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00:00This is the story of a police actor that we have forgotten.
00:06When the music was finalized and we were recording,
00:08there were some incidents that happened.
00:11After that, he said, come back.
00:13Was it because of that mental state that you wrote those lines?
00:15Yes, yes. It was very difficult.
00:17The total quality of the film is that you just have to see the song.
00:19You have to know that he is an artiste, not a human being.
00:24I don't know what to say.
00:26To judge a person based on their appearance or colour,
00:30it is painful to make that person be judged.
00:34He is a person who has a lot of pride in his heart.
00:36Last day, he was talking a lot about Vedan.
00:40I have to reply to them.
00:41I want to say that Vedan is from Karnataka,
00:44but Vedan doesn't have that voice.
00:46So, I have to do what he says.
00:47I don't like to see him.
00:50We have the right to criticize.
00:52Minnals have that kind of...
00:53Yes, wherever you look, you will see Minnals trolling.
00:56If you look here, you will see Minnals trolling.
00:57Look there. Look here.
00:59You will see Minnals trolling.
01:01Is there any respect given to Dalit and Pinnaka communities?
01:05How does the community handle them?
01:07When these questions are raised on the basis of some incidents that happened in the last few days,
01:11it becomes a topic of conversation.
01:14Today, I am with the director of the film, Andhraj Manohar.
01:18He is the character actor, Arya Silli.
01:20He is also the director and actor.
01:22Before we talk about the film,
01:24welcome to Malayalam Cinema.
01:27It's been 27 years since you started your career in the film industry.
01:30Why do you think Malayalam Cinema is so late?
01:35No one would have invited me.
01:37He was the first one to invite me.
01:39So, I have a desire to act.
01:41I have a lot of desire to act.
01:44But I haven't got the opportunity.
01:45This is the first opportunity.
01:46But even if it is the first opportunity,
01:48it is the best option.
01:52I am very happy that I got it.
01:54Why did you decide to join the character of Keshavdas?
02:00We had done a lot of research on the character.
02:04Who can play this role.
02:06We were not satisfied with the options.
02:09We were told that the characters are physically fit,
02:16challenging, etc.
02:17We saw his flexibility in Appu's films.
02:21So, I thought of a song by Pookesh.
02:27Nila Ni Vanam Kattu.
02:30When I saw that, I got a recall from him.
02:34When we discussed it, everyone agreed.
02:37I went to his office and told him that I would do the script.
02:42I feel that you have put a lot of effort in the casting.
02:45You have managed to portray the characters of CK Janu and Geethanand in the same way.
02:52The casting team has also succeeded.
02:53How did you feel when you got the role of CK Janu?
02:56How did you feel when you got the role of CK Janu and Geethanand in the same way?
02:59As we said, we didn't stress on CK Janu ma'am because it is not a biopic.
03:06It is about the freedom of the society.
03:10We referred to Janu ma'am as a reference.
03:14It was the first time that I got the role of a strong, bold character in my career.
03:27For that...
03:28Velka!
03:30When you said Velka for the first time, there was no pressure, right?
03:33Yes.
03:34When I heard that, I was like,
03:37I don't know what else to do with this.
03:42Ariya had come for a movie recently.
03:46While Ariya was thinking about it,
03:48Radheesan told me that our chief associate communicated with Ariya.
03:52So, I got the role.
03:53Did you have any expectations for CK Janu after you got the role of Ariya?
03:59No, this is our plan.
04:01Ariya's cast is based on Ariya's other movies.
04:05So, I had confidence that I could get it right.
04:08The police station sequence that we shot for the first time,
04:10I was in a different kind of appeal.
04:12I had just started watching the movie.
04:14The police station look was not related to that movie.
04:19That was a churidhar.
04:20Not a churidhar.
04:21It was a sari.
04:23Yes, that was a churidhar when it was released.
04:26When I saw that, I wasn't that happy.
04:30But, after two years, we shot the other episodes in the cinema.
04:37The second look I saw was really good.
04:41The make-up was done by Amala.
04:44Sir, I have heard that after a character is done for three months,
04:48the character will be gone from your hands.
04:50Then, you won't have any memories of it.
04:52Do you think that the character of Keshavdas will be there for more than three months?
04:56It is still the same trick.
04:58Three months have passed.
04:59Yes, three months have passed.
05:01The movie has been released.
05:03Everyone is talking about it again.
05:04Keshavdas is sitting inside again.
05:08It will take time to shoot.
05:10Because, it is new for me.
05:12The role and the behaviours.
05:15Is it the first time for a police officer?
05:17No.
05:18In Thamsai, he was in a uniform for two years.
05:19In Thamsai, he was not in a uniform.
05:20He was coming as an IPS officer.
05:21Yes, he was not.
05:22This is the first time.
05:24It will take time to shoot a character, but it can be shot more.
05:28When you look at the other characters,
05:30the casting of the people who stood in front of you,
05:33are they the real criminals?
05:36Most of them are from the caste system.
05:40Not most, but most of them.
05:41There are different castes in the movie.
05:45There are people from the Kurukshetra caste.
05:50We did it because it is a good thing to do it in a hurry.
05:58In the beginning, we got to know about the junior artists.
06:03We got to know who this movie is for.
06:05They have a soul connection.
06:07They have sung about 4-5 songs in the movie.
06:13All the people we see are original people.
06:18They are people who have a connection with the society we are dealing with.
06:21So, when you recruited them,
06:24they had the energy.
06:27The juniors wanted to be in the movie.
06:30They wanted to be in the front.
06:32So, when we were taking shots,
06:34they pushed us.
06:35They pushed us three times.
06:36They were hitting us.
06:38They were hitting us originally.
06:41The others are not like that.
06:43They have a social course.
06:48They react to the hitting.
06:50It can be a little brutal.
06:52They hit us with their hands.
06:55The junior artists are police officers.
06:57They are not concerned about the camera.
07:01They are coming from a profession.
07:03A person who is not concerned about the camera is a good artist.
07:06In front of the camera.
07:08If you ask them to cry, they will cry.
07:10If you ask them to speak, they will speak.
07:12We had a very genuine communication.
07:16We are all friends now.
07:18Prasad, Ganga, etc.
07:20Ambuli, Ambuli, Ambuli.
07:24As I said earlier,
07:26they have a fake smile.
07:28When we say hi to someone,
07:30it is not like that.
07:32They are okay with us.
07:34We are with them.
07:36Only if we feel like we are one of them,
07:38we will get a genuine smile from them.
07:42When we have to sign in a language,
07:46to sign in slang,
07:49Paniyar language is used.
07:51Yes, Paniyar language.
07:53Prasad is the one who writes it for us.
07:57Or Odi will send the dialogue.
07:59They were there to help us throughout.
08:01Even when we were dubbing.
08:03Even the mothers there
08:05were very interested to tell us.
08:09How did you reach Paniyar language?
08:11There are many different languages.
08:13There is Rawal, but it is complicated.
08:15It is difficult to understand.
08:17Paniyar language is a language
08:19that is spoken by a lot of people
08:21in Malayalam.
08:23We feel like
08:25it is a familiar language.
08:27That is why it is Paniyar language.
08:29My house is in Eritrea.
08:31I live near Arla Farm.
08:33I have a friend who works
08:35in a Paniyar shop.
08:37When I was young,
08:39we studied together in school.
08:41He went to a different school
08:43and I went to a different school.
08:45There are a lot of people who know Paniyar.
08:47That is why it is Paniyar language.
08:49It is easy for people to communicate.
08:51When it comes to languages,
08:53IP Sudhiyasan speaks in Tamil.
08:55It is a freedom.
08:57In a Malayalam film,
08:59you can speak in Tamil.
09:01Is that helpful?
09:03In the Malayalam industry,
09:05if you speak in Tamil,
09:07it is easy to understand.
09:09Apart from that,
09:11in this film,
09:13he is not a Kerala police officer.
09:15He is a police officer
09:17from a different state.
09:19That is the case.
09:21He is a Tamil person
09:23from a different state.
09:25In Tamil Nadu,
09:27there are a lot of North Indians.
09:29They speak in Tamil.
09:31He gave an opportunity
09:33to speak in Tamil, Malayalam,
09:35and English.
09:37It is easy to speak in Malayalam.
09:39It is easy to speak in Tamil.
09:41You have to form all three
09:43in one sentence.
09:45You have to speak fluently.
09:47There should not be a dialogue.
09:49You have to act.
09:51It was tough and interesting.
09:53I want to tell you
09:55another important thing.
09:57In the Malayalam industry,
09:59a person who speaks in Tamil
10:01and a character who speaks in Tamil
10:03will be portrayed as if
10:05the Tamilians have betrayed them.
10:07Even now,
10:10when the film was released,
10:12many people asked me
10:14why I did it.
10:16They said that I betrayed the Tamilians.
10:18But that is not the case in cinema.
10:20In cinema,
10:22you should not see all films
10:24in the same category.
10:26In this film,
10:28a government is trying to solve
10:30this problem.
10:32What does the government do?
10:34If there is a Malayali police officer
10:36in that group,
10:38he will try to
10:40do something.
10:42What will he do?
10:44He will try to
10:46make the people
10:48sympathize with him.
10:50But if he is an
10:52outside officer,
10:54he will follow the orders of the government.
10:56Only when he is an outside officer,
10:58he will be able to achieve
11:00what the government wants.
11:02That is why they send such officers.
11:04Only if you go in and
11:06watch a Malayali film,
11:08you will know that it is fair.
11:10We should not accept
11:12the Malayali people
11:14who speak ill of the Tamilians.
11:16I accepted this acting because
11:18I understood it.
11:20If a Tamilian has
11:22said something wrong,
11:24I would have accepted it.
11:26I would have said,
11:28sorry sir,
11:30you can find someone else.
11:32I did it because
11:34I am a Tamilian.
11:36Did you show it to them?
11:38No sir, it is correct.
11:40No sir,
11:42there is no second reading.
11:44Everything is straight.
11:46Muthanga is a village
11:48in the Vannisivu district of Wayanad.
11:50It is a village
11:52on the Karnataka-Tamilnadu border.
11:54In spite of that,
11:56the youth
11:58have been able to
12:00show that something like this
12:02has happened.
12:04It is not a documentary,
12:06it is a fictional element.
12:08Is it not a responsibility
12:10to inform the youth?
12:12There was a confusion
12:14when I heard it for the first time.
12:16The production house
12:18had said something about it.
12:20Muthanga happened in 2003
12:22and now they are 23-24 years old.
12:24They are the initial audience.
12:26I have told this to many people.
12:28I am sure that
12:31this is a story of a police actor
12:33that we have forgotten.
12:35It has human emotions
12:37and police brutality.
12:39It is like
12:41a football match.
12:43It is like a football match.
12:45A police officer
12:47died.
12:49There are
12:51many questions
12:53that we have to ask.
12:55If we want,
12:57we can take part in the Karnataka popular film.
12:59We can reach the audience
13:01on a larger scale.
13:03That is the responsibility.
13:05The research and efforts
13:07taken as part of that responsibility
13:09are small.
13:11I feel that
13:13we should improve this.
13:15I am not saying this out of arrogance
13:17or over confidence.
13:19I wanted to show
13:21a bigger scale
13:23to this film.
13:25In Tamil,
13:27the reviews are good.
13:29Yes, the editors are good.
13:31This is a story of human emotions.
13:33People from all over the world
13:35can relate to this story.
13:37This is in the name of confidence.
13:39The new generation
13:41can understand this better.
13:43They ask
13:45if this has happened before.
13:47They watch
13:49old interviews and footages.
13:51They watch the videos
13:53from the last 5-10 years.
13:55They look at the fresh comments.
13:57They comment on the films.
13:59They comment on the films.
14:01They have a record.
14:03They are part of the society.
14:05In Tamil,
14:07there are a lot of films
14:09about Dalit activism.
14:11Like Pariyerum Perumal,
14:13Sarpatta Perumal,
14:15there is a board.
14:17How did you feel
14:19about that?
14:21How much
14:23did you feel about that?
14:25There was a time
14:27when
14:29many people didn't have
14:31the intention to talk about it.
14:33At that time,
14:35the government
14:37lacked the freedom.
14:39Now, people have become educated
14:41and have come out.
14:43The educated people
14:45have started to talk about their rights.
14:47Social media
14:49can easily convey everything.
14:52You don't have to know who it is.
14:54The problem can be solved.
14:56As the support system
14:58is good,
15:00films have started to talk about it.
15:02The support system is strong.
15:04Today, a film is good
15:06but the government can't
15:08stop it immediately.
15:10There are 100,000 questions
15:12about why a good film is stopped.
15:14The government has to decide
15:16whether to stop the film or not.
15:18The fear has come to the government.
15:20There are many
15:22educated people
15:24in the system.
15:26The power to hear
15:28all the rights has come automatically.
15:30Arya,
15:32you came as Tovino's sister
15:34in the movie.
15:36There are some scenes
15:38where you get together with Tovino.
15:40How was the experience with him?
15:42Tovino has done very well
15:44in this movie.
15:46He has managed to vary
15:48the characters.
15:50In Minnalmurali,
15:52there are many
15:54combination scenes.
15:56Towards the end,
15:58there are combination scenes
16:00between us.
16:04When I called him
16:06for the second time,
16:08I was happy
16:10because I got the most
16:12recognition as an artist.
16:14I got recognition
16:16from an actress named Arya Salim
16:18in Minnalmurali.
16:20Most people
16:22recognize her as
16:24Minnalmurali's sister.
16:26After that,
16:28I got to work
16:30with Narivettai again.
16:32She is not a small character.
16:34She is a strong character
16:36and I got to perform
16:38with her.
16:40I was very excited.
16:44Like everyone says,
16:46I have said this
16:48in previous interviews,
16:50Tovino is an artist
16:52who is always committed
16:54and hardworking.
16:56He is an artist
16:58who is always updating.
17:00Was Tovino the same
17:02in Narivettai's first movie?
17:04Yes.
17:06In the first movie,
17:08Tovino was the same.
17:10I would like to ask
17:13about the song.
17:15I wanted the song
17:17to be a trend.
17:19There is no such equation.
17:21How did you come up with this?
17:23You will earn a lot
17:25from the music industry.
17:27The song Tharaivana
17:29Ajamaya is a song
17:31from the movie Sidh.
17:33It is a song from Sidh.
17:35That combination
17:37worked well.
17:39I tried to recreate that
17:41and included it in the song.
17:43The hype for the song
17:45went up.
17:47I tried to troll him.
17:49Do you want to continue
17:51in the next movie?
17:53It might not work out.
17:55In the movie Mylatan,
17:57Agustin says
17:59wherever you look,
18:01you will see me.
18:03I trolled him.
18:05There is a rapport between
18:07me and Jackson.
18:09I trust him.
18:11He will do
18:13what he says.
18:15He has some
18:17desires.
18:19I might have some too.
18:21He might let me go.
18:23It works in a give and take
18:25policy. I trust him.
18:27He is a different
18:29person.
18:31He is a very
18:33innate person.
18:35Once in the movie
18:37there is no
18:39manipulation.
18:41He will do it.
18:43After Palappalli,
18:45Adhul's
18:47traditional song will be
18:49included.
18:51That too for the trend.
18:53You will understand that
18:55when you watch the movie.
18:57It is a traditional song.
18:59It is best
19:01to do it.
19:03Adhul can do it.
19:05His research is not small.
19:07He does it
19:09in different languages.
19:11He does research in different
19:13types of music.
19:15When I started with Jackson,
19:17my work was reduced.
19:19I am a connector.
19:21When I started with Jackson,
19:23my work was reduced.
19:25The other one is Vedan.
19:27Some people have misunderstandings
19:29about Vedan.
19:31Did you use it?
19:34I saw this movie without music
19:36in Jackson's studio.
19:38I saw it on March 19th.
19:40I was going to record
19:42on the 22nd.
19:44Vedan was going through the
19:46programs.
19:48We were not finalized
19:50for the music.
19:52But when the music was finalized
19:54and we were recording,
19:56some things happened.
19:58Then Vedan came back.
20:00He was a bit down.
20:02Then Vedan came back.
20:04He wrote the lyrics.
20:06He sang the song.
20:08Did Vedan write the lyrics
20:10from his mental state?
20:12Yes.
20:14It was difficult.
20:16Everyone has mental problems.
20:18But the song
20:20was a step
20:22to reach
20:24our level.
20:26Cinema is a total politics.
20:28You just have to watch the song.
20:30If you like the song,
20:32you can watch it.
20:34We can't say about those
20:36who don't like the song.
20:38We can talk about Vedan's song
20:40in the theatre.
20:42Let's talk about Vedan's issue.
20:44As I said in the intro,
20:46in recent days,
20:48a woman named Oru Bindu
20:50was accused of rape
20:52and the police
20:54tried to bring her to justice.
20:56In this situation,
20:58we are hearing
21:00different names
21:02of these people.
21:04Is it the right thing
21:06to create such incidents
21:08in the name of
21:10raping women?
21:12Definitely.
21:14It's the right thing
21:16to do.
21:18That's what
21:20creative freedom is.
21:22There are many choices
21:24in cinema.
21:26The reason why
21:28such incidents
21:30are happening
21:32is because
21:34there are such
21:36people in the society.
21:38It doesn't matter
21:40if it is stopped
21:42or a case is taken.
21:44There are such people
21:46in police offices.
21:48Government should be able
21:50to bring them to justice.
21:52In recent days,
21:55there have been
21:57such incidents.
21:59There are such people
22:01in the society.
22:03They don't know
22:05that it is a mental illness.
22:07It is our responsibility
22:09to bring them to justice.
22:11I am doing it.
22:13You are a part
22:15of this movement.
22:17What is your opinion
22:19on Vedan's issue?
22:21It's not just about
22:23Vedan's issue.
22:25There are people
22:27who judge people
22:29based on their colour.
22:31I have also been
22:33involved in such incidents.
22:35Usually,
22:37I wear a top
22:39when I go out.
22:41I wear a loose top
22:43when I go out.
22:45Later,
22:47I changed it.
22:49When I walk like that,
22:51some people react
22:53as if I am an artist.
22:55I am not a human being.
22:57In some places,
22:59I have fallen.
23:01Recently,
23:03I became an artist.
23:05I don't know
23:07what to say.
23:09When I went to a place like this,
23:11I went there as a friend.
23:13There was an artist
23:15with me.
23:17When I took a room like this,
23:19when I left home,
23:21I wore a normal dress.
23:23I didn't look good.
23:25They didn't even know
23:27if I was an artist.
23:29They asked me
23:31if everyone was on the floor.
23:33I told them that
23:35I was in a different category.
23:37They told me that
23:39I was in a different category.
23:41Actually,
23:43no one from the film industry
23:45told me anything.
23:47They told me that
23:49I was in a different category.
23:51They told me that
23:53I was in a different category.
23:55At that time,
23:57I didn't know what to ask.
23:59When I heard the word category,
24:01I left home.
24:03When I talked
24:05to my sister,
24:07she told me
24:09that I was an artist.
24:11I didn't know
24:13if I was an artist or not.
24:16It was painful
24:18to be judged.
24:28What do you think about this?
24:30There are so many issues
24:32in Kerala.
24:34How do we look at
24:36caste, colour,
24:38appearance, etc.?
24:42It is everywhere.
24:44In India,
24:46it is everywhere.
24:48All powers are used
24:50to suppress those who need to rise.
24:52No one is ready
24:54to raise their hands.
24:56But,
24:58they have the guts
25:00to raise their hands
25:02and stand up for themselves.
25:04Now, it has become
25:06a matter of speech.
25:08Because they raise their hands
25:10and voice,
25:12they need to be given
25:14equal rights to everyone.
25:16Until they get that,
25:18they will raise their hands
25:20from all sides.
25:22You cannot deny that.
25:24Shashikala was talking about Vedanta
25:26the other day.
25:28How can we say no to them?
25:32It is their right
25:34to say no to them.
25:36It is their duty.
25:38You are right.
25:40It is their duty
25:42to say no to them.
25:44Vedanta himself has addressed
25:46this issue.
25:48Vedanta wants to say
25:50this to Karnataka Sangeet,
25:52but Vedanta does not have
25:54that voice.
