00:00As actors, we don't feel any difference because I have done short films, I have done movies, I have worked in two television serials.
00:17As actors, we don't feel any difference because everything is the same for us.
00:22The only difference is that the budget is very small. If we are doing movies, it will be a big budget. If we are doing web series, it will be a big budget.
00:30If we are doing short films, it will be a shoestring budget.
00:32In this shoestring budget, we won't be able to hire such big cameras.
00:36But if we are doing web series or movies, we can hire the latest updated version of big cameras.
00:43So, there are changes for the technicians.
00:49But for us, we are just acting. We are acting in short films and here as well.
00:55So, for us, everything is the same.
00:57But the happiness is that the web series is a little more wide because the budget is good and we get 3-3.5 hours of content.
01:09We can tell a story in such a short time. So, that is a good thing.
01:15So, for your character Mahendra, did you feel any challenge?
01:23It was just like the characters you have played.
01:27Yeah, because I don't do any homework for my characters.
01:35So, I never thought of doing homework and I don't have that much time to do it.
01:41Because I do back-to-back shoots.
01:43So, I did one movie shoot and after two days, I went to Jai Mahendran's location and started acting there.
01:49But I am a director and a writer's actor.
01:54So, I will do whatever he has asked me to do.
01:58So, if you take Jai Mahendran's script, it has all the details.
02:02What is the mood of this person in this particular scene?
02:06What was the previous scene of this scene?
02:08So, if a person comes and says something to me, how will he react?
02:13Or if I have a dialogue, how will I render it?
02:15So, these people guide us.
02:17So, that makes an actor's life very easy.
02:21I don't know if it's the same for everyone.
02:23But for me, my life became easy when writers and directors guide me.
02:28And I don't tell anyone how to do it.
02:32I observe them.
02:34When a director or a writer explains a scene,
02:37I observe them at that time.
02:40What is their body language?
02:42How to deliver the dialogue?
02:43Otherwise, I started doing characters in every movie.
02:48So, you will see Saiju Kuru in every movie.
02:51So, how to make Mahendran different?
02:53I wanted to make Mahendran different.
02:55For example, if a writer is available in the location,
03:00he will come and ask to explain the scene.
03:03So, he explained it to me.
03:05Or he asked the director to explain the scene.
03:08So, he explained it to me.
03:10I get a lot of non-Saiju Kuru things.
03:14If I did it myself, I wouldn't have included it.
03:20So, that's how I do it.
03:22So, for Jai Mahendran, I did the same for all the movies.
03:26I did it very open-mindedly.
03:28I did it without any work.
03:30I went to the location.
03:31You have to work a lot to go to the location.
03:33That's a different thing.
03:34But I didn't do any homework.
03:41I didn't unlearn anything.
03:43Whatever I have learnt, I have learnt it well.
03:47So, if I had learnt something bad,
03:49I would have had to unlearn it.
03:51But whatever I have tried to learn,
03:55or whatever I have learnt unknowingly,
03:57that were all very good things.
04:00And which would improve my career
04:03and improve my acting skills.
04:05I have learnt all this in all these years.
04:07So, I haven't unlearned anything.
04:10What was the most exciting moment for you?
04:15That was a very big excitement.
04:17As soon as the producer called me
04:19and told me that I have spoken to Suhasini Chechi.
04:22We call Didi Chechi here.
04:24So, that's why I am calling her Chechi.
04:26So, as soon as Suhasini Chechi got in,
04:29I was very excited.
04:31Because I started watching movies in the late 80s.
04:36At the same time, TV also came home.
04:38So, at that time, one of the top heroines
04:41was Suhasini Chechi in Malayalam and Tamil.
04:43So, when I used to watch Malayalam movies,
04:45I have seen her in many movies.
04:47So, I used to feel that she is a sister
04:49who lives next to me.
04:51Or she is like my mother.
04:53So, I used to feel like that.
04:55So, we have...
04:57grew up watching her movies.
05:00So, after that, when I came to know
05:02that I am going to share screen space with her,
05:04that excitement was very high.
05:07So, I liked it a lot.
05:09It was a very good experience.
05:11She is a very sober and good sister.
05:14And she was very supportive too.
05:17Yeah.
05:19And she did a good job too.
05:26She was the character of my first movie.
05:29In which, in the first half,
05:31I was in the negative shade.
05:33I was playing the hero in that movie.
05:35And in the second half,
05:37I was playing Mayukham.
05:39Mayukham means Suryakiran.
05:41That's what it means.
05:43In Sanskrit, it means Suryakiran.
05:45So, in the second half,
05:47I was playing a positive character.
05:49So, I feel that
05:51it is very difficult
05:53to find such a character in real life.
05:55And because
05:57she is very close to my heart.
05:59Because it was my debut movie.
06:01So, she is very close to my heart.
