Episode 79 - From Script to Screen: A deep dive with Rahul Ravindran on “The Girlfriend”

Episode 79 - From Script to Screen: A deep dive with Rahul Ravindran on “The Girlfriend”

From Chennaikaaran Tamil Podcast by Pratip Vijayakumar

December 31, 2025 · 1h 40m · Episode 75

About this episode

An in-depth interview with Rahul Ravindran discussing his film 'The Girlfriend' and the creative choices made during its production.

Hello Makkaley, Meeting you all after a long time, I'm pleased to share an episode featuring a friend, Ram Murali, who Interviewed Actor/director Rahul Ravindran about his new film, The Girlfriend, which is his Third film as a Director. Recently, Rahul Ravindran posted the screenplay draft of his brilliant film, “The Girlfriend.” This led to Ram structuring an interview with him around the choices he made to transform his vision from script to screen. Chapters: Start Introduction: The director-actor collaborative process 13:30 Flee or Freeze: the choices around the kiss scene 19:42 Dolly zoom and heart pounding bgm: The staging of the “I love you” moment 23:06 Prison bars, walls and dhupattas: The placement of symbols 38:31 The perfect ally: Durga’s presence and absence in the film 49:25 The ‘heavy’ foam pit: the locations of key scenes 66:00 A happy accident: two crucial intercut scenes 75:32 Professor Sudheer: the role of exposition 86:55 Bhooma’s transformation: the grand finale (with a priceless anecdote around a water bottle) You can follow Ram on his Twitter under @rmurali2012Meet you soon, Ciao :)

People in this episode

Host: Pratip Vijayakumar

Guest: Rahul Ravindran

Topics covered

  • film direction
  • screenplay
  • actor-director collaboration
  • film analysis
  • symbolism in film
  • interview

Keywords

  • The Girlfriend
  • Rahul Ravindran
  • film direction
  • screenplay
  • actor-director collaboration
  • film analysis
  • symbolism
  • interview

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Books & works: The Girlfriend

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