Suraj C S (surajcs) wrote, @ 2003-09-23 04:11:00

Evening with Lal
Myself and my wife Anu met with Mohanlal and spoke to him for about a hour yesterday evening at my friends(Colleague at NeST) house. Shooting for his next film "hariharan pilla happy annu" was going on there He is a very down-to-earth, no-jada type person and talks very well. Initially he was bit shy(In his familiar style in films) but then became talkative and we talked abt his kids schooling at a international school in Ooty where children from several countries study and live/play together, his interest in thayambaka, perumanam temple, the wood based big size nataraja statue he bought from a carpenter("Aana" menon) in cherpu(My Grand Fathers place) and transported it to chennai, my workplace, Anus family background, his idea abt doing a film abt Shatkala Govinda Marar giving importance to classical music,his film Naran coming up next, his business interests like restaurants in dubai, director board member in Marine exports company in Kozhikode etc etc

I told him he needs to reduce more weight and act in stories with values and also produce some nice simple comedy and classical music-based movies(Like Sanmanassulavarku samadhanam, TP Balagopalan MA, Gandhi nagar 2nd street, Varavelpu, His Highness Abdulla,Sadayam, Kilikkam,Chitram etc)

I also told him that if 2 TV channels show Narasimham and Sanmanassu at the same time, most people still pick sanmanassu only and he liked the comment.

I have taken one photo and also got his autograph. Will scan the photo and send soon

Ambili Devi was also there and since Anu has studied dancing, she and Anu talked a lot. She also looks a normal girl and at the same time is good at sugar beating(Not a direct experience! but for some bachelor boys who had come there)

I also asked lalettan how he easily portrays tough situations on screen and he is telling he does not take effort but just acts as any normal person will do in real life(Donno if its a number jada, but he sounded sincere).

He said he liked roles in Kireedam, Manichitrathazhu and Karnabharam he said he learnt sanskrit for that

Overall a unforgettable evening for both me and Anu

But shooting for the song scene was very repetitive and we wanted to leave by 8.30

My friends house is a beautiful Naalukettu with about 1 acre parambu in Kangarapady (About 12 kms from Ekm in route to perumbavoor)and I got some info abt how it looked, various rooms,areas etc. I will go there again on day time on a sunday. His parents are very nice and simple people and overall we had a nice experience from 6-8PM yest evening

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