Vineeth Sreenivasan Interview With Baradwaj Rangan | Hridayam | Deep Focus 

04:50 More than Arun and Dharshana's goodbye I got teary eyed when the friend runs to the train, gives the sambar sadham and shouts 'Marandurada machaaaaan! :')

beautiful movie. I am from Kerala and studied engineering in TamilNadu. the film took me back to those beautiful college life and it is so much relatable to the life me and my friends had. not just the college life part but the realization after college life and the get together and lot of such scenes. was part of both ends of ragging, sold books to buy drinks (on the very day we got the books from college) fought with canteen people tried cleaning the room left the exam hall without really writing anything had a similar room with drawings lost a friend to accident had several moments when we decided to clean up the mess and study those railway station good byes get together we are having nowadays traveling and life realizations after college I saw our life in the movie. Thanks to Vineeth for making this film ❤

Vineeth literally used Chennai as one of the character of the movie instead of just a place. Between so much stereotypes, this is such a really beautiful way to pay homage and portray a different city/place that no one or few tried to do. Respect bro :) Love from Chennai

Frankly speaking when peoples attentions span is not longer than 8 seconds, keeping one hooked up one hour and 23 minutes is not a joke. Vineeth Srinivasan has so many things to share about this film.

Was riding my scooter, thought about 'marandidathe macha ' and started crying for no reason whatsoever 😊fuck man, if this is not good cinema, then I don't know what is❤😘

I never thought BR would do a deep dive with Hridayam, it is very sweet and wonderful to see him ask these questions to understand the director's intension on the scenes even though the movie as a whole felt plain and simple. It is really nice to see this kind of appreciation. Thank you BR for this interview.

I am surprised how carefully vineeth has created the characters ,the names,the family they would have ,the way those characters are so real for him , truly he is a genius.now I feel like to watch the movie again

I think Baradwaj Rangan really had a darshana in his life 😅

In an interview Vineeth told how he introduced his love to his dad..As he was not confident enough to tell him on face,he called him on phone and told he is in a relationship and Sreenivasan sir asked is it the girl who came on this day at home (among many friends)and correctly pointed out which one is her..As Vineeth was surprised and asked how do you knew it,he said "A MAN IN LOVE IS RIDICULOUS TO WATCH" Just wanted to say it here as he mentioned how in ease sreeni sir writes ,but has beautiful or immense meanings...

I like Mr. Baradwajs interview. He notes each and every minute point. He said about the train taking pranav to chennai and at interval Train taking pranav back. Wow

3 hr long film deserves 1 hr plus discussion

In my life hridayam is the first movie which I watched twice in theatre still feel to watch it again bcoz it's not a movie it's a feeling always connected to hridayam....

No one does an interview better than BR. Now I need to go watch Hridayam again.

there is one scene where pranav really shocked me as an actor..when he video call darshana about becoming a father..it was so well performed..

Hugs to Ranjan Abraham🖤 His efforts in editing is exceptional

Hearing Vineeth speak is like putting your head on a feather pillow after a long day at work. He takes the term "soft spoken" to another level :D what a splendid personality!

Loved this interview. The excitement BR have for this movie is contagious.

An interview from the "Hridayam". Both of you were just amazing! Thank you !❤️

Hridayam is successful because movie is very connecting to audience ; script is well woven with people feelings . I literally cried when arun named his son SELVA ♥️

Keep a round table with mallu directors, vineeth sreenivas, prithviraj, sreenath rajedran, priyadharshan, basil Joseph, ashiq abu, manu ashokan, alphonseputhren, Anwar Rasheed, amal neerad, anjali menon, geethu Mohandas, roshan Andrews...

Two long interviews in such short span ...hmm.. commendable Vineeth..so much to talk about

I could actually sense there were 2 movies; by the time the interval came the first half had an emotional quality of an actual 2hr film, I LITERALLY CRIED WHEN THE SELVA DEATH SCENE HAPPENED I am so emotionally peaked after such a long time. THANK U VINEETH ANNA FOR THIS FILM.

I'm so deep in interviews over this movie but I still cant get over the fact that how much thought this man had put into the writing of this. Even the names have some meaning. I never thought darshana, nithya and even maya was more than just name for the characters.. but that the meaning of it explained the character. Like wow.

Maya breakup scene is my second favourite scene in the whole movie..!! Excellently done !! Emotionally the Sambhar Saadham scene is also good (coz i had done my college in TN)... and Visually and musically the staircase scene was my favourite scene..

He is not answering the questions. He explains it. Wholesome interview.

