He also spoke about the time they acted on stage together.
He added that they’d discuss works by PG Wodehouse and Oscar Wilde, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. Talking about one of their best films together, Michael Madana Kamarajan, Kamal said, “I had literally drawn out the screenplay, drawing lines from one character to the other. He was someone who understood that and I immediately picked up on it,” Kamal said. I never understood why Moulee wanted to make serious drama. Tamil cinema humour was almost like an unclaimed orphan.
Cho had left acting to join politics and director Moulee started making serious films. Apart from the frowned upon ideas, Draupathi falls short of a decent film due to the recurring loopholes and mediocre cinematic techniques used.“It was a time when cinema humour was fraying. Overall, Draupathi is a passionate (note: not positive) attempt to deliver a film based on postulations that might trigger unpleasant reactions (based on the viewer). The film focuses on a serious problem of fraudulent legal marriages that is almost in the dark but fails to deliver the desired impact due to the wrongful stereotyping of a particular group. The idea of the film is not baseless, but lacks conviction. The character carries a good sinister vibe and the iniquitous morale of him is haunting even after the film. The characterisation and the performance of the antagonist Karna are commendable. On the brighter side, Draupathi can be found decently engaging IF the viewer can accept the ideas introduced in the film. The lack of budget is evident in many scenes that we can almost feel sorry for the director. Nishanth and his accompanying cop do not look like cops. The director could have extracted better from actors Soundarya and Nishanth, who play crucial characters. Including Richard, actress Sheela, Karunas (extended cameo) and the antagonist (Karna) deliver believable, strong performances. Jubin's background score works well at instances. Adding to this is the unstable colour correction between shots in a continuous scene and glitchy editing. The minimal attention to shot composition and the bad on-screen and voice acting of the side actors is distracting in multiple scenes. There is also a song which is exactly similar to the hit song 'Unnathaan Nenaikaile' from the director's debut, with the same singer and choreographer on-screen. But unline 'Pazhaya Vannarpettai', Draupathi's plot felt like it needed more detail, but the same is not there. Mohan G seems to have heavily derived from his own debut film in the essence of the screenplay, casting, and art design. Leaving out predictability, at least, the making could have been in such a way that it builds tension. But the screenplay is presented in such a way that the filmmaker thinks the audience is in suspense of what's next, which might make the viewers restless and the writing too seems lazy at instances. Whatsoever, there is no suspense in this overused plot-line, that is transparent from the very beginning. But in Draupathi, Prabhakaran does it in the name of materialising his dear departed's final wish, and hence, the recurrent mentions of 'Draupathi Sabatham', which is also the title of a documentary, which is being made by a YouTuber/Journalist (who is also an activist) in the film (played by Soundarya). The film starts with Prabhakaran coming out on bail, uncovering truths behind the murders and starting his quest to fulfill his wife's wish. Draupathi is fundamentally a classic revenge drama where the protagonist, who is framed by the 'evil' men (who apparently belong to a particular community in this film), works his way in to serve his own justice to that list of men. The protagonist Rudra Prabhakaran (Richard) is believed to have killed his wife, the titular character Draupathi, and her cousin sister Lakshmi for his caste's honour. The director has also organised crowd-funding for the film under his banner GM Film Corporation. Actor Richard Rishi has joined hands with his 2016's political thriller 'Pazhaya Vannarapettai' director Mohan G, to deliver a revenge drama stained with casteism.