Dhanush makes Twitter Spaces debut, talks Jagame Thandhiram, composing music and directorial plans

Actor Dhanush made his debut on Twitter Spaces on Monday on the occasion of the audio launch of his Tamil film Jagame Thandhiram, which will be premiered on Netflix on 18 June.

The actor was joined by the film’s director Karthik Subbaraj and composer Santhosh Narayanan.  

The film sees Dhanush essay the role of a Madurai-based gangster who travels to London to settle some scores. 

Talking about the film and his character, Dhanush said, “Right now, people have a lot of stress in their lives. Jagame Thandhiram is just the kind of film people need to relax a little. Suruli [his character] is one of my favourites. I’ve already started bugging Karthik to make a sequel.”

He went on to reveal that Suruli will have shades of Rajinikanth. “Both Karthik and I are huge fans of Rajini sir. In my earlier films, I’ve consciously stayed away from having Rajini influence my performance. This time, Karthik said let it be there.” 

The session had over 15,000 people listening in. After talking about the film and his character, Dhanush went on to croon a few lines from the song 'Nethu' from the album. 

Apart from acting, Dhanush is also a successful writer, singer and filmmaker. Asked if he has any plans of donning the hat of a music composer, he immediately said he has no such plans. 

When the conversation veered towards his directorial plans, Dhanush said, “Right now, I’m getting to work with some amazing filmmakers and on great stories. I don’t want to break the flow. It’ll easily take three years before I direct my next project."

A few years ago, the actor made his directorial debut with the Tamil romantic drama Pa Paandi (2017). The film featured Raj Kiran and Revathi while Dhanush played a cameo. 

Dhanush is still in Los Angeles shooting for the Netflix film The Gray Man. He revealed that he spent over a month getting trained for the action sequences and then went on to shoot his portion over a period of 20 days. “I’m missing home food so much. I should be back in Chennai in a couple of weeks,” he said.