06:03When I was learning about the experiences of the movie,
06:07I was learning about the acting of the movie.
06:09I was learning about the location.
06:11I was learning about the filmmaking.
06:13I was learning about the track.
06:15I was learning about the jimmy jib.
06:17I was learning about the crane.
06:19I was learning all this.
06:21So, you will never get that experience.
06:23Because it is over for the first time.
06:25That's why she is very close to my heart.
06:27That character.
06:34There was a great filmmaker.
06:36Yesteryear filmmaker Vinayan sir.
06:38His son, Vishnu Vinay,
06:40is directing the film.
06:42And I had a movie
06:44which was released 1.5 years ago
06:46by Mahalikapuram.
06:48It was a huge blockbuster.
06:50Its writer, Abhilash Pillai,
06:52is also the writer of this movie.
06:54And I am playing
06:56a DYSP character.
06:58Deputy Superintendent of Police.
07:00Yeah.
07:02And the protagonist is being played
07:04by an actor called Arjun Ashokan.
07:06Arjun Ashokan.
07:08So, yeah.
07:10It is a crime thriller.
07:12You know about crime thrillers.
07:14If you say anything,
07:16the suspense goes away.
07:18So, I won't comment on it.
07:20But it is going to be released soon.
07:22The movie has been made very well.
07:24We are also keeping our fingers crossed.
07:26Let's see.
07:32The first attraction
07:34was Soni Liv.
07:36Because
07:38Soni Liv, I think,
07:40all the Malayalees
07:42follow her.
07:44Or the majority of people.
07:46In Kerala,
07:48Soni Liv is very popular.
07:50And I think in South India
07:52and everywhere,
07:54but I am talking about Kerala
07:56because we are talking about Malayalam web series.
07:58But here,
08:00if there is any content in Soni Liv,
08:02it will be good.
08:04This is the atmosphere here.
08:06So, I have a movie called
08:08Antakshari.
08:10Ayush, if you haven't seen it,
08:12do watch it on Soni Liv.
08:14It is a crime investigation thriller.
08:16It is a very good movie.
08:18There is a policeman
08:20who likes to play Antakshari.
08:22Okay.
08:24So, that's how the movie goes.
08:26Okay.
08:28So,
08:30Soni Liv is the
08:32first web series
08:34of Soni Liv.
08:36It is a big deal to act in
08:38Soni Liv's first web series.
08:40It is a big deal
08:42to act in Soni Liv's first web series.
08:44So,
08:46Rahul Rijin Nair,
08:48the writer of the web series
08:50and Srikanth Mohan.
08:52Rahul Rijin Nair is already a national award winning
08:54and state award winning director.
08:56His first AD
08:58is Srikanth Mohan.
09:00So, these two people are coming
09:02for this web series.
09:04I have already done a movie with them.
09:06I think it was in 2017 or 2018.
09:08So, I have already done it.
09:10I have a lot of trust in that team.
09:12I have a lot of trust in that team.
09:14There was a plot of this movie.
09:16There was a plot of this movie.
09:18There was a plot of this movie.
09:20They had already told me about it.
09:22Then comes the big exciting news
09:24that Soni Liv is going to
09:26stream this.
09:28Wow!
09:3075% of the viewers
09:32were convinced.
09:3475% of the viewers were convinced.
09:36I already know them.
09:38I already know them.
09:40I have worked with them.
09:42I have seen their other movies.
09:44I have seen their other movies.
09:46There was no reason
09:48for me to say no.
09:50There was no reason for me to say no.
09:54There was no reason for me to say no.
09:58Basically,
10:00I don't have any particular genre.
10:02I can't watch this type of movie
10:04for my free time.
10:06I can't watch this type of movie
10:08for my free time.
10:10Everyone is interested in entertaining.
10:12Everyone is interested in entertaining.
10:14We can give entertainment
10:16in different emotions.
10:18You can make horror movies
10:20and entertain people.
10:22and they will get a thrill and when they come to the edge of the seat,
10:26you can entertain them like that. You can entertain them by making them cry.
10:31So, any emotion, ultimately we want to get entertainment.
10:37Now, you see, I don't know how many times I have seen my own style.
10:42I like such movies. I like movies like Baazigar or Dar.
10:50Now, I have seen Mirzapur. I have seen Mirzapur many times.
10:57So, it's not a particular genre. But if you get entertainment,
11:02then it's fine. Now, I have seen Animal. I liked Animal a lot.
11:05Although, there is a lot of violence in it.
11:09This is a movie. Watch it as a movie. Why are you taking it to heart?
11:13It's a movie. It's made for your entertainment.
11:19Watch it and get entertained.
11:21Otherwise, what do you say?
11:24No, he didn't do this. He didn't do that. It should have been like this.
11:27So, it doesn't matter.
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