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00:00I was nervous, I didn't know what's happening, I didn't know where I'm going to be heading in my life.
00:11Each and every time I think I miss the most is spending time with my family.
00:15They always saw me as a son, so the whole full name is Krishna.
00:20I have heard one story, you actually didn't get a ticket for a tour in Bangalore.
00:25Can you please give me at least two seats and that's when they gave me, looking at me.
00:30I was like okay, so for my own film, I had to literally beg for a ticket.
00:34I remember I'm wearing a black shirt and Lalit is wearing a black shirt, we all and the group of musicians around Lalit.
00:43The day I met Mamooka, I was like is he even his age, like he always looked younger than his age.
00:52I remember he was so friendly and he was talking to me as a friend and I was like
01:01is he even such a big star that he is talking to me so humbly.
01:06The day when he narrated me Mangata, I wasn't confident because it was on the phone and he offered me a negative role.
01:15Even heroes are doing like completely hero-centered films, action films where heroine has hardly any importance.
01:25I think heroines, very few films only heroines have something to play.
01:30So rather do something good with heroes and remarkable where people will remember,
01:35like how people remember me through characters like Annan Thambi, Then Mule,
01:39like Rock and Roll, Chanda Mama, like something to remember.
01:46Hi, hello viewers, welcome to our show Untold Fiction.
01:51Today we have some untold stories with us.
01:54So we have Rai Lakshmi, so welcome.
01:56Thank you.
01:57So in your childhood days, everyone used to call you Krish.
02:02So like your pet name is Krish.
02:04Still calling you Krish at the home?
02:06No, I think my parents only used to call me Krish.
02:08Apart from my parents, nobody called me Krish.
02:11Yeah, yeah, not even in my school.
02:13I have a lot of nicknames, but it's only owned by my parents.
02:17Because there is a story behind it.
02:20They always saw me as a son.
02:22So the whole full name is Krishna.
02:25So they used to call me Krish.
02:27So when I was young and when I was a child as a baby,
02:31my dad has called me Krish more than anybody else.
02:35You still miss those days actually?
02:37Yeah, I miss those days because I lost my dad.
02:41And only he was the one who used to call me that, you know.
02:44And after that, yes, I've forgotten those days.
02:48Life has changed.
02:49Move forward.
02:50Are you still getting that come back into Malayalam industry,
02:54that kind of saying it by everybody?
02:57No, only everybody is like feeling the gap
03:00because I think they understand the gap more than I'm probably.
03:04They missed me in the last three years or whatever.
03:06Three years, there was a pandemic.
03:08So we didn't do films anywhere.
03:10It was a struggle to actually get back doing films
03:14and bringing the films into theater.
03:17But three years after that,
03:19I was busy doing a lot of other language films.
03:22So I had to catch up on a lot of films which I had missed.
03:25My last movie was with Mamukka, Oru Kuttanadam blog.
03:30I gave a hit and after that,
03:32I went to other films, other languages.
03:35So after that, I did get a lot of projects from Malayalam
03:39and somehow couldn't take it because of my other commitments
03:44that I was doing, I was part of.
03:46And after a long time, I got a great script, which is DNA.
03:51And it was a very solo driven role,
03:54an IPS role, a very strong role that Suresh sir offered me.
04:00And I liked it and it was a very interesting crime thriller.
04:05And I said, why not?
04:06I haven't done any crime thriller
04:08or this kind of a genre in Malayalam industry.
04:10So that's why I just took the film.
04:15We were missing it a lot in this gap.
04:18Because we had seen a lot of films from China
04:22and they were giving a streak of hits.
04:24So how did you remember that time?
04:27Because you have told that,
04:29okay, Malayalam gives me the break to do a lot of other languages.
04:33Yeah.
04:33See that time what used to happen, the movies were made faster.
04:37Okay, times have changed because the scripts have also changed.
04:42Now lady oriented films have come.
04:44Back in those days, we used to do films with heroes.
04:49Okay, so what our part used to be was limited.
04:53So we used to work for 20 days and go join another film.
04:56So that's why we could do five films a year, six films a year.
04:59But when you do a lady centric film
05:01or a film that's completely run on your shoulder,
05:06it takes a lot of preparation work, prep work,
05:09a lot of, what do you say,
05:13workshop before you start a film, whatever the character that you're playing.
