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0:00I always said I was into theater, but I
0:02did a [music] part of me did want to try
0:03this out. Just didn't have the
0:04confidence to say it. I think a few
0:06years ago I told my mom. Um my [music]
0:09mom kept asking like are you going to
0:11say yes or um I kept going back and
0:14forth like what if um [music]
0:17one of the things was like my body type
0:18or the the fact that I don't know how to
0:21speak. I mean I do speak malam but I
0:23don't have the careless slang of someone
0:25who's
0:26>> one of the [music] things about being an
0:28actor's u legendary actor's daughter or
0:31son or whatever is the fact that uh you
0:34are going to be under a microscope
0:36whatever you do
0:37>> I don't I don't look at the comments and
0:40also um yeah of course you have that
0:47>> and did you ask him about what it was
0:49like to face the camera or any such
0:51suggestions [music]
0:52or did you ask your father?
0:54>> Yeah,
0:54>> I asked uh I asked my brother. He said
0:56just [music] go have fun. And my dad, he
1:00he's not he he he said this is your own
1:02journey like you
1:05>> which was more difficult, the acting
1:06part or the malaram part.
1:07>> The malaram.
1:08>> Yeah. [laughter]
1:09>> Yeah.
1:10>> I was so [music] unfit. And that's
1:12another thing. I think there's a
1:13difference between fitness and weight.
1:16Uh you can be 98 kgs [music] but you can
1:19be really fit. Um but I was almost 100
1:21kgs and I was struggling [music] like
1:24climbing stairs. I would be huffing and
1:26puffing and my friends will be like
1:28[laughter] why are you huffing and I
1:30just thought I would try [music]
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1:56>> Hello.
1:56>> How are you?
1:57>> Good. How are you?
1:58>> I'm good, thanks. So your tokam into
2:01movies
2:02>> is happening with tokam.
2:03>> Yes.
2:04>> And I can't resist making that that bad
2:06joke because it's like it's so it lends
2:08itself to it's just there.
2:09>> It's just there. So uh
2:11>> what age did you realize that
2:15you are this creative person because
2:19you're a painter, you write poetry, you
2:22publish a book of poems. Yeah. Uh what
2:25age did you realize like like these are
2:27all the things that that I
2:29>> um I think I've always been creative
2:32like um always used to draw and paint. I
2:36used to cut my hair and stick it on um
2:39[laughter] like stick figures.
2:40>> Wow.
2:41>> Exactly.
2:42>> Yeah. Um and yeah, I've always been into
2:46the arts and all of that. I was never a
2:49maths or scientific
2:53person. Um I enjoyed chemistry but other
2:56than that I wasn't really
2:59I don't know. Yeah.
3:00>> Okay. [laughter]
3:02But um yeah, I've always been.
3:05>> And and at what age did you at what
3:08point in life rather maybe difficult to
3:10remember the age did you realize that
3:13your dad is not just a dad but he's
3:16someone who's kind of public property uh
3:19that you know because at at that
3:20realization when did that happen? So I
3:23honestly there was no realization like
3:26that cuz I just grew up like that,
3:28right? So I didn't know anything
3:30different. So that was just how it was.
3:34>> But even when you were studying in UTI
3:36and other things, weren't there other
3:38people who kind of would ask you about
3:40him or something like that?
3:42>> Yes and no. because um the the the
3:46school that I went to, it was an
3:47international school and they weren't
3:50really they didn't really know about I
3:53mean they they had a vague idea that my
3:56dad was in film and all of that but it
3:59was never um I think more the staff
4:02would ask oh how's your dad doing things
4:05like that but with the students there
4:07was never um I didn't feel any different
4:09or anything like that it was
4:11>> oh nice
4:11>> yeah so the
4:12>> it was very casual and chill. So it's
4:15like it was it was something that you
4:17never felt special or different or
4:18something like that.
4:19>> Yeah. Like I remember one time though um
4:22uh we were so every weekend we get to
4:25watch movies and things like that and um
4:28my dad appeared on on TV um and they
4:31were all like oh Maya's dad and I got
4:33really embarrassed because of like that
4:36you know everyone looking at you that
4:39was the only time I was like and then I
4:41remember [laughter] I was like please
4:42change it not not in a way that I'm
4:45ashamed or anything but in a way where
4:47when you're singled out Right. That kind
4:49of feeling but other than that there was
4:52never any I didn't feel any different.
4:55>> Right. But when uh you know when you see
4:58your father act on screen
5:01>> are you able to distinguish between
5:04>> the character and okay this is my dad.
5:07>> Yes and no. Like I I think I feel it
5:10more. I feel the sad movies a lot more.
5:14Um because somewhere there is also like
5:16oh my goodness this is my dad but um yes
5:21and no I don't know it's a it's a
5:25yeah I I don't know how to answer that
5:27actually. I'm not sure.
5:28>> That's fine. So your mother downstairs,
5:30she told me that you kind of always
5:32wanted to be around the movies or in the
5:34movies,
5:34>> but it's only recently that you told
5:36them and uh and even then she was not
5:39too sure about whether you were telling
5:41them seriously or not so seriously.
5:44>> So when did that uh thought happen and
5:47journey? How was that journey like?
5:49>> So I was always into theater and I loved
5:52I have massive stage fright. given this
5:55is very [laughter and clears throat] um
5:57nerve-wracking for me. But um but when I
6:01was on stage, when I was performing,
6:04those were like the few moments where I
6:05felt really alive and I was like, "Oh,
6:07wow. I really love doing this."
