Calling Dhanush one of the most "intelligent actors" of the country, filmmaker R Balki, who has directed the actor in Shamitabh, wishes he had met Dhanush earlier in his life.
"Dhanush is one of the most intelligent actors I've come across in Indian cinema. There's so much a filmmaker could achieve with him. I wish I had met him earlier in my life. I'd have made more films with him," Balki told IANS.
Shamitabh, which also features megastar Amitabh Bachchan and debutant Akshara Haasan, is Dhanush's second Bollywood film after Raanjhanaa.
Dhanush plays a mute character, voiced by Big B in Shamitabh.
Commenting on the film, Dhanush had earlier said that he's "experimenting" in Bollywood as he's got "nothing to lose".
The film marks R Balki's third collaboration with Big B and maestro Illayaraja, whom he describes as the "definition of music".