05:16And the whole pressure is on your shoulder.
05:19So that takes a different time.
05:22So nowadays, the whole market has opened up to
05:28all kinds of films, you know,
05:30like lady oriented, completely multi-star films and all.
05:37But back then, it was more about
05:39we working with all the known stars as heroines, you know,
05:44and which is there today also, that charm is different.
05:49So that's one of the reasons I think in Malayalam
05:53that I've been doing so many films that time,
05:56because I could do all this with all the superstars.
06:00So that has, what do you say, that's a different charm.
06:08Okay, and now I think even heroes are doing like
06:12completely hero centered films, action films,
06:17where heroine has hardly any importance in the film.
06:21You know, most of the films now, I think heroines,
06:24very, very few films only heroines have something to play.
06:28Otherwise, it's most of the time that if it's an action oriented script,
06:33yeah, heroines have nothing to do.
06:35So rather do something good with heroes and remarkable,
06:38where people will remember, like how people remember me
06:42through characters like Annan Thambi, Thenmuli,
06:44like Rock and Roll, Chandamama, like something to remember.
06:49And that's what I want to be part of.
06:51So after coming to cinema, how has the way of seeing cinema changed?
06:56Everything has changed now.
06:57Now everything is changing fast.
07:04Every three months things are changing
07:06because of the OTT platform has opened up.
07:09Everything has a lot of scope, a lot of content,
07:13a lot of films.
07:14It's just not limited to Indian films now.
07:17People are watching Korean films.
07:18People are watching all Chinese films.
07:22There is no artistic confusion.
07:24There is no confusion.
07:25It's just that we are very proud to be part of Indian cinema.
07:29But when it comes to audience,
07:30they have a lot of options to watch.
07:33So then when you are doing and you want to keep your fans engaged
07:37or public engaged, you need to do some different scripts.
07:43Otherwise, you will get bored.
07:45Because now sitting at home, you can see all genres of films.
07:50That kind of comfort has come.
07:53So every six months, the industry is changing.
07:59People are coming up with vague stories,
08:03weirdest films that you can't even predict.
08:07So in one platform, whether it could be Netflix,
08:11it could be any Amazon, anything you switch to,
08:15you have like all the regional languages,
08:18all different languages, Spanish films, Korean films,
08:23and everything you get to see on one TV.
08:27So when it's coming to theatrical release,
08:30you might as well be part of some experience
08:34where you enjoy watching those films in theaters.
08:37Now it's not the same that, oh, when you do a romantic film,
08:40people will go and watch only romantic films.
08:42People want effects in theater.
08:45People like the sound.
08:46People love actions.
08:48People love the shot takings.
08:51Now audience also expect more from us.
08:53So what is the biggest excitement for DNA actually?
08:56Biggest?
08:57Excitement for DNA.
08:59DNA is a crime thriller.
09:01So when it's thriller, you know, it's always like,
09:04you're always on the edge of the street.
09:05What's going to happen?
09:06There's a lot of suspense.
09:08There's a lot of masala.
09:09Masala in terms of not film masala,
09:12and variations of different characters.
09:16It's a multi-star of film.
09:17There are too many stars in the film doing their own roles.
09:22So it creates a lot of confusion and a lot of,
09:28what do you say?
09:30How do I put it?
09:32Confusion and a lot of,
09:37I want to say the word, but I don't know how to.
09:41When there is a suspense, you don't know what's coming in.
09:44But it creates a confusion.
09:46It creates a doubt.
09:47It creates a doubt on everyone's mind.
09:49So every character creates a doubt on audience.
09:53So it's a very engaging thriller.
09:56And it's an interesting script.
09:58Very nicely shot.
10:00Very nicely directed by Suresh sir.
10:03And a very good production backing.
10:08And K.V. Abdul Nazar sir.
10:13So it's a completely good power-packed entertainment film.
10:20So I'm just going to round a segment called On This Day.
10:24On This Day.
10:25It's like your first movie release.
10:29My first movie release?
10:31And on your career.
10:33In my career.
10:33What was the mindset then actually?
10:35What was the?
10:36What was the mindset actually?
10:37I was nervous.
10:38I didn't know what's happening.
10:40I didn't know where I'm going to be heading in my life.
10:45It was all mixed emotions.
10:48So my first movie was Karkaka Sundaram.
