Kochi:
More youngsters should come into the Malayalam film industry to bring in a breadth of fresh air, Veteran actor, Sreenivasan said.
'New themes, new people should come into this industry', he told reporters after a preview of the film Atmakatha, by debut director Prem Lal which will hit theatres in Kerala on Aug 20. Sreenivasan essays the role of a blind father in the film. Bengali actress Sharbani Mukherjee, Jagaty Sreekumar are among the other actors.
Producers without artistic taste are the bane of Malayalam cinema. Earlier, there were producers like M O Joseph, T E Vasudevan and Hari Pothen who had very concrete and clear veiw of films they made, he said.
Malayalam cinema does not have to compete with Tamil and Telugu movies. The Malayalam film industry had not earned appreciation for making big budget movies, but for the aesthetic values it has brought to screen, he said.
On demand for Superstars Mammooty and Mohanlal continuing, he said people are running behind superstars as the satellite rights of their movies are sold at huge rates. Even if 8 of their films flop on the boxoffice and 2 succeed, their star value will continue to remain the same, he said in a lighter vein.
None had imposed any ban on veteran actor Thilakan, he said there is no basis for the allegations being made by him.
Film organsations like AMMA (Association of malayalam movie artists) and FEFKA are taking things lightly and that is 'criminal negligence', he said replying to a query. Those heading these organisations are persons without any films.
'New themes, new people should come into this industry', he told reporters after a preview of the film Atmakatha, by debut director Prem Lal which will hit theatres in Kerala on Aug 20. Sreenivasan essays the role of a blind father in the film. Bengali actress Sharbani Mukherjee, Jagaty Sreekumar are among the other actors.
Producers without artistic taste are the bane of Malayalam cinema. Earlier, there were producers like M O Joseph, T E Vasudevan and Hari Pothen who had very concrete and clear veiw of films they made, he said.
Malayalam cinema does not have to compete with Tamil and Telugu movies. The Malayalam film industry had not earned appreciation for making big budget movies, but for the aesthetic values it has brought to screen, he said.
On demand for Superstars Mammooty and Mohanlal continuing, he said people are running behind superstars as the satellite rights of their movies are sold at huge rates. Even if 8 of their films flop on the boxoffice and 2 succeed, their star value will continue to remain the same, he said in a lighter vein.
None had imposed any ban on veteran actor Thilakan, he said there is no basis for the allegations being made by him.
Film organsations like AMMA (Association of malayalam movie artists) and FEFKA are taking things lightly and that is 'criminal negligence', he said replying to a query. Those heading these organisations are persons without any films.