6:10>> Um so I I always said I was into
6:12theater, but I did a part of me did want
6:15to try this out. Just didn't have the
6:17confidence to say it. Yeah.
6:19>> Um and then
6:21I I think a few years ago I told my mom
6:24and then um yeah I guess like now this
6:30is happening and it was just a it's now
6:32or never kind of thing and just go for
6:35it.
6:36>> What do you mean now or never? As in
6:38>> as in not now or never but this
6:40opportunity came along. Jujara had this
6:42story and
6:45um my mom kept asking like she's like so
6:48are you going to say yes or um I kept
6:51going back and forth like what if um one
6:55of the things was like my body type or
6:57the the fact that I don't know how to
6:58speak I mean I do speak maladam but I
7:01don't have the careless slang of someone
7:03who's born and brought up the fluency
7:05>> the fluency
7:06>> um so many like overthinking like I was
7:09just overthinking all of So that was a
7:12big thing. But so then it it was almost
7:15like just just going for it, you know.
7:18>> Yeah.
7:19>> You know, I I I I'm reminded of the time
7:21I came into video from print
7:24>> because I had very similar concerns
7:26about, you know, am I am I too old for
7:29this? Am I like, you know, because this
7:31seems to be a young person's medium. Uh
7:33you know, when you say body type again,
7:35you know, like you you look at yourself
7:36much more critically than other people
7:38look at you. and uh all this was was and
7:40now of course I don't care but then I
7:42guess in the early days uh you do think
7:45about uh all these things uh so I
7:48completely one part of me like I I know
7:50what even though I know I don't maybe
7:52the experience is not exactly similar
7:54but I kind of know where you're coming
7:55from so so knowing this when you know
8:00you're saying okay to the script you're
8:01saying okay to the character you're
8:02doing that what was it like actually
8:05doing thing like actually you know from
8:08concept to creation. What was that like?
8:11>> I loved it. I loved uh and I didn't know
8:14as well because I've I've been on my
8:16dad's sets when I was younger, but um
8:19but not not often
8:22>> and so um I didn't know what to expect,
8:24but and I didn't expect to love it as
8:26much as I did as well. So um yeah, it
8:29was I loved the whole experience, all of
8:31it.
8:32>> Do you remember your very first day of
8:33shoot?
8:34>> Yeah.
8:34>> What was that? [laughter]
8:35Um I had to be on the uh it was a song
8:37montage. So I I don't know if you've
8:39seen the song that come out. Um it was
8:42when I was um like I have to wave to the
8:44kids and then I have to go uh meet TG
8:47uncle and Yeah.
8:49>> And that was the
8:51>> Did [clears throat] you just flow into
8:52that? There was no
8:54>> No, I couldn't sleep all night before
8:56[laughter]
8:57>> and [clears throat] I showed up. I was
8:59super super nervous, but then it was
9:01just uh like like I said, you're nervous
9:04before, but then you just have to do it,
9:05right? And then Yeah. And then I then it
9:08got easier as the days went by. Um I was
9:11still nervous throughout till the end,
9:13but it wasn't as bad as the first day.
9:16No, but you're talking about the good
9:18kind of nervous like for example when I
9:21a lot of stage actors they say that or
9:24even dancers they say that they still
9:26feel the butterflies in their stomach
9:28every time they go on stage because the
9:31audience is new uh even though they may
9:33have performed the same song many many
9:35times this is like a like like yet
9:37another thing that you know anything can
9:39happen live so that's a good kind of but
9:42nervousness was it that or was it like a
9:44crippling kind of will I be able to do
9:47this, you know.
9:48>> The second really Okay. [laughter] Okay.
9:50>> The crippling um kind of I don't know if
9:54I'm going to be able to do this. Um how
9:57am I going to do this? And then at the
9:59end of the day, you kind of just have to
10:00trust that you're I mean, it just you
10:03just have to do it, right? And hope for
10:05the best, I guess. So,
10:07>> yeah. Did you see yourself on the
10:09monitor?
10:10>> Uh in the beginning, no, I didn't want
10:12to. Um later on I did uh just when I
10:16wanted to see if it's okay, things like
10:18that. Um but I didn't want to get cuz I
10:21am a person who overthinks a lot. So I
10:23didn't want to get too in my head about
10:26oh this angle or that angle or like my
10:30is this okay? Is this okay? But
10:32>> yeah,
10:32>> I think towards the end I did look more
10:35but maybe I shouldn't have, maybe I
10:36won't if I for the next
10:38>> No, it's also maybe you didn't want to
10:40get too conscious about everything and
10:41like because this is tough enough uh
10:43just just getting out there and you know
10:45doing the shot according to what the
10:47director wants
10:49>> and then you know in addition if you're
10:50going to go in front of a monitor and
10:52then you're going to
10:53>> and then you're already judging yourself
10:54and then you judge yourself even more.
10:56Yeah.
10:56>> Yeah. So that that might be a little too
10:58much to think. Now um one of the things
11:01about being an actor's u legendary
11:05actor's daughter or son or whatever is
11:07the fact that uh you are going to be
11:10under a microscope whatever you do if if
11:14u you know you write a book of you wrote
11:16a book of poems it had your paintings
11:19>> it's not going to be seen as visa's
11:23book of poems illustrated with visa's
11:25poetry it's going to be seen as visa
11:28moal's
11:29book of poems illustrated with the moan
11:32lal's book of poetry and so there's
11:34always going to be a magnifying glass so
11:36recently you did something that almost
11:38everyone did which is to kind of uh put
11:40out a social media uh post about the
11:43Jarrammat protests and that becomes like
11:46you know a point of uh you know people
11:48commenting on you this life under the
11:51microscope or whatever you call goldfish
11:53bowl life
11:56how have you been able to tackle that
12:00>> uh to be honest like I've never felt
12:04like I was under a microscope.
12:05>> Okay.
12:06>> Um maybe because I haven't been living
12:09in Kerala or living I've been out most
12:11of the time or I've been in UTI. Um so I
12:16I've never felt this
12:19microscopic thing or anything like that.
12:22>> Okay. So you you've never felt that that
12:24you know that people are going to look
12:25at me a little with a with a slightly
12:28judgmental eye than they would another
12:31person that you've never felt that
12:33>> oh no that yeah of course of course they
12:35will right and it's also because of I am
12:41uh my dad's daughter um there are
12:44expectations of how they would I mean if
12:48they uh some people like uh like him as
12:54an actor, some people don't. And then
12:56it's um there those opinions will also
13:00come onto your um just it's just given,
13:04right?
13:05>> Um
13:06>> but I've never felt it. I don't I don't
13:09look at the comments. And also um yeah,
13:13of course you have that uh I don't know
13:16if if I'm going in an airport with my
13:18dad, there are a lot of eyes on you,
13:20things like that. But other than that,
13:22I've never
13:25>> Yeah, it's never been much of an issue.
13:27>> It's not an issue for Did Did See,
13:29because Prrenav made his debut some
13:32quite a while ago actually now because
13:34he does very few films, but then it this
13:35I'm trying to remember when that film
13:37was. Uh yeah, a long time ago. Yeah.
13:40Yeah. Did did did he give you any uh
13:43suggestions or or tips or anything about
13:46listen it's going this is what it's
13:47going to be like so be prepared for this
13:50or anything because he knows you so
13:52well.
13:52>> Oh wait you mean about the movie or
13:54>> no about the life
13:56>> the life in general of Yeah.
13:57>> Um no
14:00>> you didn't ask him. I mean like I I do
14:03talk to him about everything and then I
14:05said well when this happened this
14:07happened and he's like yeah this is how
14:08it is right anything that you say it
14:11there is repercussions like
14:14>> um and my friend called me and said that
14:16as well she's like I can post whatever I
14:18want but you need to think twice before
14:20anything
14:22>> um
14:23>> but yeah
14:24>> and did you ask him about what it was
14:26like to face [music] the camera or any
14:28such suggestions or did you ask your
14:30father. Yeah,
14:31>> I asked uh I asked my brother, he said
14:33just go have fun. And my dad, he he's
14:37not he he he said this is your own
14:40journey like you have to figure it out
14:42on your own like yeah it wasn't there
14:45was no advice given that this is how you
14:47should do it or anything like
14:48>> No, of course it was your own journey
14:50because in a way when he made his debut
14:53uh way back in 1980 or whatever it's
14:55like that was a very different world.
14:57The cinema was very different. uh the
15:00way the world perceived so the social
15:01media was not there there's so many
15:03other things that the world itself was
15:04very different the kind of movies that
15:05were being made were different so that
15:08way maybe you know this a little
15:09different but they I mean in terms of
15:12facing the camera or in terms of
15:14something was there any useful advice
15:16given there in terms of
15:17>> um on on set yeah he told me to slow
15:20down cuz I was uh I guess nervous as
15:24well so I'll be trying to rush
15:26everything and that was throughout I
15:28would try to rush everything to it's
15:30like I want to get to the end, you know.
15:32Um so for that he said to slow down. Um
15:36but other than that like no advice. Um
15:40but in general in life um my dad has
15:44like always let us figure things out on
15:46our own. Like he's never been like this
15:48is what you should be doing or this is
15:49how you should do it. Um it's like
15:52allowed us to discover who we are and
15:55have our own experiences I guess. Yeah.
15:58>> So what was Jude like on set? Jude
16:00Anthony Joseph the director of the
16:02movie.
16:03>> Uh he said that uh when you like before
16:07you began there was a bit of an audition
16:09to get you acclamatized to the whole
16:11movie making thing and all that. What
16:13was that like? So the first [laughter] I
16:16so the first day that I went there, I
16:19couldn't even say one line and we kept
16:21going over and over and then I was
16:24thinking to myself like
16:26like how am I going to do the whole
16:28movie and I'm sure he was also thinking
16:30oh no, what have we done? Um but then he
16:34came up with um he said like forget the
16:36whole script we'll just I'll just give
16:38you um it's kind of like improv, right?
16:41I'll just make up a situation and then
16:43you act. Um if malaram comes, malaram
16:47comes. If gibberish comes, gibberish
16:49comes. But just it's a situation and
16:51then you act.
16:52>> And then that was um I think that opened
16:55me up and that was yeah it it kind of
16:58broke the the ice or what of whatever
17:01you know um of like the beginning the
17:05starting troubles. Again, I include
17:08myself in this. You know, I'm a
17:10tamilian, but the English medium
17:14education and the fact that many of the
17:16books that I read were in English and
17:18all that kind of made English the
17:20default language of thought. So, you
17:24know, when it came to talking in Tamil
17:25or processing things in Tamil, it was a
17:27little bit of a learning curve over the
17:29years like right from when I was in my
17:30teens or whatever it is, right? It's it
17:31didn't come like immediately. Even
17:33though at home you would converse in a
17:35bit but it was always tanglish or
17:37whatever it is you know like it's never
17:39it's not that you did not know but just
17:41you took the easy way out.
