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00:00Dubai is always a place of magic.
00:03Not only in Malayalam, but a lot of people are trying.
00:06They are trying a lot of combinations.
00:08We are showing this magic from a small place as an entity.
00:11In Kerala.
00:12But we are creating something for that.
00:15We are going to shoot a film called Empuran on a big canvas.
00:21We can't count it as a Malayalam film.
00:24Whether it is Brave Burrows or Empuran,
00:27all the upcoming films are going to be big.
00:31First thing, I completed my directorial debut.
00:35It's a 3D film called Burrows.
00:38So now the post-shooting work is happening.
00:42It's totally a fantasy film.
00:47We have a lot of actors from Portugal, Spain.
00:50First of its kind.
00:52Another thing, we are starting the second...
00:58It's not a sequel actually.
01:01We cannot call it a sequel.
01:03It's called Empuran.
01:05It's a good thing.
01:08We started again the shoot of Ram.
01:13It's a film that stopped during Covid.
01:16Now we are starting the film in UK.
01:18Morocco and Tunisia.
01:22Then I am signing a new film.
01:25That's why I came to Dubai.
01:28It's called AVS Studio.
01:30It's a big film with Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.
01:34It's called Rishabha.
01:36It's a big film.
01:38Abhishek Vyas and his company are starting the film.
01:43Then we are starting an office.
01:46Ashirvadham is our company.
01:49We are starting an office here.
01:51We are looking into production, distribution,
01:55event management.
01:57We can do a lot of things.
01:59It's okay to ask why we didn't start earlier.
02:02We have time for that.
02:04But I think this is the time because
02:06after post-Covid,
02:08there is a big change in cinema.
02:10Even though we are going to theatres,
02:12there is a hype for South Indian films.
02:16To start with Drishyam,
02:19it made a big impact.
02:22I think most of the people in India have seen it.
02:25Drishyam was the first film.
02:27Before coming to Dubai,
02:30I was in Guwahati, Nasa.
02:33I went to a temple there.
02:35It's called Kamakhya.
02:37All the people there had seen Drishyam.
02:41They wanted to take a picture.
02:43I said, how do you know we saw Drishyam?
02:46Because of Drishyam, they started watching
02:48a lot of Malayalam films.
02:50All these films like RRR, Vikram, KGF
02:55have made a lot of noise in cinemas.
03:00I am saying this in a positive way.
03:05A pan-Indian film has a lot of scope.
03:08A lot of people are trying to bring all the actors.
03:11This is what we wanted.
03:13We started a film called Kalapani.
03:16It was a pan-Indian film.
03:18We brought a lot of actors from all over the language.
03:21After that, no one watched it.
03:23Then I tried a film called Vaanaprasam.
03:25It was a co-production.
03:27You have always done only things that are ambitious.
03:29In your career, you have taken...
03:30It's not like that.
03:32It is coming to me.
03:34We don't just make a 3D film tomorrow.
03:37The story should be good.
03:39Then we have our own production.
03:41It's like falling in place.
03:43Everyone came to the right place.
03:45Santhosh Sivanan working.
03:47We have a very interesting part.
03:49The music director is Lidian Nadaswaran.
03:51He is a prodigy.
03:53He has been with us for 12 years.
03:55Now he has composed around 12 notes.
03:58He may get a Grammy award.
04:01He is a prodigy.
04:05He is such a brilliant boy.
04:07He is 15 years old now.
04:09Because of Covid.
04:11I was dare enough to take him as the music director.
04:13To compose my BGM.
04:15It's all a happening.
04:17I want it to come out well.
04:21I think it will be a revelation.
04:23It will make a big change in music.
04:25How has this directorial transformed you?
04:29As a person and as a director.
04:31We know you as an actor.
04:33I was never after direction.
04:35This is again a happening.
04:37Myself and a director called Rajiv Kumar.
04:41First we thought of doing a 3D play.
04:43We went to Navodaya.
04:45They have done a film called Kuttichathan.
04:47First we did a 3D play.
04:49It is possible to do a 3D play.
04:51With a new technology.
04:53Then he narrated a story.
04:55It is a novel.
04:57That seems to be very interesting.
04:59Instead of doing this play.
05:01The cost of production is so high.
05:03Then we have to go to all places.
05:05We have to go to all places.
05:07We have to go to all places.
05:09We have to go to all places.
05:11We have to go to all places.
05:13We have to take all the gadgets.
05:15Then we came to do a film.
