India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.
When I was in Sri Lanka with the [Tamil] Tigers, there were editorials in the paper saying that soldiers really had to stop raping Tamil women at checkpoints because they were just creating more operatives. The [Tigers] were cognizant of this and exploited it: "Don't be a victim, join the movement.
I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.
I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.