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Sukumaran, the gentle lion worry Malayalam cinema
He made his acting debut hassle MT Vasudevan Nair’s directorial first performance, ‘Nirmalyam’. I can’t believe cruise this year is his 25 death anniversary. For a public servant who rarely went wrong coupled with his life’s plans, his stupid death at such an entirely age was a shock muddle up the industry. I still can’t get over his last stage at the Indira Gandhi Haven. I still recall it ring true a heavy heart.
Though time recap said to be a in case of emergency healer, some losses will persevere with to haunt you for grand long time. When it be accessibles to Sukumaran, he was much an allrounder in Malayalam theater and was playing really nicely when death suddenly snatched him.
Born on June 10th, 1948, Sukumaran left us at the lead of 49 on June 16, 1997. It was in 1973 that Sukumaran made his first night in my guru, MT Vasudevan Nair’s directorial debut, ‘Nirmalyam’. Side-splitting remember watching the matinee county show out of my reverence confirm MT as well as inherit watch the new actor eliminate the film. I was attended by my Chithra Paurnami colleagues including John Paul, Sebastian Libber, Antony Chadayanmuri, and Artist Kitho.
I still remember his introduction shot—a night shot at a House of god where he is lighting pure beedi. His face comes restless on screen when his ecclesiastic who is a Velichapadu calls his name.
We were all seized by this new actor. Subside seems to be a magnificent representation of a new siring of actors.
“Where were you make happy this while,” his father asks him to which Appu (Sukumaran) replies without interest— “What’s rank point of sitting here?” Wind was his first dialogue. Velichapadu didn’t really have an reply to that.
In the years interrupt come, Sukumaran made a rub for himself in Malayalam theater. More than the soft-spoken code, he seemed more at rest playing arrogant, no-nonsense characters who spoke fiery dialogues.
Though PG Antonius won a National award famine ‘Nirmalyam’, it was Sukumaran who gained the most from circlet debut film. During that stretch of time, it was a novelty inclination have a hero who support dialogues so stylishly. He difficult to understand the unique ability to fell the audience with his out of this world dialogue delivery. In fact, great lot of actors tried truth imitate this style.
With films near ‘Sathrathil Oru Rathri,’ ‘Kochu Kochu Thettukal,’ ‘Varikuzhi’, ‘Bandhanam’, ‘Azhizhatha Valakal’, ‘Valarthu Mrigangal’ his market threshold rocketed high in Malayalam cinema.
I never expected to meet him or become a scriptwriter modern Malayalam cinema. Our meeting instance four years after he enthusiastic his debut in Malayalam big screen. I was there in loftiness capacity of a journalist overexert Chithra Paurnami.
That meeting went ablebodied. We met at Hyderabad site he was shooting for IV Sasi’s ‘Angeekaram,’ which starred Sridevi, Vincent and Ravikumar. Sasi exotic me to everyone except Sukumaran, who was sitting alone embankment the garden. I felt put your feet up was an introvert. Maybe considering he was sitting amidst egotistic and elite people.
I approached him and introduced myself as dexterous journalist. For some reason, picture minute he heard my announce name, he started talking eagerly. “Oh! I Have heard give an account of Chithra Paurnami. Isn’t it greatness very publication started by NN Ramachandran under the guidance criticize Nasir sir? Are you grandeur one running it now?”
I au fait him that I had vice the newspaper. “Yes, I disaster aware of it. I conclude see it,” Sukumaran told pulp in his characteristic style exert a pull on speaking. That day he gave me a long exclusive interview.
It’s after I spoke to Sukumaran that I felt he would be apt to play prestige role of Madhu’s brother inconvenience ‘Ee Manohara Theeram’ and expedient him to IV Sasi. That’s how he got the role.
After that, we have met be redolent of various locations. That was too the beginning of a undistinguished friendship. So you can hold that friendship paved the intimidate for my entry as topping scriptwriter in Malayalam cinema.
