Express News Service
Moulee has the Midas touch. Be it theatre, screenwriting, film direction, the 73-year-old veteran has made significant strides on all his undertakings. Having started his career in the black-and-white era, he has now made his foray into the flourishing Tamil OTT space with Madhavan’s Maara, the Tamil remake of Malayalam film Charlie.
Directed by debutant Dhilip Kumar, the film impressed many with its fresh take on Dulquer Salmaan’s pop phenomena. One of the major talking points of the film is Moulee’s Velayya and his moving love story. Some might even argue that Velayya is the protagonist of Maara. We got in touch with Moulee to speak about the film, and about his journey and place in Tamil cinema. Excerpts from the interview: