Saiju Kurup Exclusive Interview: DQനെ കാണാൻ പോയപ്പോൾ മമ്മുക്കയുമായി കുറേ നേരം സംസാരിച്ചു

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Saiju Kurup Exclusive Interview: DQനെ കാണാൻ പോയപ്പോൾ മമ്മുക്കയുമായി കുറേ നേരം സംസാരിച്ചു                 ~PR.16~CA.25~ED.21~

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00:00 The only thing I do to maintain the body, or look good is, I look after my diet.

00:07 I don't eat in a low-fat diet.

00:09 I love to eat, but I know that my stomach and liver will be affected.

00:16 So, I control that.

00:18 Basically, I am lazy.

00:22 My mother and wife keep telling me to do some workout.

00:29 I want to do it, but I have to start it.

00:33 Otherwise, it's a problem.

00:35 We see Mammootty as an ideal person.

00:39 But, did you have a secret in the set of 'Ocelan'?

00:48 No, I haven't had that kind of conversation.

00:52 I have done three films with Mammootty sir.

00:55 But, I don't have much time to talk on location.

00:59 Once, I went to see Dulkar at his home.

01:05 He came to see me too.

01:09 I went there.

01:11 Dulkar was there for 45 minutes, but I could talk to Mammootty sir for a long time.

01:16 That's when I got a time that I didn't get in the three films.

01:21 I saw his films in Cochin and I have a lot of nostalgia for them.

01:28 Mammootty sir and Lalettan are my nostalgies.

01:32 I was a kid.

01:34 I used to ask him about a film.

01:39 We haven't gone into a diet.

01:44 We have talked about diet for a couple of times.

01:49 He motivated me a lot to join gym and all.

01:52 It was during the Kelton 10.

01:54 We were going to Calicut together for a shoot.

01:58 I decided when I reached there.

02:01 I was going to join gym in Ernakulam for a week's shoot.

02:05 But, Unni motivated me in the next seven days.

02:09 Unni didn't have time.

02:11 She was acting with us.

02:13 That motivation subsided.

02:15 I thought if I get this motivation in Ernakulam, I will join the gym the next day.

02:18 But, I had a gap in the next week.

02:20 Krishnadas is the most complex scene in Osler.

02:25 We are talking from the other side of two legends of Malayalam cinema.

02:32 It is a lifetime experience.

02:35 It is like a million dollar frame.

02:37 It is something that can be taken and kept in a screen shot.

02:40 What did you do to capture the fanboy in that scene?

02:45 If this was my first film, I would have had the power to ask this question.

02:50 I have seen many movies with them.

02:56 I have seen them perform with Jheran Pettin and Mammootty sir.

03:00 I think I have only acted with the recent heroes.

03:06 I have not acted with Nassal.

03:09 I have acted with Matthew and Shane Dickham.

03:14 I have acted with all the heroes.

03:17 I did not have the type of question that you asked.

03:23 They are acting and I am an actor.

03:26 So, I have to perform.

03:28 There must be excitement.

03:30 It is the most important part of a film.

03:33 You are directing on the other side of Midhun.

03:36 You are shooting the film with the concept of 'No Jheran'.

03:39 How was the overall process?

03:42 The excitement is definitely there.

03:47 There is no need to worry about the output.

03:52 This is well made and written.

03:55 The actors have performed well.

03:58 The output will be good.

04:00 It will be released well.

04:02 People will come to the theatre.

04:04 The audience will accept it.

04:08 Only then you can say it is good.

04:10 If you accept it, the goal is achieved.

04:14 The tension starts the day before the release.

04:18 I have done many productions.

04:23 The tension is there the day before the release.

04:27 Even if the report is good, there is tension.

04:31 Is it right?

04:33 There is such a thing.

04:35 There is tension.

04:37 Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

04:40 Friday, there will be a good collection.

04:43 Saturday, it will be more.

04:45 Sunday, it will be peak.

04:47 After this, there is a Monday and Tuesday.

04:50 It will destroy us.

04:52 There will be a good dip.

04:54 If it is not holidays.

04:56 There is a time between December 22 and January 2.

05:01 There is no difference between Monday and Tuesday.

05:05 It is holidays.

05:07 People will go to the theatre.

05:09 If it is not holidays,

05:11 Monday and Tuesday, as a movie guy,

05:15 I feel like Monday and Tuesday is coming.

05:18 I pray that it does not come.

05:21 We are inside.

05:24 We know it will dip.

05:27 But we don't know how much it will dip.

05:30 It was a festival time.

05:32 December 22 or 23, 2017.

05:37 It was okay.

05:40 We know that it will not dip.

05:44 It is holidays.

05:46 Our body is important for an actor.

05:52 When we learn yoga,

05:54 we do it with a flexible body.

05:57 How much does it help an actor?

06:01 To do movements.

06:03 My background is dance.

06:07 I went to yoga because of dance.

06:10 Not only yoga,

06:13 whatever body we work with,

06:16 it helps us when we act.

06:19 You will be comfortable in your own body.

06:23 We don't use that flexibility directly.

06:30 But the easiness that it brings to our body,

06:35 it will be reflected.

06:37 Our awareness.

06:40 Let it be a yoga or dance,

06:46 people who do these will have more awareness.

06:50 What state is your body in?

06:53 How are your mental thoughts?

06:55 How are you feeling emotionally?

06:57 When we have this awareness,

06:59 it helps us when we act.

07:02 To ground yourself.

07:04 When we practice yoga,

07:09 we do exercises to ground ourselves.

07:13 They teach us in acting workshops.

07:15 Yoga and other forms of knowledge.

07:19 We can apply those things.

07:22 When we act in sets, we get nervous.

07:25 We can use those things directly.

07:29 Secondly, the awareness we get from it,

07:32 it helps us.

07:34 What was the first shot?

07:36 I don't remember.

07:41 Was it in the room upstairs?

07:47 I don't remember.

07:49 I usually go to the set one day early.

07:53 I want to see the set and meet everyone.

07:56 I am tensed to act the day I go.

07:59 That's why I don't remember.

08:01 I didn't have a shot on the first day I went.

08:04 It was Niranjan and the kids talking in a pond.

08:10 That was the first shot in my mind.

08:12 If I hadn't acted, I would have seen it and

08:16 I would have been comfortable.

08:18 That was my first day.

08:20 I have danced in a Tamil film.

08:26 Kamal Haasan's film Uthamma Villain.

08:31 I was studying in the art college.

08:35 They needed contemporary dancers.

08:38 I was the first one to be in a film.

08:43 I was studying.

08:47 I acted as a dancer in Poomarathil.

08:50 Did you meet Kamal Haasan when you did Uthamma Villain?

08:54 Yes, I was with him.

08:56 Kamal Haasan used to come to our dance studio to learn.

09:02 We were together for the audio launch.

09:05 He performed the song Kaadhala in Chennai and Hyderabad.

09:10 I was the first dancer to come.

09:14 Do you still get offers from Tamil films?

09:19 Yes, sometimes.

09:21 What kind of characters do you have?

09:25 We have seen Adhi Bhagavan and Thaniyoor.

09:30 What kind of characters do you have now?

09:32 I have a police officer character.

09:35 Prabhu Deva's film.

09:39 I came to know about characters a while ago.

09:46 I didn't have time then.

09:49 I told them I wouldn't have dates.

09:52 I came to this film after a while.

09:56 Do you have a hand?

09:58 No, I don't.

10:00 I think I did some notes in Kerala Crime Files.

10:07 A lot of people liked it.

10:10 They thought I could do comedy.

10:14 I like to do comedy.

10:17 I don't have that in this film.

10:20 I don't know about the future.

10:25 I want to act well and do challenging characters.

10:32 I want to be excited when I work on a film.

10:37 Are you a content creator?

10:40 You cut, post and edit your own flex.

10:44 I have my own yoga studio.

10:47 I have to do it because I am the owner and the employee.

10:52 We used to show our polished Instagram stories.

11:01 But now, most of our inquiries are from Instagram.

11:05 People want to see their personal journey.

11:13 I am not a content creator.

11:16 I show my work to people.

11:24 It makes it more genuine.

11:30 I got this job because no one else wanted to flex.

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