Words matter. These are the best Dileesh Pothan Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
From the ‘get go’, we were working within the limitations of the pandemic. The idea was to work around the situation, and that led us to ‘Joji.’
I act because I find everything about cinema fun and exciting.
I think I’m overrated as a director!
I find it difficult to direct myself in my films and so I avoid taking on any major roles in my films as I feel my judgement might be flawed.
I enjoy humor with a poignant touch.
All I am trying to do is communicate a story that I can visualize in my head, into something better for the audience. If that means paying attention to detail then that’s what I will do.
Clearly the encouragement I received after ‘Mahesh…’ helped in the making of ‘Thondimuthalum.’
I always wanted to be a director. And I make films that I like.
I am not saying theatre release movies are restrictive. But I do not get certain ‘freedoms’ which ‘Joji’ gave me; I did not get those with both my earlier films.
In ‘Maheshinte…’ fight is the central aspect of the story – a man who is assaulted physically in front of his own townsfolk and how he fails miserably. Humiliated, fighting back his honor becomes the sole reason behind his existence.
Sometimes, during a shoot, an actor might fail to turn up or there might be a need for an actor for a scene… and then if the director asks me, I step in front of the camera.
A film released in a theatre needs to provide entertainment to more people. It is different with an OTT platform, not just in terms of audience size – it gives space to break more conventions.
I have great expectations about ‘Trance.’ It has been in the making for two years and we shot in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, places in Kerala and in Mumbai.
But acting is just something I do. It’s not a passion like filmmaking is.
I’ve always been interested in the arts and chucked a science degree to study theatre and performance art because I was so enamored by it.