10:50It was a Tamil film.
10:52Though I shot that film as my second film.
10:54But released as my first.
10:57So that was my film.
10:57The director saw you in one ad.
11:00Yeah, an ad like on a newspaper.
11:02And somehow he traced me.
11:04And he got hold of me.
11:05Yeah, that was my first movie.
11:07First shot in Malayalam film?
11:09First shot?
11:11Rock and Roll.
11:12Which was the first shot?
11:12Do you remember?
11:13With Laletan.
11:14I remember we were doing some...
11:19How do I explain it in the film?
11:21Because I have...
11:22I don't remember the entire film.
11:24But yeah, the first shot.
11:25It may not be in the order in the film.
11:27But we shot the first shot was the drum.
11:31Where I'm wearing a black...
11:33I remember I'm wearing a black shirt.
11:34And Laletan is wearing a black shirt.
11:36We all.
11:37And the group of musicians around Laletan.
11:42So that was my first shot.
11:43But I don't know which scene is it in the film.
11:46Okay.
11:46So first time I realized...
11:49My family realizing I'm a celebrity.
11:53When I...
11:56When my first movie released.
11:58And they all were in tears that...
12:01I've actually become a celebrity.
12:03So it was very hard for them to digest
12:06that at such young age.
12:08Now people are seeing me as a heroine.
12:12So that was a proud moment for them.
12:15Okay.
12:15The day you decide cinema is my passion.
12:21The day I was offered from the front.
12:26That's when I knew that this is the route that I want to take.
12:29So I think when I started shooting the first day.
12:32That is the day I decided this is my passion.
12:35Okay.
12:36Day I wish to recreate.
12:38A day that I wish to recreate.
12:43I have so many but if I have to take one thing back.
12:47From the films.
12:48Yeah.
12:52My first moment when I was in the theater watching my first hit film.
13:00Like super hit film.
13:02Like super hit as in like...
13:05That hit was bigger than anything else for me of my career.
13:10Was Kanchana.
13:13So I want to recreate that.
13:14Because that was a unexpected...
13:19What do you say?
13:19Victory for me.
13:21I was watching it and at that point of time horror genres were not famous.
13:25And horror was not very well taken.
13:27Kanchana was the beginning.
13:29Kanchana was the beginning for all the horror movies to start.
13:34So it was a horror comedy.
13:35Because nobody wanted to watch horror.
13:37Till then no horror films were doing well.
13:39But how do you guys conceive it actually?
13:42It's very complex.
13:43I know it was but Raghava Lawrence had the script.
13:47And nobody else was taking the script as a heroine.
13:51And somehow my gut feeling said that I want to do this.
13:54And it was a fun film.
13:56And I have never heard of a genre called horror and comedy.
13:59You know people get scared or people laugh.
14:02But you can't get scared and laugh.
14:03So that thought I liked.
14:05And it worked out wonders.
14:07And after that you only...
14:09I have only seen so many horror comedies coming.
14:13And ever since then the horror has not stopped.
14:16It's not stopped.
14:17The genre of horror films has not stopped.
14:20You open any OTT you will see so many horror films.
14:23And so many different kinds of...
14:26What do you say?
14:27Horror films.
14:28Thrillers are also made in horror forms now.
14:31So the day Venkat Prabhu narrated me Mangatha.
14:35In fact the day when he narrated me Mangatha I wasn't confident.
14:43Because it was on the phone and he offered me a negative role.
14:46And I'm like I'm doing all positive.
14:49Back then the mindset was you're very typecast if you do something.
14:56If you do some other role then you'll be typecasted for that.
14:59So that was the generation where that was a time where if you do anything
15:04whether you do one song or different role or negative
15:07they'll only start typecasting you for that.
15:09So I was very scared.
15:10I wasn't confident.
15:11Though it was a very good script with a great hero, Ajit sir.
15:17And I was like you're considering me for this role but how do I do this?
15:23I've only done positive roles and all.
15:25He's like trust me this is going to change your whole perspective about what you're thinking.
15:34I'm like okay.
15:34So I went with a gut feeling.
15:36Okay sir if you say let's try it out.
15:38I have nothing to lose.
15:39So I remember that I wasn't confident when this role had come to me.
15:46But it was all Venkat Prabhu's push that he told me trust me Lakshmi you will not regret.