17:43>> What is it like to kind of find your way
17:46back into a language?
17:48>> It I there there are so many little
17:51things that I've realized oh my goodness
17:54I've been saying this wrong the whole
17:55way through. Um
17:57>> give me an example. For example, um in
18:01malaram when when we're saying um like
18:06let's all like when we say nam that's
18:10all of us right but say that I'm talking
18:12about me and someone else but you're not
18:15included in that then you say but I I
18:19never knew that I was saying nam for the
18:21whole
18:22>> right
18:22>> way through. So thing little
18:24>> shifts like that. Um
18:26>> and then uh but it's actually really
18:28nice. I felt like
18:30>> there's a whole um culture that I missed
18:32out on just from not growing up there.
18:35So coming back to it was like really
18:38beautiful.
18:38>> Nice. And you know the beautiful thing
18:40is you if this is something you want to
18:43do there's always the rest of your life
18:44to figure it out. You know, it's not
18:45like like you know this is oh my god I
18:48you know I don't know this because you
18:50have lots of time to learn and and do
18:52all this stuff.
18:53>> I have a lot to learn.
18:54>> You have a lot to learn.
18:55>> Yeah.
18:55>> Which was more difficult the acting part
18:57or the malaram part?
18:58>> The malara.
18:59>> Yeah. [laughter]
18:59>> Yeah. I think that's what I was most
19:01nervous about because the acting I um I
19:05mean of course that was also really
19:08nerve-wracking and like some new and
19:10everything but it kind of you can still
19:15um you can relate it to your other art
19:18forms right um with poetry you are
19:21>> kind of it's coming out of you right um
19:25the emotions are in your body and then
19:27you're bringing it out through your
19:28writing
19:29But with the acting, you're bringing in
19:31the emotions and then you're feeling it
19:33in your body and you're you're getting
19:35it out, right? So, I don't know if that
19:37made sense. [laughter]
19:39>> But, um, with the mallayalam, it's more
19:41like intellectual. It's in your mind.
19:42It's not in your body. So, because it
19:45doesn't it's not my um like it's not the
19:49first language that comes.
19:50>> Yeah.
19:51>> It's not your thought language. Yeah.
19:52>> Exactly. So then it's kind of uh it's in
19:56your head but you have to also kind of
19:59bring it into your body which is what I
20:01found really difficult with when the
20:03language comes in.
20:05>> That's a very beautiful way you're
20:06explaining it because uh it's not the
20:08expressing itself, it's the
20:10internalizing of something and then
20:12bringing it out, right? It's like uh
20:14it's a two-way process.
20:16first into the emotions of the scene.
20:23[laughter]
20:24>> But um so that's why I learned the whole
20:28script by like um memorization mugged it
20:31in my head so that it can just come out
20:34and I'm not thinking about it, you know.
20:36>> Yeah. So he he jud gave me the script a
20:41month in advance and I was able to
20:44memorize it.
20:45>> Yeah. But tell me why did it take So you
20:47were already in theater English theater
20:49I'm assuming.
20:50>> Yeah. I I've done a little theater like
20:53before this.
20:53>> Yeah. So why did it take like a little
20:56like why not jump into this earlier?
20:58Yes.
20:59>> Even with the theater I've just done a
21:02few courses, right? And it wasn't I was
21:06I I just didn't have the confidence. I
21:08don't know why it took so long and I
21:10wish I would have started earlier. Um
21:13but it just I guess things just happen
21:15in their own timing.
21:16>> Yeah.
21:17>> And yeah, it just happened this way.
21:20>> So what can you tell us about your what
21:21you're playing in Todd?
21:23>> Okay. I don't know how much I can tell
21:26but um I would also like to mention that
21:29this is I would say this is only like
21:31half my performance because um my
21:33character Mu it's me but then um Aditya
21:37Lakshmi is going to be the one to dub my
21:40voice because I wish I wish I could have
21:42done it but um like I said the Kerala
21:45slang
21:46>> wasn't there something I have to work on
21:48um but she's actually playing my friend
21:50in the movie and she's also dubbing for
21:53Mino Mu. So, Mu, uh, I don't know how
21:56much I can say. Uh,
21:58>> she's just she's just a girl. Um,
22:01>> she it's her her dad and her dog Messi.
22:05Um, and she's just living her life. I
22:09don't know what else to
22:11>> Yeah. And and Monal plays your father
22:13>> and Sorry, no, no, no, no. Uh, Sai
22:15Kumar.
22:15>> Okay. Because there were Jude said he
22:18has a kind of an extended cameo.
22:19>> My dad is in the movie. I since this is
22:22coming out before I don't think I can
22:24say what role or anything
22:25>> you know it was the same thing with Jude
22:27because it was like pulling teeth like
22:29like [laughter]
22:29he was like literally calculating in his
22:31mind how much can I say and how much can
22:33I not say so uh it was this so so it was
22:38something that that you you said I
22:40really like this character and this is
22:41something that that I want to do and
22:43then you just went ahead and did it.
22:44Yeah, I can say like um this character I
22:47found she's inspiring. She's um
22:50resilient. She's uh she's pretty bold.