Repeating my comment from the last interview I feel like writing a film right away😂... BR just made Vineeth dissect the whole movie...wow it was beautiful I didn't know the process of film making had this much of intricacies..and Vineeth had a clear cut idea of every nuances..You are brilliant Vineeth Etta...❤️

Thankyou for asking Vineeth all these amazing questions about Hridayam. Love how you broke down the characters and scenes so beautifully Baradwaj Rangan (as always)

Big big fan of Vineeth, beautiful soul, voice and so down to earth, watched this movie only because of him, that's how much I value his brand

I'm late but one of the best interview I ever watched... Really our indian industry need such kind of interview where director will tell the part... Thank you BR bringing such great analysis, questions kudos sir 🙌🙌 and thank you vineeth for giving us hridayam

Havent skipped a second... as always BR just deals everything with ease...🖤🖤 Vineeth sreenivasan ...the gem ❤

The decision to move to Chennai after school was one of the best decision I have taken in my life. The city has given me so much love, warmth and I was lucky enough to have met some beautiful souls. It's always my home and I can't wait to get back to my beautiful city. Chennai is life and thankyou Vineeth for creating the Chennai magic again❤

This was a very much wanted interview from the side of "the maker of hridayam".. And I couldn't control my excitement as it happened with FCsouth...once any film is released, it's thereafter not only the film of it's makers but also the property of it's audience as well... And I felt so involved while the interviewer pointed out each little nuances of the movie... I wonder how beautifully he processed a new side of the story inside his head.. Also it was a delight to watch and hear from vineeth sreenivasan talking about his way of thought process and back stories of the film.. The point which BR sir stick on for about half of the interview was that " the film was not only arun's but also darshanas"..and that made me think for a while... But this version of darshana is beautiful, real and convincing as the way it is conceived by the maker.. And if it wasn't this way, then it wouldn't have been the hridayam what we all have loved and taken into our hearts....in many ways I could relate myself with darshana... And I find it more relatable... Also to add, I expected BR sir to touch on some more sensitive but yet some other beautiful scenes from the movie like the father-son hug scene, kalyani's scenes after the delivery, selva's terrace and his death, lachu paatti's food, smile and yoga, the importance of train in the film, darshana recalling her kissing arun while kissing his son etc...hridayam was beyond 2 love stories.... At the end of the day, one can't dissect more or judge those intentions of the maker as it is all his characters, his experiences, his believes and his hridayam ...♥

BR is one of the most curious kid I have seen. Loved this interview ❤️

I get how Darshana reacted that way at the station. It was the last day and you feel all the emotions and that makes you say things.

BR praising HRIDYAM for the whole 1 hour 23m and it truly deserves the praise

After seeing this deep focus inyerview, i realise that i have not thought not noted any of the things that Baradwaj points out and asks. Its really excellent how you read a simple film like hridayam. Wasn't expecting Baradwaj to do a analysis though i wanted it to happen. Excellent interview and the thoughts by Vineeth. Have to watch again when it comes in OTT.

Kumbakonam 💚 only people's who stayed there for months will understand the kind of vibration in that town 🐾

Love you FCSouth for this! Have been waiting for this since I came out of this film!

As per me this interval scene is done beautifully if u guys remember that in the beginning arun asks one of the passenger how will chennai be he tells that after 4 years when u return u can feel some one pulling your heart strings😍

He is an unique talent. Probably more than his father Sreenivasan. An awsome singer, his choices of acting in movies from beginning, direction, even production; I dont think there is any youngster in his age group who can compete with him.

This interview is another reason to fall deeply in love with Hridayam!

The interviewer surely had a Darshana in his life

In this 1 hour interview, Vineeth ettan really had shared about his college and life moments and ig the movie really has many of that ♥️

How many of you wrongly guessed that he would name his son as "Dharshan"? 😂😂😂

I feel this one interview from Vineeth Srinivasan would help many beginner writers to become good writers. The way explained how he wrote the script was just fantastic. We should really thank BR for asking such beautiful questions with a creator like Vineeth. Have seen this interview thrice and it will go on for sure...

It amazed that names of the characters have deep meaning... Darshana, Maya & Nithya❤️ I got the chance to watch the movie at first day of release with my best friends. Music and visuals took us to another world of magic. I sit on the seat for few more after the movie and listened to the nagumo revival song and thinking about something. I wished to see more because it didn't make bore anywhere. I loved the movie. #mixedemotions

after this interview vineeth is gonna change the way he looks at a film..a lot that he had in mind remains untold leaving baradwaj confused abt the character arc and plot..many key details and cause nd effect revealed in this interview..thanks to fc❤️

My two favourites! 🤗🙌🥰 Waiting for the movie to come on OTT!!

