Interview | Malayalam director Thruun Murthy: We knew

This is a hat -trick for the Thruun statue. After commercial and seriously acclaimed Operation Java And Saudi VelkakaThe filmmaker scored a big score at the box office ThudramIn the headlines by Mohanlal and Shobana.

Despite a predictive story, the thruon managed to attract the crowd with the settings, the treatment of the story and some incredible performances in the crowd. Thudram A common man, ‘Benz’ is the story of Shanmughan (Mohanlal), a former battle master in the film industry, whose life has been thrown into chaos.

Thruun believes that he was decided to do the film as producer M. Rainjith had been trying to make the film with Mohanlal for almost 12 years and the film was taken by six directors in these years. “I wrote my first two films and were not sure if the story of another person could excite me. So I decided that if I do not join the story, I would not make it. But I liked the story. [by KR Sunil]”Thruun says.

Thruun statue with Mohanlal in place of Thudram
Photo Credit: Amal S Sadar

Was he worried about fulfilling the expectations of the actor’s fans, a self-contact Mohanlal fan? “There was pressure. But, thankfully, most of his fans stood by my point of view. I interacted with the associations of his fans on this account. But what I was challenging was working with those who were misleading the audience with fan-made posters and imaginary materials. We did not expect to hand over. 92,” he said.

It is in a hurry to tell Tharu to tell that no effort has been made intentionally to bring Vintage Mohanlal on the screen, mentioning the discussion around the film since the film started. “The only thing that Rainjith Chettan [producer Renjith] Told me that, if possible, we bring Mohanlal Auto In the first half. I included one of the dialogues of that film and even included, for example, the famous line ‘Go to your classrooms’.

Instead of creating a vintage version, the story weaved in a series of emotions that Mohanlal has shown with Applomb during his career. “Prank, fickleness, romance, affection, love, collapse, fear, fear, fury, revenge …. Shanmughan goes through all these emotions,” he says. His favorite scene? “This scene was broken in the bathroom. I asked Lal Sir to cover my face and cry without falling into the available space. We did not expect him to fall in that way. When he used to do it, we were all stunned.”

Mohanlal and Shobana in Thudram Directed by Thruun Murthy | Photo Credit: Amal S Sadar

The conversation is for Mohanlal’s comment about fans of ‘Sleeper Cell’ which went viral on social media. “I had never expected the comment to become so popular! I asked my direction team whether the film would work for the new generation. When he mentioned the people vested for the actor despite his failures. They would not have gone to the theater for many years and the film is for them, despite their age. They are sleeper cells.

The filmmaker saw that he and Sunil were on the same page as script writers. The most difficult rift was the journey of characters through the forest in a car. “Sunil had clarity about the mood, atmosphere, atmosphere and terrain. We had to do a lot of work on setting up – mist, darkness, festivals, jungle secrets …”, tells Thorun. The film was shot in 99 days in Thodupuzha, Palakkad, Kambam, Tabi, Chennai, Ranni etc.

In place of Prakash Verma with Thruun Murthy Thudram
Photo Credit: Amal S Sadar

Talking about Thudram Advertisement has been filmmaker Prakash Verma, who saw it as anti -mansing, CI George Maathane. How did he find him? “Divine intervention, perhaps. I wanted a new face, with a specific look – bald head and thick mustache. For many years a friend of Prakash felt that he could be suitable for that role. He clicked some pictures of light without his knowledge and later sent them to me. We did not want to finish him as a liability.”

Thruun says that Prakash, who also dubb for the character, goes through the same process as any new actor will do. What about the way he says “hello”? “It was our suggestion, and he was a bang.”

Prakash Verma In Thudram
Photo Credit: Amal S Sadar

Recently, the film’s composer, Jake Bayuni, mentioned Tarun’s contribution to the film’s soundscape, especially ‘Metaphor reference to characters in music and sound’ – – – – Kombu And Chanda For Shanmughan, Nagpattu And the violin motifs for George, and Wolf Howell for Beni (Binu Pappu), mention the characters as a tusker, a snake and a wolf respectively. “The film has a close relationship with the forest and so I wanted to related them to these animals according to the symptoms of these characters.

On the final note of the film, ‘Mohanlal Tharadaram’ (Mohanlal will continue), says, “His story will continue. Shanmughan’s character Shanmughan will nursing his wounds. The idea came to the table of editing.”

He says that a lot of thought went into the title design too. ,Thudram It is written in three ways – initially without wounds, then with blood and wounds and finally with stitches. People can probably pay attention to them when they see it again. Even if they do not, it is fine. These ideas came out of our excitement for the film. ,

Mohanlal was shooting together Impuan Acting in Thudram“He slipped into Shanmughan, the common man, Khore now ‘Ram, Don, so easily. It comes from 47 years of experience.”

Filmmaker says that he chooses to ignore discussions compared to two films. “I’m impressed by the scene bat ImpuanOn which scale Raju [actor-director Prithviraj] Mounted film opened the market for Malayalam cinema in other languages. Impuan There is a big reason for Thudram A large opening and entry into other markets. ,

The chat is incomplete without mention of Binu Pappu, a mainstay in Tharu’s career. “I think this is his best performance till date.” Thruun has already announced his next project, TorpedoWritten by Binu and starring Fahd Fasil, Arjun Das, Nahnan Gafur and Ganpati.