22:54She's pretty cool.
22:55>> Okay.
22:56>> Is she you in any way?
22:59>> Is she I would like to be more like her,
23:01I can say. Yeah.
23:02>> Okay. Do you believe in
23:05films being inspirational and therefore
23:10you want to do characters that are going
23:12to motivate society and or but you also
23:15say that listen I just want to play
23:16characters that are interesting and I
23:18don't care if they're flawed.
23:19>> Oh, I would like to play all kinds of
23:21characters. Um
23:24not necessarily inspiring. Inspiring is
23:27cool. I mean inspiring is great. Um but
23:31it's also what is
23:34I I would like to reflect I mean I would
23:36like to play real characters as well
23:37right um life isn't always only
23:40inspiring it's
23:41>> it's all shades right so I would like to
23:44do everything like
23:46>> explore um
23:49all all shades of characters yeah
23:52>> you know there is this theory that
23:53everything that we do in life kind of
23:56reflects on what we're doing at the
23:57present moment
23:58>> so did you find that like your poetry,
24:01your painting, your solo traveling,
24:04you're living in other places by
24:06yourself. Did all of this somehow did
24:08you feel it falling into place or you it
24:11just that's it's not a connection you
24:13can make easily?
24:14>> You mean falling into place with this
24:15character
24:16>> with acting? With acting itself, with
24:18cinema, acting, all those things?
24:19>> Um yeah, in a way I think everything
24:22kind of
24:24um
24:27yes and no. I mean, you can draw the
24:30more experiences you have, it does kind
24:33of change you in some way, right? Um I I
24:36I don't know if I can necessarily say
24:37that um all of that is what I mean if
24:42that influenced my acting, but maybe so.
24:46I I don't know.
24:47>> So, let's talk about your traveling,
24:49right? And and your brother is a solo
24:51traveler as well
24:52>> and something you share in common. What
24:55is the difference between going
24:56somewhere with a group of friends?
24:58>> Yeah.
24:58>> And going somewhere by yourself. One,
25:02what is the motivation behind that? And
25:04two, how is it different?
25:06>> Um, going with other people is I mean I
25:10love going with other people as well.
25:12Um, but it's more like a group thing.
25:15You need a uh you you can't just do your
25:18own thing, right? Like you you decide
25:20together what you want to do. uh and you
25:22have that comfort of people being there.
25:26You can just kind of switch off. You
25:27don't have to
25:29>> you can just go with the flow.
25:31>> Um going alone, uh I also love that. Um
25:34but it's a different kind of thing where
25:37you need to
25:39>> be more responsible. One, um two, like I
25:44think you learn a lot about yourself
25:46doing that. Um
25:47>> how how are you in uncomfortable
25:50situations? How do you
25:53move through that? And um I think it
25:57teaches you a lot just in general
25:58traveling anyway, even if it's with
26:00people.
26:01>> Yeah, I I kind of I I think I I see
26:03where you're coming from with this
26:04teaching you more about yourself, the
26:07solo thing because
26:08>> uh after my 12th, I went to a hostel and
26:11uh you know, and it was far away. So the
26:14thing is
26:15>> suddenly you're not you don't have your
26:17people telling you what to do. Yeah.
26:23>> And it tells you a lot about yourself
26:24that you don't see earlier.
26:26>> So I think that's a really good though.
26:29I'm not done much solo travel though,
26:31but I can kind of see where you're
26:33coming from with this uh with this
26:35thing. So but but have you ever
26:37psychoanalyzed this need for occasional
26:41bouts of soloism? I have psychoanalyzed
26:45my need of um I get restless when I'm in
26:49a place for too long and I that's
26:52something I do want to change within
26:53myself. Um I I don't maybe it's boarding
26:56school cuz I've I was there then I'll
26:58come for holidays go back then ever
27:00since after school I've just been
27:02traveling. [snorts]
27:03So there is there is this this
27:05restlessness within me that after maybe
27:08a few months in a place I'm like okay
27:10it's time to move. [laughter]
27:12I don't know what it is but um yeah that
27:16is something that I should look into or
27:18no I mean that I have looked into but I
27:21haven't really figured out. So, so how
27:23does it look at how do you feel it when
27:25when you look at like people who have
27:28settled lives you know they live in one
27:30place they have one job they go in the
27:32morning they come back in the evening
27:34because even the job that you do is a
27:36has a bit of restlessness because
27:38>> it's you know some days it could be a
27:39day shift some days it could be a night
27:41shift uh then suddenly you'll have a
27:43break and then you'll have to slip back
27:44into character the restlessness also
27:46comes because you're not shooting scenes
27:48in order you know you're probably
27:51shooting the end at the beginning at the
27:52beginning at the end or something like
27:54that. So the thing is your mind is
27:56always it's not a streamlined steady
27:58thing.
27:59>> Uh so how do you look at it when you see
28:01other people in these very
28:04uh A to B to C kind of life?
28:07>> I mean if that works for them I mean
28:09it's beautiful right like um everyone
28:11has their own way of moving through this
28:14life and if that works for them that's
28:17that's that's really cool. It's not me.
28:19But
28:20>> um yeah, I think maybe maybe like how I
28:26feel like I should be more settled.
28:28Maybe for someone with the 9 to5,
28:31they're like, "Oh, maybe I want to
28:32explore more or
28:33>> um or maybe they're settled in that."
