Know
your CS Member – CS Raamanaathan V
Tell us about your student days; when you registered for CS
course. How you were attracted to this course.
I finished my Degree BA Corporate
Secretaryship in 1986 and immediately went into an employment as Office
Assistant..
Joined ACS, late in the year 1987. In those days the options were limited to
pursue a Professional course. Of the
three available, I was attracted to ACS as it contained Law and also allowed me
to pursue the course whilst in employment.
Please share about the beginning of your career. Were you in
employment in any Companies?
As was indicated above, I started my career as
an office assistant. Thereafter, joined
a company for writing books of accounts and stayed there for a period of 2
years. Then broke my employment to
complete Industrial Training. I
qualified in 1991 and joined a group company as Company Secretary. Was in
employment in various companies spread across industries till 1999.
When did you start practice? Must be one of the early entrant..
Yes.
Started my practice in the year 1999.
When I first started, the market was not aware of Compliance Professional
or Company Secretary as well. Was always
getting a cold response from Corporates / Clients during those days.
When and how were you attracted towards drama?
I was always fond of acting, emoting etc.,
right from my school days. Once in late
2013, I was kind of making a statement, that am not getting opportunities
(though I never tried hard for that) to a good friend of mine. He introduced to his friends, who are and
even now running a Tamil Theatre Group called Dummies Drama. With them, I was given a break and did my
first show called HANUMAN which is a story about the Rocket Launch. I did the character of ISRO Chairman.
Tell us about some memorable dramas you acted and appreciations
you received.
Acting in Live shows are always a
challenge. To emote in front of so many
people, and the strong lights focused on you is always demanding. The dialogues have to be by heart and the
movements have to be in sync with the fellow artiste. There is no question of a redo. If you mess up, the next actor should rescue
one as well. Having done different
roles, I enjoy all most all of them. In
some of the Dramas, I was the one given the opportunity to give a pep or create
that element of comedy as part of the script.
All the roles I did was well received by the audience. You can visit our site for the no. of
creations. www.dummiesdrama.com.
How did the first break in film industry came?
I guess, in 2016, after one of my shows, I was
approached by an Associate Director to do the role of a Church Father. Accepted that and went thro the grind. It was a different experience.
What are the films you have acted and in what characters? Any
current projects in pipeline?
So far, I have acted in 3 Films.
1.
KUTTRAM 23 as Church Father.
2.
VELLAIKARAN as a Businessman.
3.
IMMAIKA NODIGAL as a Church Father.
Some projects were told to me and are yet to crystallize.
Drama or Cinema? Which one you like the most?
Difficult to answer. With the passion in stakes, I love both. Drama for the electrifying atmosphere from
the stage of rehearsals to the show and often repeat and in Cinema, so far, my
experience is couple of days of commitment.
Only challenge in Cinema is that, you need to emote both at the time of
shooting and in dubbing. The finesse is
more in Cinema as even a minute movement can cause a retake. One has to be patient more in Cinema till the
final output is reached.
Both drama and cinema requires tremendous amount of time; how do
you manage profession and this passion?
As it is, when you are indulging in passion,
you forget the pressures of time. As I
mentioned earlier, Cinema requires committed time, whilst in Drama, you can be
little flexible. Save for byhearting the
dialogues, the rehearsals are done with the availability of fellow artiste, in
various form like physically, thro skpe, thro tel and video recordings. In Drama, we are a well knit group and as
such dates and time are exchanged earlier.
Calendar are blocked and if there are surprises, adjustments are
made. You may note that most of the
Artiste are senior in various vocations.
So far, excepting on a few occasions, I did not feel the pressure. Once committed, I stay and stand by it.
Any thoughts that you would like to share for the CS who have
similar (not necessarily in acting or in cinema) on how to nurture such passion
Simple.
Try to be focused and keep planning ahead. That’s the best way to handle Time and Travel
constraints. I try to make my passion as
part of my professional life as well.
Thus, if one wants to stay ahead, we need to innovate and be different
from the normal life.
