Raja Karuppasamy on Sudden Success, Losing Yourself to Cinema & Tarantino

Create your own Director's Desk Mat on Fully Filmy: https://bit.ly/4rXrqYW What happens when you finally get everything you've always wanted? In this episode of Fully Filmy, Raunaq Mangottil sits down with Raja Karuppasamy, the writer-director of Modha Rathri, for an incredibly candid conversation about his sudden success, the guilt that comes with it, the price of passion, and his lifelong obsession with cinema. From Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Reservoir Dogs to Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes, Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, and shows like Fleabag, The Wire and The Bear, Raja takes us through the films, filmmakers and stories that have shaped the way he sees the world. We also get into his journey to making Modha Rathri, the challenges of casting unconventional leads, his experiences as an actor, why he's turning down lead-actor offers, and why he wants to remain a filmmaker first. But beyond the movies, this is also a conversation about ambition, self-doubt, the joy of being a loser, and the fear of losing yourself to something you love. As Oscar Wilde once said, "There are only two tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." A conversation about loving cinema, chasing dreams, and what happens when those dreams finally come true. --- Follow Fully Filmy: Online Store: https://fullyfilmy.in Instagram:   / fullyfilmy   YouTube:    / @fullyfilmytamil   Twitter:   / fullyfilmy_offl   #RajaKaruppasamy #ModhaRathri #FullyFilmy #TamilCinema #QuentinTarantino #Filmmaking #cinema Chapters 0:00 Highlights 1:10 Why is Raja Karuppasamy everywhere? 2:47 The skill first-time filmmakers have to learn 5:45 Life is full of guilt 7:45 Are we wasting time? 9:40 Influence of world cinema in Modha Rathiri 10:20 Quentin Tarantino and Inglourious Basterds 11:17 Iranian films influence 11:30 Jafar Panahi's Offside 12:16 Rajkumar Hirani 14:07 Raja's introduction to cinema 17:12 Path-breaking Aadukalam 18:00 Getting inspired by Sivakarthikeyan 19:10 Getting into world cinema at Loyola 19:36 Deeper into Tarantino 23:42 Tarantino to Venkat Prabhu 24:17 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 24:53 The obsession of Akira Kurosawa 25:17 More obsessed filmmakers 26:45 Conversational Films 26:50 Coffee and Cigarettes 31:30 The trap of writing Tamil commercial cinema 32:22 Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Woody Allen 33:28 Crazy Mohan 34:03 The socially relevant comedy of Vivek 34:30 Richard Linklater's Films 36:26 The craziness of Fleabag 38:27 Hugely underrated 'The Wire' 40:02 Raja Karuppasamy is THE BEAR 44:43 The tragedy of success and Annamalai 46:11 The 6-year struggle of Raja 53:12 The craze of Rishikanth 54:34 Deciding to become an actor 58:26 Unexpected fame 59:53 Acting offers and Directors becoming Actors 1:05:12 Meeting Simbu 1:09:38 Raja Karuppasamy's dream for first-time filmmakers 1:17:23 The 'Surprise'