A classroom full of arguments about what its name should be - finally it came down to a vote...
Lilies, roses, daisies and tulsi bloom in our balcony. In other corners of the house there are money plants and the christmassy poinsettia...
As a student filmmaker there are many things you shamelessly do to save on the budget… one of them is hunt for free food for the crew. You can get folks to work for free on a film set but you gotta feed them well! Our film school was at Covent Garden, London...
What intrigues you about a person you have just met? Is it the way they look? The way they speak? What they say? How they think? How they make you feel? How similar/different they are to/from you? A combination of all these boils down to plain ol' chemistry… doesn't it? :-) But besides that aren't there times when you meet...
There is something strange about an article headline that screams “Don’t call me a woman filmmaker” - It reads to me as if the comment came from someone who is ashamed of being a woman. And surprise surprise how do I feel when I discover that the comment is attributed to me?? Well...
“Povandorku eppayaalum poye pattu” When Thilakan Sir’s deep voice said these words I’d written, I never thought it would be so soon. The gentle affectionate yet philosophical Uppuppa which could only be him. When Anwar Rasheed told me that Thilakan Sir would be Karimka in Ustad Hotel, I started to work further on the...
USTAD HOTEL opens - Today. The expectations from this film nearly scare me. Lets admit it - its the first time that something I have written is being termed "commercial". I dont even know if that's a good thing or a bad thing! As far as I am concerned, a story is a story is...
Sharing Manjadikuru's first review in Malayalam in the latest edition of India Today ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6VNcTngSFQ
Happy Vishu Friends!
...I have never written about Manjadikuru on my blog. Why? Well frankly I wouldn't know where to start! The other day I got a call from the production team of "Orikkal Koodi", a television show on Mazhavil Manorama that asks us to revisit our past and recollect the journey with the viewer. People talk...
