Twenty years ago I was learning floor directing from R.K. Selvamani on Tamil television sets. This essay traces what changed between producing for ratings at the peak of Star Vijay and producing Maadathy, which premiered at Busan IFF in 2019 - the difference between reach and depth, and the question I now ask before I commit to any story. Full essay: https://elangoraghupathy.substack.com/p/what-twenty-years-in-television-taught
What's the question you ask yourself before committing to a project, and has it changed over the years?