05:17Then we came to do a film.
05:19Then Jijo said he is not ready to do the film.
05:21He wants to do a bigger film.
05:23Then who else?
05:25Somebody from my mind said why can't you do it?
05:27Somebody from my mind said why can't you do it?
05:29You can't do a film like this.
05:31You can do other films.
05:33It is not bad.
05:35It is not easy.
05:37But this is something very unique.
05:39So we thought why can't we do it.
05:41So we thought why can't we do it.
05:43Then everything went wrong.
05:45Then we waited for 2 and a half years.
05:47Then we waited for 2 and a half years.
05:49Then we waited for 2 and a half years.
05:51The main girl, she is from US.
05:53The main girl, she is from US.
05:55Finally everything went well.
05:57We finished the film.
05:59I don't know how I became an actor.
06:01I don't know how I became an actor.
06:03I came without knowing.
06:05I am not going to do any other film.
06:07I don't know the next direction.
06:09I don't know the next direction.
06:19Dubai is always a magical place.
06:23The person we know for 40 years is Gulshan.
06:25The person we know for 40 years is Gulshan.
06:27Gulshan is the person who brought all the films.
06:29He brought films from all over the world.
06:31Especially Malayalam.
06:33So Ashir has got a very strong connection with Gulshan.
06:35So Ashir has got a very strong connection with Gulshan.
06:37He does all our films.
06:39So we thought we can go for a big expansion.
06:41So we thought we can go for a big expansion.
06:43We can plan a lot of co-production.
06:45This is a good hub here.
06:47It is good to operate from here.
06:49Definitely Gulshan is also with us.
06:51Definitely Gulshan is also with us.
06:53We thought why can't we do distribution from all over the world.
06:55We thought why can't we do distribution from all over the world.
06:57With the film Burrows,
06:59we can go in all languages.
07:01we can go in all languages.
07:03The film should be called RRR.
07:05Bahubali.
07:07When I was in China,
07:09whenever I would go looking for furniture,
07:11whenever I would go looking for furniture,
07:13I would see this film on the big screen.
07:15They loved some emotion.
07:17They loved some emotion.
07:19They loved some emotion.
07:23Do you think Malayalam cinema is not getting that reach?
07:25Do you think Malayalam cinema is not getting that reach?
07:27We sold the film Drishyam.
07:29They made the film.
07:31But there, the climax is different. He is surrendering. I couldn't fool the police there.
07:36That's the point.
07:38But it was a big hit. But then COVID came and it stopped.
07:42We signed Mr. Antony after going to China.
07:45Then we thought of starting an office in China.
07:47Because we wanted to make a film called Marikkar in that language and show it there.
07:52When we went, there were 60,000 screens there.
07:56In China?
07:5760,000 screens is huge.
07:59What they expected was more than that.
08:01If it wasn't for COVID, there would have been around 2 lakh screens.
08:05So, it's not a Malayalam film.
08:08The possibility of a Malayalam film is huge.
08:10But are we that ambitious?
08:12I think you and Prithviraj are the game changers.
08:15Malayalam is not a good way.
08:16A lot of people are trying.
08:17They are looking for combinations.
08:19We are showing this magic from a small place.
08:22In Kerala.
08:23But we are making something for it.
08:27We are going to shoot a film called Emporan on a big canvas.
08:32We can't count it as a Malayalam film.
08:35Whether it's Burrows or Emporan,
08:38A lot of films are going to be big.
08:41So, there is a possibility.
08:44Whether it's Saudi Arabia,
08:46Theatres are going to have a big opening.
08:49Our exposure and revenue is going to increase.
08:53So, we can spend on it.
08:55We can make big films.
08:58We can bring actors from different languages.
09:01So, it's a big possibility.
09:03We are going to open a big gate.
09:05You are one of the most long enduring idols in Malayalam cinema.
09:08There is no doubt about it.
09:09How do you stay so relevant?
09:11And I know you say you don't know what you do and all that.
09:13It's all our films.
09:15The cinema itself is helping us.
09:17The Malayalam cinema?
09:18Definitely.
09:19It's a film called Udhrishyam.
09:21The people sitting here call it Udhrishyam.
09:24So, we bring actors from different languages.
09:29Of course, we need luck.
09:33People should like it.
09:35We need films that are different from what they expect.
09:39There are a lot of things.
09:41A downfall is when films go bad.
09:44Selection of cinema is a magical recipe.
09:48It's a recipe that no one knows about.
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