P Vasu is a happy man. Chandramukhi has emerged the winner in the Tamil New years race. He speaks about Chandramukhi which is his 50th film and marks his 25th year in filmdom. Excerpts from the film.

About Chandramukhi: My first aim while directing a film is that the producer should be happy and then the distributor and later the artistes. On these three counts I am happy. In fact Rajni’s praise was more than what I expected.. Personally as a director I am satisfied. If the producer- actor- director are satisfied then the film will be a hit.

Were you tensed up since you were directing Rajnikant after Baba?
For me every film is like my first film. I treat every film with the same seriousness irrespective of whether the hero is big or small. The difference in Chandramukhi is that the film is devoid of mother- sister sentiment or action. This is a comedy film with only two fights.

You have not directed Kamal Haasan so far?
In fact the first close friend in filmdom was Kamal Haasan. I was assistant to Sridhar during the making of Ilamai oonjaladuthey . As an assistant director I got friendly with Kamal. I was to direct him for Sivaji films but it did not happen and finally they produced Kalaignan. Similarly I was to direct Kamal for AVM but that too did not happen and instead I did Sethupathi IPS for AVM.

Your next film?
Aapthmitra in Kannada is still running to full houses. So I am planing to do one more film with Vishnuvardhan in Kannada.