A Chat with Ranga Sai K Teacher, Author, Scriptwriter and much more
So I extend a warm welcome to Mr. Rengasai K on this wellcast and ask him to share his journey from an engineer, a teacher and then to an author and into a creative field
It's always integral part of me and I started writing in my schooling a couple of lines then, and then after that in engineering I transformed those couple of lines into some scripts and then by the time I was working then I had enough confidence to convert those scripts into short films and I made a few short films and then finally it was time for something big and finally came up with a book and
So since you have dabbled in multiple creative fields, I would just like to know, how would you decide this idea suits a book or this idea suits a filip? Or this is an idea that can fit into both the mediums? Is it after writing a first draft you desired, or like at the beginning of the idea itself?
So, yes, I would say that both mediums, for me, if you are writing a story, because basically, if you are a writer, you write a screenplay or script in filmmaking, the same thing. But in this case, you don't get a chance to show something. That means you have to make the reader visualize something. So that's a challenging task, and I enjoy it the most
You see, that is one thing I have to agree. The book allows you to explore your characters. It helps you to give the layers, it helps you to add the why, when, who how of the characters, their actions and their interplay with other characters compared to a visual media. But nevertheless, there are cases where a book might fall short and a visual can give a much more impact. So yeah, it depends like what you want to show
You? Well, I have made more than ten short films. But I'd like to talk about the short films which are published in YouTube. So my first one was Abacha. So the storyline was based on what if you are given a chance to know if someone is speaking a lie? If someone lies to you, then immediately you'll get to know it. So what happens to someone who really understands that the other person is lying?
You coming to my roles in those short films? For almost all the short films except for one, I played the role of script writer, dialogue writer, director and editor
But the way our society is structured, the way a woman's rights are traveled, the way the Social Institute of Marriage is driven, the way the hair is decided, are these the right ways? So, just telling my questions because you brought this topic. Anyway, very, very interesting topics you have taken for your short films, and definitely, I would like to check out them. Now, coming to our fourth question that is on your book, Sandavana
And I've also explored what is a collateral damage which happened there. So what we just think at one moment might cause a huge difference in someone's life. Might cause a huge difference in your life. So those little reactions when they have consequences. I just want to show all this. And I need an atmosphere, aura to build up where an environment where I can explore all these. So I've chosen prison
So I tried to explore this complex concept in the background, and this is all about story. And I'm stuttering a bit because if I just say anything, it might turn up to be a potential spoiler to the plot. Of course, if you know the plot, of course you know the plot and you read the book, you'll enjoy it, but you might miss some thrills and some surprise elements. That's the reason I'm just stuttering not to put them out now. So
You. Yeah. See, that book was very interesting. And I would agree to your point on what is seen, what is the perception, the collateral damage and whether the collateral damage has a say in the whole things. All those things are explored beautifully in that book. And to my listeners here, I would definitely love to love all of you to check out that book. Okay. It's a very good book
So, anyone looking to be creative, it's crucial to stay updated and maintain that burning desire to explore new ideas. It's always there. As I mentioned earlier, it's always there. Whatever you look at, there is a story in it. Whatever you look at, you can write something out of it. And whatever you don't look at, you can write something out of it. So embrace the curiosity, keep learning, and don't be afraid to dive into the unknown
Everything is in gray. And I feel like that gray, traversing the gray should be a thing for authors to explore. And you have also mentioned it that you have to go for the unusual, like traversing the gray. It's nothing. Life is not in black and white. It's always gray. And that's how our epics are also written