thattathin marayathu – official teaser!!

here is the official teaser of thattathin marayathu. i ll be back soon.
tc guys

it’s “thattathin marayathu”

a lumiere film company production
a shaan rahman musical
a jomon t john cinematography
a film from vineeth sreenivasan and friends

thattathin marayathu

chappa kurish on july 15

chappa kurish is confirmed to release on july 15.
the censor just got over a few mins back and the reports are good!!
malayalam film industry is on its changing phase and i am hoping Chappa could make some positive contribution..
48 hours remaining now to hear people’s verdict!!
if everything goes well on july 15th, i could celebrate one year of Malarvaadi with a heartily smile on july 16th..
prayers… prayers… prayers..
vineeth…

chappa kurish – the official trailer!!!

july is about to come.
the same month when malarvaadi got released last year,its Chappa Kurish this year.
here is the official trailer guys..
PLS USE UR HEADPHONES!!!

vineeth..

give me a break chappa!!

A few months back when Sameer Thahir came and narrated the subject to me at Amethyst in Chennai, there was an urge to commit this film instantly. I fell in love with the plot and the characters in no time which rarely happens to me. Still there were a million doubts in my head about how this movie is going to be executed. A week before the shoot, when I went for the script reading, that’s when I actually started loving “chappa”. The open discussions, exchange of ideas, participation of everyone involved, slowly this movie started to grow on me. Sameer kka, Shanu[fahadh fassil], unni chettan[writer], joemon [camera man], myself and many more people involved with “chappa kurish,” started getting closer to each other. I guess that’s how it works when u set out to do something meaningful.
First time in my life I stood in front of camera without fear or inhibitions. I loved playing my character, Ansari and i loved doing everything that he does in his life. Of course there were hard times when Shanu and I had to do a fight sequence for almost three days which was brutally painful. Realistic fights are not easy. Especially for a guy like me who has not done anything to have a good physique and stamina, it was really hard to take. I pitied myself for not having done anything for my body ever. But when I saw the result, all the ailments flew away. Every shot is worth the pain. And for a director like Sameer Thahir, u wouldn’t mind any bloody thing!!

chappa 01

Sameer kka is a visionary in disguise. When u see him from a distance, he would look like someone who is lost in the crowd. His face would be blank and most often he wouldn’t even know what clothes he’s wearing or if he has combed his hair or not. But as a film maker, his microscopic detailing would surprise u!! I ve not come across many film makers who have the kind of guts that he has. Some people have to try too hard to be different. But not for those people who are actually different. Sameer Thahir would join the latter group.
Shanu[fahadh faasil] has been my friend for a long time now. It was in 2005 that I spoke to him for the first time. Now in 2011 when I work with him, I am actually surprised by the transformation that he has had as an actor and as a human being.He gets a high when he acts. He’s an actor who’s extremely excited about every scene he does. Not like those young actors who keep speculating the salary of their 3rd or 4th film while they are actually doing their first film!! He loves his job and he does that with so much of grace.

chappa 02

There is so much more to write about so many people. Cameraman joemon, writer unni chettan, my other co stars.. but I think I ll stop for now. I ve to get out of the hangover that Chappa has given me. It’s time to burn those incense sticks again. It’s time to fill the rest of my A4 sheets to bring out the boy and the girl who has been falling for each other in my mind for the past several months. “Chappa” held their place for almost one and a half months now. Still, refusing to leave!!!

Give me a break “Chappa”.. I need my old self back!!!

Chappa Kurish – curious!!!!!!

This is one film I am extremely curious to see how audience would react. The director, the cinematographer and so many other people working in this film are debutants. For the first time in a film set, I am seeing so many people who are less than 30 years of age. All of them know that they are dealing with a very different yet risky subject. But the director, Sameer C Thahir [cinematographer of BigB, Daddy Cool] and his team are ready to take up the challenge and work towards something which I think is totally new.
If this movie works the way it is intended to, an era of independent cinema is not very far.
“Chappa Kurish” is in the making. Keep us in ur prayers guys

Chappa Kurish

chappa kurish 2

vineeth

the warrior!!