Oh GOD that train leaving final goodbye scene to chennai and that run of his friend... Made me literally emotionally connected when I left coimbatore station to delhi..looking at my friends last time .. Had tears ... Thank Vineet....

താങ്കൾ ഒരു സംഭവം ആണ് വിനീത് ഏട്ടാ ❤❤

Telling a girl that she looks very beautiful when she looses her hair is a common pick up line ..I did that to all my girlfriends....they loved that

The honesty and effort he has put into each and every aspect❤️....it was such a nice interactive interview ✨

Thank you Baddy for bringing Vineeth to deep focus. It was very intriguing to know from Vineeth the thought process in film making and learnings that Vineeth had during process of making Hridayam. One of the best movies I thoroughly enjoyed at cinemas recently.

aaha brilliant!!! excellent!!! this is wht was needed.. thank you 👍

Such a nice conversation. So much to learn & admire. Loved it! ❤️

Great interview ! Kudos to Vineet and great to know you wanted to learn more on Ragas so that can make better films in future. We love your dedication and passion 🙏

The soft spoken director sir,weaves magic in dis masterpiece,I suppose with his soul stirring memoirs 👍hridayam in my bucket list after dis candid interview of Bharadwaj to make mr.vineeth speak inside out.

Wow..this was sooo good ..Big thanks

Oh my gawd...his explanation on names of characters really blown me up

rather than thinking deeply or searching too much logic vineeth just written it by his heart or the inner thoughts pulled him to write the script . ❤️ the result is we got a soulful film like hridayam 😊

But in that scene where Arun gives lift to Darshana, she happily approaches him thinking they are still having that spark,(in the song before they can be seen exchanging glances & smiles) they can still work on their relationship. So that scene was there when she knew she still loves him. Before the train scene where she actually blurts it out.

We were living the life of Arun while watching the movie. Such a feel good movie❤️. Much needed at these hard times. Gives us hope.

I am a student of KCG. This movie really rehashed my college memories

All hearts... So satisfying! Getting to know the layers. I had many thoughts like BR had. This talk was like giving answers n validation... 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Great 2 c that everyone was talking only about what other than 15 songs r in the movie & now after the release no one can even figure out how the songs panned out in an organic & beautiful way

Finally i finished the interview completely at one stretch!...there are lot of take backs and id like to try cry out louder since i dont have a girlfriend!

This is a beautiful interview. Kudos to Vineeth. Bharadwaj really got into the depth of the movie.

Loved the interview. Eventhough I knw that Vineethettan isn't goin to do a movie on Darshana. I really want him to do or at least write a story in Darshana's perspective.

phewww... what a discussion...this is exactly what i wanted aftr watchin the movie.... darshana by far the most intriguing and enigmatic charecter.. lovd darshana rajendran expressing complex emotions like water..the min they show arun and darshanas egos kicking in and they both goin to extreme to hurt each other i was like dude they r not meant to be together though they can fire up the screen with their passion and chemistry but in life u want peace and not sparks.. so these two being identical and confused they r just not meant to be together and vineeth had the same thot.. so i was relieved... and like rangan said.. mayas fathers death scene and aruns sons birth scene i felt had the purest of feel and emotion coz birth and death being the purest of emotion one goes thru..so no scope to fake there,, so maya asks that question to arun and similarly arun calls darshana at his sons birth the one who is closest to his heart rather who is just like him at heart.... thanx vineeth for this awesome movie!!!!

Omg... His voice in earphones 😇

Thanks a lot sir.. 😍😍😍😍😍😍 you have asked the right questions.. and Vineeth delivered the honest answers... Beautiful interview.... ❤️❤️❤️from the heart'❤️

It is good to see that BR is taking the interview so day asking about the important scenes in this movie which really struck the chord. Hridayam is going to be big Malayalam hit in 2023 and some of the songs are really addictive.

Thanks for doing this ❤️

Thank you BR for the deep focus. It was great.listening to it after watching hridayam 3 times.

Absolutely loved the movie. I was sure that you would call him for a deep focus episode. I dont know if you will read this comment but still going ahead and putting it out before the comment section gets crowded. Could you please do an 'Ask BR' episode of the movie before you do a Deep Focus with the director? I mean it would be good to get across our questions to the director which we cannot otherwise. It would probably also help you to get some other questions/points that you would not have thought of. Please consider. Thank you.

Listened to whole interview in 3 sessions....loved the depth to which he explored..

