Film-maker
Ashwiny
Iyer
Tiwari,
who
is
making
her
Tamil
directorial
debut
with
Amma
Kanakku,
which
is
releasing
in
cinemas
this
Friday
(June
24),
says
she
never
felt
like
an
outsider
working
in
the
industry.
Amma
Kanakku
is
the
Tamil
remake
of
Ashwiny's
own
Nil
Battey
Sannata.
"The
Tamil
film
industry
has
been
very
kind
to
me.
I
never
felt
like
an
outsider.
Thanks
to
Wunderbar
Films
and
Dhanush
for
believing
in
me
and
backing
my
vision," Ashwiny
told
IANS.
She
had
never
planned
to
make
the
film
in
Tamil
originally.
However,
she
wished
it
reached
wider
audiences.
"This
is
a
story
which
needs
to
be
told.
When
Aanand
L
Rai,
the
producer
of
'Nil
Battey
Sannata',
shared
the
trailer
with
Dhanush,
he
instinctively
wanted
to
make
it.
I
wasn't
sure
about
the
idea,
even
though
I
wanted
my
story
to
travel.
But
then
Dhanush
has
his
way
of
convincing
me," she
said,
adding
she's
glad
she
got
to
work
in
Tamil
filmdom.
"Otherwise,
I
would
not
have
experienced
this
side
of
the
industry
and
worked
with
the
best
of
minds.
I
consider
myself
very
lucky,"
she
said.
The
film
stars
Amala
Paul
in
the
role
originally
played
by
Swara
Bhaskar.
It
was
Dhanush
who
felt
Amala
could
do
justice
to
Swara's
role.
"We
had
a
round
of
discussions
and
Dhanush
chose
Amala,
because
she's
a
real
performer.
Although
I
had
not
known
much
about
her,
I
knew
I
could
extract
the
kind
of
performance
I
want
for
the
role.
It
was
a
tough
role,
but
I
feel
she
worked
really
hard
to
play
her
character
with
such
conviction,"
she
said.
Ashwiny,
in
order
to
avoid
being
influenced
by
Swara's
performance
while
working
with
Amala,
treated
both
the
films
separately
and
not
as
remakes.
"I
did
not
want
to
shoot
the
Tamil
version
as
I
shot
the
original.
The
Tamil
version
has
its
own
milieu
and
it
is
wrong
to
compare
actors
since
they
come
with
their
own
style
and
concepts.
I
allow
the
actors
to
breathe
and
together
we
try
to
create
a
framework
for
this
story,"
she
said.
Admitting
that
the
success
of
"Nil
Battey
Sannata"
has
added
pressure
on
her,
she
said:
"It's
a
good
feeling
to
be
nervous
and
over
confident.
Each
film
finds
its
own
path.
This
story
needs
to
be
told,
and
I
have
told
it
from
the
heart.
The
rest
is
for
the
audience
to
see
and
judge."
Ashwiny's
Amma
Kanakku
started
off
as
a
one-off
attempt,
but
she
says
if
she
finds
more
stories
that
need
to
travel
then
she
will
definitely
make
them
in
Tamil.
The
film
also
stars
Revathy
and
Samuthirakani.
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