With him, you can work a lot of hand movements, which generally doesn’t look good on many actors. Is there anyone else with his kind of swag? I tried to understand his body language and choreographed only the movements he could easily do. I think performance is all about how you reflect your personality. He can rhythmically sway, bounce or tap to the tune and ultimately it all boils down to style. Truth be told, he displays flexible body movements and is a good dancer. Many people talk about Rajini sir’s style, charm and persona, but nobody talks about how he dances. Sheriff Moideen, choreographer: (Photo: Sheriff Moideen/ Facebook) For sure, you know it wasn’t fake humility and for a moment I did wonder what a down-to-earth man! What is more important is that the gentle-manliness was accompanied by rare integrity. I remember being nervous on the starting of the shoot, but he initiated a conversation, and that is quite nice of him. And we discussed yoga, yogis among other things. He is one of the nicest people I have come across in life. I am already a fan of Superstar, and now after Petta, I am in complete awe of him. After the very first day, I lost that feeling of doing a ‘Rajini sir film’, because he made me feel comfortable. This is the first time I have been getting so much love from fans all over, and I feel overwhelmed. I am glad it happened.Īny actor would have blindly accepted to work with Rajini sir and I am no exception. But I never thought I would do sound designing for Petta. Rajini sir was here a couple of years ago during the pre-production work of 2.0, and I met him during that time. Karthik had briefed me clearly about the sound design before we started.

Be it his earlier films - Mercury or Pizza, they have had a unique sense of soundscape.

It’s always a pleasure to work with Karthik Subbaraj because he is one of the very few directors, particularly the new age ones in the south, who understands the importance of sound, which gives expression to a film.

Petta cast