In the alley scene. Antony writes Antony Thadikkaran was here. For a second, I thought that Arun would write like "so was Arun." 😂😇

That answer from Vineeth when asked has he not seen ugliness in Chennai 1:06:39 . Shows why his movie works big time, he is good human first & director second! And he is really high on honesty which spills over in all of his characters

Such a beautiful discussion! It surely did dig out the heart of hridayam! 🌺

Thank you #FCSouth for making this episode

This is what a film interview should be like. Such amazing questions. 1 hr 23 min felt like a breeze. Thank you for this

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. This opened up the writer's thought process. BR is a great reviewer and Vineeth himself might have been surprised by the kind of questions he asked. Vineeth gave frank answers as well. Looking forward to more such interviews.

29:18 Actually there is a scene where Arun & Maya sitting at the verandah, talking to each other and Darshana looking at Arun from the first floor of their clg & the bgm & there I felt like that Darshana had still feelings for him.

A conversation at this depth, this interview is gold 💙

ఈ మూవీ చాలా చాలా బాగుంది. ఒక నవల చదువుతున్నా అనుభూతి కలిగింది ఎందుకో ఇటువంటి చక్కటి సినిమాలు తెలుగులో ఎందకు రావో బాష అర్ధం కాకపోయూన ఈ చిత్రం చూసాము....

In kannada we have a movie called 'Paramatma' , I had to relate hridayam feels to that movie loosely.. But hridayam is lot intense and relatable.

Wow Thanks you Baddy ❤️ for interviewing vineeth.

Such a joy to listen to these two gems. Amazing.. How vineeth speaks ❤

Long but extremely enjoyable discussion like the movie itself 😊

Watched hrudayam and watched this interview. Bhardwaj Rangan.. Too good. You really brought out what Vineeth is lacking in his writing. I am sure this will spur Vineeth to write better the next time around. Vineeths heart is in the right place for sure, but the explanation he gave for starting afresh post interval is a classic case of the writer getting to a point where he himself got overwhelmed(must have touched some raw nerve in him), and decides to completely let go and start again. Thats dishonesty creeping into something one has been putting his soul into until that while. From this moment it was the dishonest writer looking to dive deep into the nostalgia bit to feel good about himself( kind of a vanity thing) while letting go of his honesty. It all came back in that scene where Darshana leaves from Arunz place. But again he ends that scene very shabbily. She in her condition then will simply leave , wont be talking to Antony even. Same thing happens when Vineeth creates this scene of Darshana wanting to meet with Arun the eve before her marriage(heart), then treats it badly(dishonest). So Hrudyam is a really good movie in the sense of the world Vineeth has created with all his heart, and falters wherever he has left his heart to purposefully bring on something very deliberately. This interview will make Vineeth think deeply about his mistakes in writing. I believe he should collaborate with a cowriter in the future and dont attempt it solely as he is too heart in his writing , and then leaves the heart completely to crutch on to something different and deliberate. A movie with nice moments for sure. Wouldve loved Vineeth writing it with complete honesty allthrough. That wouldve made it to something at a different level altogether.

My most favourite scene is the Hospital Scene...... this is one of the Best scene that touched my ❤️....it could have been just deleted....but it says/proves that Arun still thinks and loves Darshana...it proved that a boy and a girl can hold a relationship that is something more than mere LOVE...... Best Interview 💕

Such a candid conversation...

The film is masterpiece❤️

Very nice interview!! Regarding whether it's enough for Darshana or not, in some sense that to me was the most realistic because not everything in life has a real resolution...

What a simple man you are.....!!!! ❤️VINEETH SREENIVASAN ❤️

Malayalam writers do an amazing job of coming up seemingly ordinary but very interesting characters. I hope they start working on more long form content such as a mini-series where they have the option to flesh out even minor characters. Imagine something like Drishyam stretched out to an 8-10 episode series, there is so much scope to work with.

In 2010 .. VTV gave the World of Karthik and Jessie .. Hridayam in 2022 showed us the world of Arun, Darshana and Nithya ❤️❤️❤️ in a much conventional way 🎈🎈🎈 The Film was a Bang on my Head after so many years 🙏🙏🙏 That Much Impact close to my Heart 💝💓💝

Arun is utilizing the heightened emotions to convey to Darshana that this is it for me. With this child, he has confirmed that he is now one with Nithya and he wanted to convey that emotion to Darshana...that's my interpretation...

Thank God I watched the movie in theatres. Love from Pondicherry ❤️❤️❤️.

Baradwaj rangan ..wow he asked all the right questions... especially about Darshana arun dynamic after their fight.... I felt the same way too...dude thanks a lot...its so satisfying to finally get an answer 😀