My desire is to cast Vetri in my film as protagonist – Director Ameer

The root-cause of ‘Maayavalai’ is director Ramesh Balakrishnan. Senior journalists know him. He made the wonderful film ‘Adharmam’. He directed many leading actors. I have a longtime friendship with him. I wanted to work as his assistant, but his journey changed. He ventured into TV field. But his desire is to do cinema. One fine day I invited him to make a film, we told this story to many heroes, but it didn’t happen. At one point of time, he wanted me to act and that’s how ‘Maayavalai’ happened.

We had a budget in mind when we started this film, but it got out of hand. Many people came to my help. This is for the first time I am meeting you after completing a film. This is new to me. I informed Vetrimaaran about ‘Maayavalai’ when we started it. And I screened the film to him after the shoot was over. He said he would release it on his banner. We are proud that a filmmaker like Vetrimaran, who knows today’s cinema business, is releasing our film.

Yuvan Shankar Raja, who has always supported me in all my films, has scored the music for this movie as well. Initially there were no songs, but now there are three songs. Yuvan has done a brilliant job.

Sanchita Shetty is extremely talented and has given her best to this film. Though the shoot was at night, she actively participated without any complaints. This film will be very important for its protagonist.

Vincent was supposed to act in my first film, but then acted in ‘Yogi’.

Dheena is a very nice human being. In ‘Maayavalai’, he has performed very well as a policeman. Pradeep’s stunts will be talked about.

Art director Veeramani did a wonderful job. Ramjee has been the cinematographer for all my films, and he has beautifully captured this story during night.

Editor Ahmed, a wonderful talent introduced by my late friend Jananathan, continues to work with me.

‘Maayavalai’ has taken shape very well, watch it please and give your feedback. My desire is to cast Vetri in my film as protagonist.