28:35But
28:36>> yeah, I don't I just see it as another
28:38way of living. Now uh when you have uh
28:43what would you like to tell us about
28:45working with co-stars
28:47>> in this medium?
28:48>> Oh um I had a great experience. Uh
28:52Ashish is uh one of the co-stars and I'm
28:56so grateful that it was him because um
29:00it was like we were moving through this
29:01together. Um we're both newcomers. He's
29:04been in Empiron before um but just for
29:07like a short scene. Uh but this he has
29:11incredible uh screen presence and we
29:14would always um you know we'd check in
29:16with each other like how are you feeling
29:17like um you know and it was nice to have
29:20that support.
29:20>> Yeah.
29:21>> Um Saiakoma uncle and my dad. Um it was
29:26incredible watching them work. Um
29:29Saikumar uncle had a lot of tips for me.
29:32He would help me. Um, and he I really
29:36appreciated that he took the time to
29:37like give me advice and all of that.
29:40>> Um, and yeah, it was and everyone on set
29:44just made me feel so welcome. Um, the
29:48the patience that they had um I remember
29:51there's one scene where um in in the
29:55middle of [laughter]
29:55in the middle of the scene uh there was
29:58I guess in the script uh they didn't put
30:01this one Malana word in it. So Juda is
30:04like you uh Juda is like you have to say
30:06this and uh and I couldn't get the word
30:09and uh Jona Jonti John and um his team
30:15Anisha all of them are holding the
30:17camera and it's a heavy camera and I've
30:20took take after take um for a really
30:23long time and but they were still so
30:24patient you know and they were holding
30:26this heavy camera um till I got it. So
30:29like things like that, like I really
30:31appreciated their patience cuz of course
30:34they they've been doing movie after
30:36movie with like great actors and
30:41probably people who just, you know, get
30:42it really fast and um the fact that
30:47they were able to, you know, be patient
30:49with me, I am grateful for. Given that
30:51you're an overinker, uh, do you also
30:54process, oh my god, you know, like like
30:57I better get this right because they've
30:58been holding the camera for so long. Is
31:00that also running in your mind?
31:01>> Yeah, a little bit. [laughter]
31:03At the back of my head, I was like, I
31:04need to get this. But it actually makes
31:07it worse when you feel like you have to
31:09get something and then [laughter] it's
31:11in your mind and then you mess up even
31:12more when you feel like you have to get
31:14it, you know?
31:15>> Um, when you put pressure on yourself,
31:17it takes longer. Yeah. So, you just you
31:19just have to cut away that that thought
31:20like, you know, that's the job. I'm
31:22sorry, but that's I can't afford to
31:24think about that right now. I just have
31:25to like [laughter] think about what I'm
31:27doing right now. Yeah. It's just kind of
31:29for this one.
31:30>> Would you say that it was uh having
31:32Ashish around was a great help because
31:34>> he's more like your age and therefore
31:36you could probably confide in him a
31:39little more.
31:39>> For sure. For sure.
31:40>> Yeah.
31:41>> And like there was that rapper already.
31:42We knew each other from before. um we
31:44got to know each other better on uh on
31:46this movie, but
31:48>> we there was that familiar familiarity
31:51>> and um yeah, just that we can confide in
31:53each other um say what we're struggling
31:56with and whatever it is and hype each
31:59other up. [laughter] So yeah,
32:01>> that that was been that was nice. Let's
32:02talk about your poetry.
32:04>> Yeah.
32:04>> Uh it's there's been one book so far.
32:06Before we start about the poetry itself,
32:09uh what made you decide to want to
32:12combine the poetry with your paintings?
32:15>> So actually these paintings weren't the
32:17paintings that I would have actually
32:19chosen. Um the paintings that I would
32:22have chosen
32:23>> was all destroyed in the floods that
32:25happened. Yeah,
32:26>> I had I took uh months and months
32:29working on these paintings, but I had
32:31left them in the like uh in the garage
32:34actually. uh it was in a box and the
32:38floods came and it all got ruined.
32:41>> Um but
32:43on this was actually a sketchbook um
32:46that I had written maybe after school.
32:49Uh it was random poems here and there.
32:52Um and my brother actually suggested
32:54he's like hey why don't you make a book
32:55and I was like oh yeah okay cool let's
32:57try it out. And then it happened. So,
33:01he's this very supportive older brother.
33:04>> For sure. Yeah. Actually, anything um I
33:07would like he's my go-to person for
33:11advice, for whatever is running through
33:13my mind. Um he's been Yeah. a good
33:16brother.
33:17>> That's very rare for sisters to say,
33:19>> is it?
33:19>> You know, because usually it's it's it's
33:21fighting siblings that we hear about.
33:22>> No, we fight but it's like just
33:25momentary, you know, and then get back
33:27to like being chill, whatever. But the
33:29other thing about uh you know different
33:31star children or director's children or
33:34because film is a medium where uh you
33:37know the the the person who's acting in
33:39like uh in films is is not spending much
33:43time with their family simply because of
33:44the nature of the job
33:45>> that's it takes them away here and there
33:47and stuff like that. There are some that
33:49try to make a like an an equaliz because
33:52I recently heard Matt Demon say that
33:55when the kids were younger it was easier
33:57because every two weeks he would get
33:58them on the sets but on they started
34:01school and this and that they started
34:02having their own routines and therefore
34:04it became much more difficult to be in
34:06N. So what was it like being with a kind
34:10of this kind of you know where someone
34:12is there yet kind of not there because
34:15they're shooting somewhere or whatever.