25:56So, how can we
25:58say no to them?
26:00We need to listen to them
26:02and raise our hands
26:04and stand up for ourselves.
26:06It is the chair's problem.
26:08There is no need
26:10for us to initiate a fight campaign.
26:12Everyone should watch a movie.
26:14I can only say that.
26:16It is true.
26:18It is a miracle for me
26:20that only my artists
26:22make movies.
26:24Movies should be made
26:26in an art format,
26:28not a painting.
26:30I have heard an opinion
26:32about Mammootty's movie
26:34Annan Thambi.
26:37Mammootty does not need
26:39good characters in this movie.
26:41That is why his choices
26:43are not good.
26:45When?
26:47In 2010.
26:49I forgot.
26:51It has been 11 years.
26:53I forgot.
26:55At the same time,
26:57Palari and Manikyam
26:59were Mammootty's best characters.
27:01I am coming to the conclusion
27:03that the next Mammootty's
27:05movie will be a perfect Malayalam movie.
27:07What is the difference?
27:09There is no difference.
27:11The artists here
27:13and the directors here
27:15will criticize a bad movie
27:17in Tamil cinema.
27:19Some will say,
27:21why did this artist do this?
27:23We like Mohanlal,
27:25Mammootty, Bharathan,
27:27Hariharan,
27:29Blassie.
27:31We watch a lot of directors
27:33and when they
27:35make a good movie,
27:37we feel
27:39bad.
27:41We should not say it is wrong.
27:43Only when four people ask,
27:45they will say no.
27:47When they do a lot,
27:49there is less space
27:51to give a good movie.
27:53Because Mammootty thought so,
27:55he started making
27:57different movies.
27:59He made a super hit movie.
28:01He accepted Kaadhal
28:03and Brahmayugam.
28:05What was the last movie?
28:07Gautham Menon's movie.
28:09He accepted it.
28:11So,
28:13they are making different movies.
28:15Mohanlal is making a lot of different movies.
28:17If they make a good movie,
28:19there will be a lot of criticism.
28:21We can't do anything about it.
28:23We didn't do it intentionally.
28:25I really don't like Annandhani.
28:27What can I do about it?
28:29I have to follow you strictly.
28:31That's the mistake.
28:33That's a good audience.
28:35That's the interview I gave.
28:37It was a good interview.
28:39It was a good interview.
28:41It was a good interview.
28:43He has a lot of fans.
28:45Yes, he has a lot of fans.
28:47I like Malayalam cinema.
28:49I like Malayalam cinema.
28:51I still remember
28:53the shot in Bharathan sir's Thalwadam.
28:55I still remember the shot in Bharathan sir's Thalwadam.
28:58There was no CG there.
29:00There was a shot where
29:02the donkey sits correctly and flies.
29:04They might have taken a similar shot
29:06for Mammootty sir and Salim Ghosh.
29:08Mohanlal sir and Salim Ghosh.
29:10Mohanlal sir and Salim Ghosh.
29:12In the black smoke.
29:14That shot is an example for many people in Tamil Nadu.
29:16That shot is an example for many people in Tamil Nadu.
29:18We have celebrated Bharathan sir's filmmaking.
29:20We have celebrated Bharathan sir's filmmaking.
29:22If we have the right to celebrate Malayalam cinema,
29:24we have the right to criticize it.
29:26Right!
29:28We have a movie called Rajaam.
29:30We have a movie called Rajaam.
29:32It will be released in 2021.
29:34It will be released in 2021.
29:36There is nothing new.
29:38It will be a production company.
29:40It will be a production company.
29:42The film was not planned.
29:44The film was not planned.
29:46Is there a plan for the movie?
29:48We are not thinking about it now.
29:50We are not thinking about it now.
29:52Do you want to do it?
29:54Ariyammi, what do you expect from Maraalasamy after this film?
30:01I expect that he will not be categorized in any way and will have a different kind of performance.
30:14I pray that he will have a performance throughout the screenplay.
30:24I have received positive feedback after the release of the film.
30:28The best part of the film is the response of the kids.
30:34The film has a good balance between the songs and the audience.
30:41I am very happy to talk about it.