“Cinema is a visual medium one has to communicate through visuals, and ...” — Karthik Subbaraj Quote

“Cinema is a visual medium one has to communicate through visuals, and therefore, dialogues should be less.”

“'Iraivi' is about women, men, and their priorities. It talks about women's freedom, how men look at it, and how women use it. It's neither preachy, nor is it about women's empowerment.”

“I roughly draw the scene beforehand to be more confident on the set. Instead of talking and explaining certain things, I try to visually communicate the scene to my team with the story board. This is how I work.”

“I don't want to restrict myself and want to work in all genres of cinema.”

“At the cinema, we do not think - we are thought.”

“There is this miraculous thing I heard Hugh Grant talking about - the thing about screen acting is that you can read people's thoughts. You are trying to register something inside and usually the eyes in cinema are where you will register that.”