34:17Yeah.
34:18>> So, I think when I was younger,
34:20honestly, I don't remember much of when
34:22I was younger, but um my dad wasn't
34:25around a lot because of the nature of
34:27the job and whenever he had holidays or
34:30breaks, he would come home. Um I think
34:32around my teenage years maybe I felt it
34:35more. Um but then I think as I grew
34:40older I understood it more like this is
34:44his passion, this is his work and um I
34:48think just seeing how dedicated he is to
34:52his craft and he always made the time to
34:54always call and um I it honestly I
34:59didn't overthink it until someone was
35:02like do you feel this way and I was like
35:04huh [laughter] do Okay. Um, but no, like
35:09uh I've never um
35:13[snorts] I don't think I've ever felt
35:16angry about it or anything like that. It
35:19was more like uh it was more like I I an
35:23understanding that I came to like oh
35:25this is how it is and
35:27>> this is his art his his passion right
35:30and his
35:31>> so when he wrote the forward for your
35:34book of poetry
35:35>> there's one very lovely thing that he
35:37said that
35:38>> uh I think it's more about feelings than
35:41meaning
35:42>> u and I think that was a very nice way
35:44to describe some of the stuff that
35:46you've said because it goes all the away
35:48from the ode of an idlih [laughter]
35:51to to you know something else where I'm
35:54gazing into the emptiness and uh you
35:56know I I wear many masks and and things
35:59like that.
35:59>> So it goes all you know it's more like a
36:02stream of consciousness kind of thing.
36:04Would you say like you're a very very
36:06sensitive and emotional person?
36:08>> I am a very emotional person. Um
36:11sensitive. Yes. Yes. Um, I think it
36:16depends though. Like it's not like I'm
36:19uh you can't say anything. I'm
36:21sensitive. Nothing like that. But I do
36:23feel deeply for sure.
36:24>> Okay. And did that help with your
36:27>> with
36:28>> the acting?
36:29>> The acting for sure. That that's Yeah,
36:32that's that's what uh I mean like I
36:35would be like, "Oh, how does my body
36:38feel when I'm in this situation?" Oh,
36:41how cuz I am I do feel deeply. So I
36:45guess it does for sure help. Yeah.
36:47>> Yeah. So what do you mean how does my
36:49body feel? What does that what does that
36:51mean?
36:51>> Um what I what I mean is for example if
36:54I have to cry uh it's a crying scene I'm
36:57like how does my body feel when I I mean
37:00how I feel it in my body like I don't
37:04know how to explain but
37:06>> when I'm in a situation like that how
37:08does my body feel? And it's like
37:10bringing bringing your body's memory
37:13back if that makes sense.
37:14>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You
37:16mentioned earlier very early into the
37:18interview that that you know you there
37:19are a bunch of things that you you were
37:21conscious about like your body type or
37:22whatever it is. Do you think that that
37:24that kind of thing matters anymore? Do
37:26do uh
37:27>> I don't but I mean I'm sure a lot of the
37:31viewers do. Um, but I think things are
37:35changing now and I think that's great
37:37cuz not everyone is one specific body
37:40type. Um, and I think I really like that
37:44that's changing. You know, I think
37:46growing up actually skinny was the body
37:50type that everyone wanted, but now it's
37:53more fit from what I see.
37:55>> Yeah.
37:56>> Um, which is great.
37:58>> Yeah. Yeah. So you had talked about how
38:01you had an entire journey that led you
38:03to Thailand which is like uh you found
38:05it difficult to climb even a flight of
38:07stairs because you had a you know uh you
38:10were overweight and therefore you know
38:12something in you decided that I have to
38:14take do something about it and therefore
38:16that led you to Thailand and I forget
38:18the name of the the martial art
38:20>> uh Muay Thai
38:21>> moai yeah so that kind of you know
38:24helped you you know
38:27>> fix a lot of things and and and a thing.
38:29What was that experience like?
38:31>> That was incredible because like you
38:33said, I was so unfit and that's another
38:36thing. I think there's a difference
38:37between fitness and weight, right?
38:40>> Uh you can be 98 kgs, but you can be
38:43really fit.
38:44>> Um but I was almost 100 kgs and I was
38:48struggling like climbing stairs. I would
38:50be huffing and puffing and my friends
38:52will be like, "Why [laughter] are you
38:54huffing?" Um but so luckily I don't know
38:59I I went there um and I just thought I
39:02would try something new right and this
39:04was uh there was a place called Fitco in
39:07the uh in Thailand in Kosamui and um I
39:12just tried it out. I really didn't enjoy
39:14it in the beginning. I was like what is
39:17this? [laughter] This is really hard to
39:18do and it's you know but um COVID hit
39:22and then I didn't go back home. I stayed
39:25on and then I actually started really
39:27enjoying this and it's I think it's
39:29great whether it be art or even martial
39:32arts. It's something where you can just
39:34switch your brain off and you're just
39:36focused on what you're doing at that
39:38moment.
39:39>> Yeah.
39:39>> And for an hour you're just
39:42thinking about right punch, right kick
39:45or 50 kicks or whatever it is. Um, and
39:48it kind of changes something in your
39:49brain as well because I don't know why,
39:51but he would say 10 kicks and I would
39:53always stop at nine. And he's like, "Do
39:55you realize you're always stopping just
39:57before it's just one more kick?" So,
39:58he'll make you do like 30 more kicks
40:01>> till it he trains your brain in a way
40:03where you have to complete what you
40:05started, you know, um, things like that.
