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The same is true for a screenplay.

When you watch Nayakan , you are not watching a plot. You are watching a cat that grew into a panther. When you watch Soodhu Kavvum , you are watching a stray that refuses to be neutered. When you watch Super Deluxe , you are watching seven cats in one house, all ignoring each other until the climax. I have written screenplays that were obedient. They had perfect structure. They followed every rule in Syd Field’s book. They were dead on arrival. thiraikathai enum poonai

Your screenplay is not a machine. It is a cat. It will come to you when it is ready. And when it does, it will bring a dead bird in its mouth—a strange, messy, beautiful gift that only it could catch. The same is true for a screenplay

Do you have a “cat screenplay” story? Share your writer’s war tales in the comments below. When you watch Soodhu Kavvum , you are

That gift, my friend, is cinema.

Pour a bowl of milk. Sit quietly. And wait.

But if you have ever tried to tame a cat—or write a film—you will understand the metaphor perfectly.