Slumdog, 33 Temple Road. It's going to be releasing in theatres very soon and I'm very proud
02:36of myself that I got the opportunity of producing this film, working with amazing actors. We have one
02:43of the best casting here starting from Setu sir. He is first an actor and an actor who is a
02:56big star.
02:58This combination makes a lot of difference for movies where you need performance plus you need to be
03:08full of commercial weight, where in trade and business people will believe that yes, he can hold a film
03:18like this on his shoulders by himself. That is Vijay Setupati for us. Thank you sir. I'm so so proud
03:26that you gave us this opportunity and sir I'm going to make you very proud and I promise you we
03:35are going
03:36to have one of the best theatrical release worldwide in all languages Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada.
03:45Then coming to one of my most favorite, my very very dear friends in so many years, Tabu Ma'am.
03:54When Puri sir wrote this script, it was Tabu Ma'am and Tabu Ma'am and Tabu Ma'am. We
04:01could not see anyone
04:02else doing this role and I personally know her as a friend and I am a big fan of Tabu
04:10Ma'am in so many years.
04:12So I just picked up the phone and I said, I need to meet you. She gave me the appointment.
04:18We met her
04:19and immediately she said, yes, I'm doing this. Not only my role but the whole film, the whole script is
04:28worth
04:29working for and she immediately gave us the confidence also that yes, you guys have written a great script.
04:39So thank you Tabu Ma'am. Till today she has been so supportive to us and always giving us good
04:45advice
04:46and everything. Thank you Tabu Ma'am. Then Dunya Vijay sir. Again, a gem of a person, pure gold at
04:55heart.
04:56We called him and he said, please come and we went to Bangalore, gave him the narration.
05:03He didn't ask me anything. He just stood, gave hug to Puri sir and said, sir, I am doing this
05:09film.
05:10I love the script and I want to work with you. No matter what, I am doing this film. He
05:15adjusted his
05:16dates for us and because we had a huge slum set up and other combination dates, he said, I'm doing
05:23this.
05:24He adjusted his dates for us and he was there for us. So Dunya Vijay Kumar sir, forever,
05:30forever thankful for accepting this film for us. You are a very big star in Kannada and of course
05:36everywhere and you play the main villain in this film. Thank you, thank you so much for that.
05:44And coming to my beauty, Samyukta, again with Samyukta, I called Karthik. Karthik has worked with us
05:52earlier. I said, Karthik, I want to meet Samyukta. This is a girl who comes from village. So I need
05:59to see
06:00her, how she looks right now. Because I've seen some of her interviews and I think she looks much
06:06prettier in person than in the movies that I have seen. So can I please meet her? And there Samyukta
06:14came and it was like love at first sight. We hit it immediately and the narration session continued
06:22towards dinner and then dancing. And then we were like, we just had a blast. And then she came over
06:29on sets. She fit into the role so beautifully. We wanted someone very naturally, naturally pretty
06:37and she pulled it off so nice. Her costume and her almost fresh, no makeup look and very casual dialogues
06:47where she has to believe in that role. You know, how sometimes women can get cranky and stubborn. And
06:57so she plays played that also very beautifully. And thank you Samyukta. And you are looking all the
07:04more beautiful now. Thank you. And Viti Ganesh, sir, what to tell? I have been wanting to work with
07:12him since so many years. Like you open social media and it is his memes coming up and you just
07:20keep
07:20laughing. So when you wanted to cast for this character, I just opened his video and I showed it
07:26to Purisa. I said, this man, he's like, yes, even I like him, call him, call him. And there it
07:33was,
07:33we had it, we have him on board. And in the movie, when we are watching the whole film,
07:39every time he comes, I laugh. He, he is not saying any dialogue. He just comes and he gives some
07:46reaction
07:46and we laugh. He is, he is the fresh element in the film. And, uh, his Telugu is so cute.
07:54His Hindi is
07:55so cute. Overall, he's very cute. Thank you. And, uh, we have Brahmaji in the film who's played a very,
08:04very, very nice, uh, uh, role. Uh, if I've forgotten someone, please forgive me. And, uh, coming to
08:12my main man, Vishu Reddy. He's the CEO of our company, but he is one man army. This man
08:23has made sure that this film, Purisa shoots without any stress. Whatever Purisa wants will
08:31be there on time, perfectly ready. No questions asked, whether it's fitting the budget, not fitting
08:39the budget, financial crisis, challenges, anything. Actors not coming on time, not actors, I mean,
08:46junior actors or whatever. Don't take me wrong. So we, we shot with so many juniors and so many
08:54dancers and because we had a huge slum set up and all that. So the whole set in the morning
08:59has to be
09:00on time. And he was there on his toes 24 seven on location without giving any stress to our director
09:10because he understands how a director needs to just focus on his creative business and complete
09:18marketing, publicity, business sales, you name it. He's one man army. I can never, never, never. I
09:25don't know how to thank you, Vishu. You are there rock solid, no matter what you are just amazing.
09:33Thank you so much.
09:41And JB motion pictures, JB Garu, real estate law, Chala successful. He's very successful with his
09:49partners, Mahinder Garu, Krishna Rao Garu and everyone. And I hope you get a lot of success in
09:56cinema and, uh, make a lot of movies and, uh, film industry needs more and more people, uh, believing
10:05in cinema. Thank you. And, uh, one of my most favorite technicians, musicians, Harshvardhan.
10:15He, since the time he stepped in the movie, the color of the movie has changed.
10:23He changed the life that he, he got in before edit and after edit. Um, it was different,
10:30but in the same edit, when we added his music, it just changed the whole element, the whole structure,
10:37the whole feeling of the film. Harshvardhan. I am so, so thankful to you and such a disciplined
10:44guy. Morning, he will be there ready with Puri sir. Till evening he will work. Puri sir likes one tune,
10:51superb. Does not like, immediately next tune, he'll start working. No complaints, nothing,
10:57no nonsense. You know, he's one of those rare music directors that me as a producer, I don't have to
11:03follow up. Tune vachinda. Or did the singer finish singing? Did we receive the tune? The track is on
11:09time. We have to shoot all this mess that producers go through. This man, he will follow up with us.
11:16Sir, when is the shooting, sir? When do you want the song, sir? That is Harshvardhan for us. And we
11:21need
11:22such discipline, um, music directors, musicians in this industry.
11:28Uh, finally, all our PROs, our whole team, production team, direction team,
11:34and our DOP, uh, Shamkin Naidugaru, our editor, Santosh, uh, each and every one. Um, thank you so much.
11:43Finally, to Chennai. Um, this is our first event from Slumdog in Chennai and you guys have given a lot
11:52of
11:53love, a lot of warmth. You made us feel at home today. I spent one hour with you, you people
11:59today and,
12:00um, uh, you people are amazing. Thank you. Thank you so much. I felt home after so many years. After
12:08almost 23 years, I feel I am back home. Thank you so much. And yes, we are going to have,
12:17we are going
12:17to make, we have made a good film and, um, I promise you, you all will love it. Thank you.
12:24Thank you.
12:28Thank you, Charmi ma'am. Uh, I think everybody wants you back on screen.
12:35Always let you, I felt you're cute and bubbly. So see. Okay. All right. Thank you. All right.
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