In fact, a similar scene has never appeared in any Malayalam movie so far.
In real life, nuns never display such an emotion even when their own parents die. Your comments?Ĭhidambaram: It is among the most emotional scenes in ‘Jan.E.Man’. However, for another film in future it may not be suitable.Ī scene in ‘Jan.E.Man’ showing a nun clasping her brother to comfort him has drawn much applause. All this worked in favour of the movie.Ĭhidambaram: We needed such a joint effort for ‘Jan.E.Man’. We also heard everyone’s opinion and accepted the best ones. We also read out the script to a friendly audience comprising the actors in the movie to gauge whether the comedy would click. Ganapathi: Both of us had a good idea about the story and while preparing the script, Spanesh Varachal joined us. I felt that the audience would have no difficulty in identifying Basil as Joymon.Īs siblings, how did you cooperate during the scriptwriting process? His simplicity and body language suited the character of Joymon in ‘Jan.E.Man’ entirely. Basil has turned out exceptional performances in all his recent films. It was finally ‘Jan.E.Man’ that worked and the project was realised rather unexpectedly.Ĭhidambaram: Not only Ganapathi, but also Basil Joseph, Balu Varghese and Arjun Ashokan were part of my plans when the scriptwriting began. During the last few years, Chidambaram wrote several scripts to make this dream a reality and we discussed many of those stories. Acting in a movie directed by Chidambaram was my dream.
Ganapathi: We have earlier worked together in ‘Kammattipaadam.’ While Chidambaram assisted director Rajeev Ravi, I had a small role. Before starting work on the film, did you decide that Ganapathi would have a role in it? “Even though the audience response was dull during the initial days of the release, it soon picked up thanks to mouth publicity for which we have to thank the viewers,” the twosome added.īoth of you are part of ‘Jan.E.Man’. Moreover, theatre owners also thanked the duo for creating a popular film. While we should thank the viewers for making the film a success, they are in fact expressing their gratitude to us for giving them a pleasant experience,” said the brothers. Some people called us and said that ‘Jan.E.Man’ helped them overcome the gloom that had descended during the times of the global pandemic. “All these people either wrote at least a couple of lines on social media in praise of the movie or told others good words about it. Hareesh Peradi who dubbed for Balachandran in Minnal Murali reminisces old daysĪccording to Chidambaram and Ganapathi, they were pleased with the response of the people who watched ‘Jan.E.Man’.