40:08So,
40:09>> it was um, something I'm really grateful
40:11for
40:12>> and uh, yeah, I love doing it now. But
40:14how did you uh because let's say you
40:16know we all have our periods of you know
40:20underweight overweight whatever it is
40:21right and then therefore fitness going
40:24to a trainer or whatever it is becomes a
40:25way of tackling that issue or a
40:27nutritionist or whatever it is but why
40:30Thailand I mean like did did you not
40:31find anybody here? Oh, no. So, it wasn't
40:34me going to Thailand wasn't to lose
40:37weight or so.
40:39>> No, no, no. I had only actually it was
40:41just more like, oh, I want to travel.
40:43I'm going to go away um for 2 weeks, 3
40:47weeks. That was my plan. And I ended up
40:49staying there for maybe 8 months or 9
40:52months. And then I just loved Thailand
40:55so much. Um I just feel so free there.
40:58You can just take your bike. You can
40:59just go anywhere.
41:00>> Um I made a good group of friends. Um,
41:03and yeah, so then I just kept going back
41:05and it was a great place to paint and
41:08things like that.
41:09>> So you you uh this was something that
41:12once you were there,
41:13>> you stumbled upon this martial art and
41:15say it, okay, let's try it out kind of
41:17thing.
41:18>> Yeah, it wasn't in my plan to
41:20>> but I really want to try out like you
41:22said um there are places here and stuff.
41:23Uh keri
41:25>> um I think it's beautiful. I would love
41:27to.
41:28>> New experiences matter a lot. I would
41:30love Yeah. I love to try out new things
41:32and have new experiences. Yeah.
41:34>> Like like food also.
41:35>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um I mean everything
41:38like anything that's I I like to try new
41:40things. Yeah.
41:41>> For sure.
41:42>> So was acting one of those let's try it
41:44out or this is more like a listen I'm
41:47going to be very serious about this and
41:48try try to give this a career kind of
41:50thing? acting. I think that's why maybe
41:52it took me so long because it felt
41:54serious for me and also serious because
41:57there is a lot to live up to, right?
41:59[laughter]
42:00Um really
42:04>> that's what someone told me. Um
42:07[laughter]
42:08uh Radhika ma'am in the airport she's
42:11like you know you have a lot to live up
42:13to.
42:14>> Yeah
42:14>> yes
42:15>> yes I do know. So yeah.
42:17>> Yeah, people have been telling that so
42:18many times. [laughter]
42:21What did your mom say?
42:23>> Um, my mom actually was so I don't think
42:27this movie would have happened if not
42:29for my mom. Uh, she was so supportive
42:31throughout. Um, I
42:34>> said she was there all the time.
42:37>> Yeah, she was there. She was um I am so
42:40grateful for it because
42:42like for for me um like my mom is
42:46someone who I do confide in and
42:48everything and uh she knew how much I
42:51wanted to do this and um yeah throughout
42:54she's just been a a rock throughout this
42:57whole process. Yeah.
42:58>> Yeah.
42:59So now that the film is coming out, what
43:02is what is it that you want to tell
43:03people like like uh if you were to plug
43:05the film like what would you say if you
43:08were the film's marketing person? Come
43:10see Turkham because
43:12>> come see Turkam because
43:17um
43:19oh my days
43:21>> [sighs]
43:21>> uh
43:22just I can't say much without things
43:26away. Yeah, but
43:30you guys come see it and then decide for
43:32yourselves, you know, like [laughter]
43:34I I don't have a word specific word for
43:37it, but um
43:40yeah,
43:41>> if there is one specific piece of advice
43:45that you could give to your younger
43:47self,
43:47>> yeah,
43:48>> what would that be?
43:49>> Um I think to take up more space. That
43:53was something younger me struggled with
43:55a lot. Um, so I think that would be
43:58>> take up more space.
43:59>> Yeah. Not too much, not too little,
44:02>> which is assert yourself more
44:04>> to be more confident in yourself. I
44:06think to
44:08>> Yeah. Yeah.
44:10>> To be more confident about things.
44:12>> But you do seem like you've done I mean
44:13doing theaters takes a lot of
44:15confidence. It uh
44:17>> I don't know like I feel like when I'm
44:20But then you're playing that character,
44:21right? And then it's the moments before
44:23that it's hard to get on the stage.
44:25Yeah.
44:26>> Um, but yeah, that would be my advice if
44:30I could go back to younger me.
44:32>> Nice. I hope you have a fantastic film
44:35journey.
44:36>> Thank you. and uh you know you could
44:38kind of you know there's always going to
44:40be I and and I hope you take the
44:44the criticisms and the the praise that
44:47comes towards you like you know with the
44:49balanced way because I'm sure there's a
44:51lot of people waiting to see what is
44:53Mlala's daughter going [laughter] to do
44:54kind of a thing and yeah it is it is
44:57kind of a thing and and you have a a
44:59solid director because Jude's last film
45:01was 2018 there's going to be a lot of
45:03curiosity about what he's doing after
45:04that movie which pretty much was the
45:07industry hit for the longest time uh and
45:09it spoke to a lot of uh Malali people in
45:12a way so this film is I think we can
45:15safely say it's it's a little bit
45:17anticipated [laughter] so all the best
45:19with it and so thank you so much
45:21>> thank you
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