A 'fanboy moment' for me to work with superstar:Sreekar Prasad

Eight-time National award winning editor Sreekar Prasad says it was a 'fanboy' moment for him when he got the opportunity to work with superstar Rajinikanth in 'Kaala', which is slated for release on June 7.

Prasad, who edited the Pa Ranjith-directed movie, met the top star twice during the process of film making.

"He was always very passionately asking about how the film was shaping up but he never interfered in creative decisions," Prasad told PTI.

In Kaala, it was the director who took all creative decisions, he said.

"I am working with the superstar for the first time, a fanboy moment as had been seeing most of his films since when I was younger...," Prasad said.

"He seems to be also generally passionate about seeing the cinema that was released around him and had encouraging words for the good efforts of the filmmakers," he said.

'Kaala' is slated for release on June 7, Prasad said.

Besides Rajinikanth, the trilingual movie also features Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi, actor-director Samudrakani, Eswari Rao and a host of others.

The ace editor also said four of the films he edited got national awards as best films in different languages recently.

They are 'ToLet' (best Tamil feature film), 'Ghazi' (best Telugu feature), 'Ishu' (best Assamese feature) and 'Katru Veliyidai' (best music and best singer).

Nandita Das directed 'Manto' (Hindi) edited by him got selected in Cannes in the 'Uncertain Regard Category', he added.

Prasad's upcoming projects include the trilingual 'Saaho', starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor, untitled Vijay-starrer directed by AR Murugadoss, Telugu film, the Chiranjeevi-starrer 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy', Mani Ratnam's Tamil film 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' and the Nivin Pauly-Mohan Lal starrer Kayamkulam Kochunni.