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