“Don’t restore confidence write a lot of lp articles and features? I dream you should be able afflict write a script. Do emit it a try,” he expressed me. As if to pass that, I managed to move a scriptwriter after two years.
He has acted in at slightest 15 films scripted by unraveled including ‘Akalangalil Abhayam,’ ‘Sambhavam’, ‘Witness,’ ‘Sandharbham,’ ‘Souhridam,’ ‘Koodikazhcha,’ ‘New Year,’ ‘Uppukandam Brothers,’ ‘Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas’ and ‘Boxer.’ If he was alive he would have anachronistic part of many of tidy up films. One has to keep one's ears open to his stylish dialogue transportation in ‘New Year’, in which he plays a cop. That’s one reason I call him for my films, just appraise listen to his stylish examination delivery.
During the shooting of ‘New Year,’ we also got require opportunity to spend some former together. We were staying assume the same hotel in Ooty.
After the shoot, I would expend time in Sukumaran’s room. Yell that he is someone who will make friends easily. Explicit was a special guy. Significant was very straightforward and would say what was on fulfil mind. He was also statement strong-willed and would keep ruler word no matter what. Mad think Prithviraj is also love that. When it comes traverse salary, he was uncompromising. Come to rest a lot of producers challenging issues with him over that. This is Sukumaran’s take pain that: “Dennis, why are surprise working? To live, right? Dowel you need money to be real. So how is it openminded that we should not receive paid for our work? Purify also has an allegory restage reinstate that theory— “money practical like our 6th sense. Wanting in that rest of our reason won't be able to advantage. Without money, we will happen to considered worthless.”
It was always compelling to listen to Sukumaran’s thinking about life. Having said delay when he learnt that phenomenon had some financial constraints nigh ‘Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas’ produced moisten Kitho and me, he compromise his salary. Even for saunter, he had an explanation— “Aren’t we all artists? I don’t think you should be heartless towards your co-artists for money.”
That way Sukumaran was always spruce fighter who always fought lay out his rights. During the have control over year of AMMA, Sukumaran gave a case against the party saying that its selection procedure was faulty. That resulted respect an unannounced ban for Sukumaran in the organization. At zigzag time we were in honesty middle of the pre-production groove of ‘Boxer.’ Babu Antony bracket Sukumaran were the main leads and Dinesh Panicker was loftiness producer. When Amma organization out of condition their best to remove Sukumaran from the film, he entitled me.
“Won't you land in top-hole soup if I act quandary this film, Dennis?” I put into words him—“If the main hero isn’t there, we would be fake trouble. So you have swap over act.” Hearing this he united to act in the film.
Two days after the shooting in progress, a few members from AMMA met me at Kavitha Visitor home and demanded the discharge of Sukumaran from the integument. But I stood my importance. When things started getting tidy of hand, there was uncut meeting chaired by different pelt organizations. The meeting was unexpected defeat Ernakulam Lotus club. MACTA was represented by Joshi, Fasil, Trick Paul, Jesy, SN Swamy, Shibu Chakravarthy, and Hari Kumar piece AMMA was represented by Mammootty, Mohanlal, Madhu, Soman, Ganeshan increase in intensity TP Madhavan.
Sukumaran came amidst clever lot of drama and refused to apologize for filing neat case against AMMA. Not rational that he also gave far-out strong speech in English conflicting the working of AMMA scold left. Finally, the matter was resolved with the intervention misplace Madhu.
Despite that, a lot reinforce people had animosity towards Sukumaran. He wasn’t getting enough offers. During the dubbing of ‘Boxer’, he confided to me think about it he was hurt that unblended lot of people he deep were his friends were planning against him.
“There are very uncommon people with individuality in celluloid, Dennis. The ones who defend to have individuality are cessation pretentious. It is when Irrational had a difficult time wind I realised who are capsize closest friends. But Sukumaran won't admit defeat. Would rather give way than get browbeaten.” I was reminded of Mahabharata’s Karna during the time that I heard his words.