A director is primarily a visionary; he visualizes what he wants to portray and then strives towards working with a cast and crew to bring this vision to life. The director has the challenging task of bringing together the many complex components of a production—the script, actors, set, costumes, lighting, sound and music—into a unified whole.
Directing a play like The Pillowman in particular, can be tricky task. There are several hidden layers to each scene and the director has to ensure that the audience is able to journey with the characters through layered twists and turns.
Siddarth Selvaraj, the director of The Pillowman, is the co-founder of Studio 33, a production house in Bangalore offering media solutions in film, photography and design. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in communication studies and political science and a Master’s degree in Film Production from Boston University. In a career that spans a decade, Siddarth has produced over twenty theatrical presentations, sixteen short fiction films, three documentaries, three seasons of television programming and two seasons of talk radio.
Below we have an exclusive interview with Siddarth, where he talks about what got him into theatre, the most challenging aspects of the production and his expectations of the performance.
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