15:51And his words came true.
15:54Okay.
15:55The day in my life I miss the most?
16:00The day in your life?
16:03In my life I miss the most.
16:06Each and every time I think I miss the most is spending time with my family.
16:10Like very often that happens because I really don't get to spend time with my mom
16:16or my family, my sisters and all of that.
16:20But that's one thing that I keep missing very often.
16:23The day I met Mamooka for the first time?
16:26The day I met Mamooka I was like is he even his age?
16:30Like he always looked younger than his age.
16:35And I was thinking Mamooka will like what do you say when you're working with some
16:43really superstars you know you don't know how they act and how they.
16:48So it was a very new experience for me.
16:50But he was one person that when I met him I remember he was so friendly and he was
16:59talking to me as a friend, as a what do you say elderly person.
17:08And I was like is he even such a big star that he is talking to me so humbly.
17:15You know that I remember.
17:18And I was completely taken by and I was like we need to learn this from him.
17:24And yeah that's the day where I started like opening up and talking to him.
17:31Like he like a friend you know and it didn't take me a while to actually know him.
17:37Have you seen any recent films?
17:40No actually I have not caught up because I was injured for last six months.
17:47So I have not caught up on many films and whenever the movie is released in Malayalam
17:52I'm not in Kerala to see it until it comes on TV or it comes on any other platform.
18:00So I really don't get to catch up.
18:02Sometimes I don't watch my own films.
18:04I have heard one story you actually didn't get a ticket for Two Hari Har Nagar in Bangalore.
18:10Yeah I wanted to watch because I was shooting there
18:12and it released that time and I really wanted to watch it.
18:16And I sent my manager to get like four tickets and they're telling me only there's no tickets go.
18:25I'm like tell them I'm the heroine of the film I need the tickets.
18:29He's like no no you're lying go.
18:31Then I had to literally walk up to the theater and say
18:34can you please give me at least two seats and that's when they gave me looking at me.
18:38He's like okay so for my own film I had to literally beg for a ticket.
18:44There are times like that also yeah a lot of funny incidents have happened in my life.
18:48So a good set only gives good output so what is the biggest memory to take away from DNA set?
18:55From DNA set I have only made good memories in it.
18:59Why because they all are so humble.
19:02It was such a you know light-hearted set.
19:06There was no stress.
19:08Everything was in the flow.
19:09Everything was so well planned and I would love to work with this team again.
19:14Why because it was just it was just a stress-free set.
19:19What was told to you and what you're doing are matching.
19:22You know sometimes you're going through you don't know what is happening
19:26but this was like a easygoing set with nice people around, great actors around
19:32and whenever I've come I've just done my work.
19:35I have laughed.
19:36I've sat down with people eaten like whenever I'm in Kerala I eat a lot
19:41and I gain some few extra kgs and go back.
19:43I think that's my goal when I'm in Kerala but this is what I have a lot of memories
19:50that great memories and you know cute little memories from DNA sets where
19:57right from interacting from the director and having moment with him to the cameraman
20:02to the art directors to all the people, the working actors, the co-actors,
20:10the background actors, everybody coming and talking.
20:14It was just a nice moment too.
20:16There's nothing as what do you say
20:21what can I say like I think during my shoot it was my birthday time.
20:26They wanted to celebrate my birthday.
20:29So it was a very nice gesture that they celebrate because I said I'm not available.
20:33I have my own plans.
20:35So they celebrated my birthday much in advance so that
20:38they also feel that they're part of the celebration.
20:41So it was a nice thing that you know somebody who takes care of you so well
20:45and who gives you so much importance, makes you feel so special
20:50which is rare you know and I would definitely love to
20:54and I look forward to working with this team.
20:55Any upcoming Malayalam projects lined up?
20:58Now I've started with DNA.
21:00I am talking to a few but I have another two films to actually finish
21:04which is one in Tamil and one in Telugu which is a bilingual
21:10and I have two for release.
21:12One Prabhudeva sir's film Wolf in Tamil that I have that is going to be releasing soon
21:19and one OTT film Janta Baar in Telugu which is also going to be releasing
21:26and DNA is releasing this 14th June and I hope for the best.
21:30So actually we are really excited to see you back
21:33because you have given such a great memories for us.
21:37So thank you for the time being and all the best for DNA.
21:39Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you.