Karthik Subbaraj’s debut film Pizza, a heist thriller laced with horror, turned ten last month. With the advent of the digital camera, Karthik, along with several new-age directors at the time, brought a unique commercial formula to Tamil cinema. A decade later, in this conversation with Krishna, the filmmaker looks back at Pizza, recalling the first day of release and why many wanted him to change the climax of the film.
Ten Years In Cinema
Karthik calls these ten years in the cinema industry satisfying and challenging. “If you think about it, any filmmaker’s career process is challenging. There always seems to be a challenge. It’s really about how we face unexpected things. We’ve also been learning and evolving as we speak, not just technically and knowledge-wise but also psychologically. So in terms of learning, the journey was really exciting and I’m happy that these ten years have been like this,” says the director.