Suriya, who made his debut in the 1997 Mani Ratnam production Nerukku Ner, revealed that he agreed ``blindly'' to star in the film without even listening to the story or his character. The actor revealed in an interview about Mani Ratnam's choice that ``when the master calls for the student you just say ``yes''.'' Suriya stated that his character was based on a real person from Andhra Pradesh George Reddy and to prepare, he read a lot of books and collected a lot of information before the shoot.
Suriya, who made his debut in the 1997 Mani Ratnam production Nerukku Ner, revealed that he agreed ``blindly'' to star in the film without even listening to the story or his character.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Suriya
Suriya
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
debut
debut
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1997
1997
NUM
CD
compound
Number=Sing
Mani
Mani
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Ratnam
Ratnam
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
production
production
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Nerukku
Nerukku
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ner
Ner
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
reveal
revealed
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
agree
agreed
VERB
VBD
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
blindly
blindly
ADV
RB
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
star
star
VERB
VB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
mark
without
without
SCONJ
IN
advmod
even
even
ADV
RB
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
listen
listening
VERB
VBG
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
conj
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The actor revealed in an interview about Mani Ratnam's choice that ``when the master calls for the student you just say ``yes''.''
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
actor
actor
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
reveal
revealed
VERB
VBD
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
interview
interview
NOUN
NN
case
about
about
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Mani
Mani
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ratnam
Ratnam
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
choice
choice
NOUN
NN
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
master
master
NOUN
NN
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
call
calls
VERB
VBZ
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
student
student
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
you
PRON
PRP
advmod
just
just
ADV
RB
acl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
say
say
VERB
VBP
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
obj
yes''.
yes''.
X
FW
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Suriya stated that his character was based on a real person from Andhra Pradesh George Reddy and to prepare, he read a lot of books and collected a lot of information before the shoot.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Suriya
Suriya
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
state
stated
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
base
based
VERB
VBN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
real
real
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
person
person
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Andhra
Andhra
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Pradesh
Pradesh
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
George
George
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Reddy
Reddy
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
prepare
prepare
VERB
VB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
read
read
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
lot
lot
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
book
books
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
collect
collected
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
lot
lot
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
information
information
NOUN
NN
case
before
before
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
shoot
shoot
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.