What would u do when u r 89 year old?
Hide out in ur ancestral village?
Yearn for life in a hospital bed?
May be resting in peace?
But look at this man!! At this age, he is still ready to battle with his head high, standing by his beliefs with conviction like a true soldier.
Forget the controversies, forget communism, forget everything else.. just look at the spirit!!

V.S. – the warrior….. RESPECT!!!!

reply to a comment i received in my last post

this is a comment i received from a person called Jijo for my last post :-

“Good to hear that.. i have a request .. PLEASE DINT COPY OR IMITATE ANY HINDI MOVIE SONGS OR MOVIES LIKE YOUR DID IN MALARVAADI CLIMAX. ROCK ON WAS A COMPLETE DIFFERENT GENRE AND INCORPORATING THAT TO MALARVAADI WASNT A GOOD IDEA. so with this next work of yours, please be original and try to sing in one or two songs in your film. better if you sang only one song. singing in everything makes your sound boring to us. so please preserve that uniqueness of your sound by limiting the number of songs in your movies at least.”

truely genuine concerns u ve jijo.. that’s y i thought i owe u an explanation.. when i was writing the final draft of malarvaadi, i definitely knew the climax song situation was similar to that of Rock On. but the more i was trying to change it, the more artificial and fabricated it was appearing. of course i knew that people are going to blame me for this resemblance. but i had to do justice to my subject. every other way, this was not happening. it definitely was not a compromise to go with it. it was the best choice i had.
talking about “Originality,” i would like to quote something one of the most acclaimed film dirs’ of malayalam cinema once told me personally. [can't tell his name though]
Originality is ‘how u hide ur source!!!’
we use the word originality way too much.. it’s totally over rated. i don’t believe in that word though i myself would ve used it at times, like any other person. art is always inspired from something or the other. it might be from people u meet, travelling u do, books u read, movies u watch… ur life itself. i believe only the extent of inspiration can determine whether it’s a copy or not.. again, this is relative.. when 3 idiots was made, chetan bhagat believed it’s completely his novel and its details. but raj kumar hirani believed, it’s their own and they ve just taken elements from chetan’s book. i would go with raj kumar hirani coz i ve read the novel and seen the film. in my opinion, the novel of course was entertaining, but the movie was enlightening!! that’s y i said, these views are all relative.
my film is definitely not going to be inspired from any particular scene of any film intentionally. but there are a lot of inspirations from life this time, more than malarvaadi.
u r not going to see anything that u have not heard about, or been through, or seen in love stories so far. even my film will ve all those classic cliches that u ve come across a million times. only the angle of thought or the approach towards the subject ll be different.. and i am praying that u like that difference.. if u like it,apparently u ll enjoy it.. i can’t imagine what ll happen otherwise.. it obviously scares me.
but about my singing, i am surely going to take ur opinion seriously. too much of my singing ll definitely bore people. this time, i ll limit myself to just one!! incase my music dir insists, max.. 2!!! that’s my word to u jijo.
Thanks again for ur genuine concerns. I know ur views are not show offs.. thank u everyone else for showing so much interest in my film. I think I should quit checking my blog while I am writing my script. Expectations are most literally scaring me!!

vineeth.. who else??

there is a new dream!!

it’s a love story. the two lead characters have been tormenting my head and heart for the past three months. i want to write them now. i want to put them in paper and give them life. actually it’s not me.. they ve been wanting to get out of my system and be in front of this world. once i finish all my commitments; in march i want to start writing them.. pray for me guys.. i am nervous.. they shouldn’t look bad coz of my poor writing abilities.. they are beautiful in my head.. hopefully in my A4 sheets too..
dumbstruck…. vineeth..

‘Traffic’ lights are green!!

i just came back after watching the second show of Traffic in trivandrum. really happy guys..
people in the film fraternity generally accuse malayali audience of several things – that they ll shout and howl for emotional scenes, they ve reluctance towards change, complex screen writing would never be accepted.. blah blah blah..
well, the notions are all wrong. audience are much more intelligent than the people who assess them. when i was watching the film, for certain emotional scenes when there was perfect silence, i feared some distractions to happen. there were none. people were enjoying it without being whatever they ve been accused of..
if u make a good film, the lights are always green. this is what the entire film fraternity should learn from the reactions of new age audience.
‘Traffic’ lights are green. i couldn’t be happier..
vineeth.