I'm Trying to Shift Towards Doing Serious Character Roles

How did you manage the editing of your latest project, Sarkeet, while being busy with back-to-back acting projects?

- PARVANA KB

I had a two-month gap between schedules, and during that time, Sarkeet came to me. Within two weeks, the shooting began in Dubai. I received rushes through Google Drive and, like doing homework, I edited them daily. By the time the movie was finished, my editing was almost completed.

Sarkeet feels personally close to me. Now that I'm in a financially secure space, I want to focus on editing the kind of films I enjoy, without worrying about brand or commercial aspects. I want to be part of films that allow space for editing. After Premalu, the first project that came to me in this way was Sarkeet.

After Premalu, your first movie to release was Bromance. How did you ensure that Harihara Sudhan was different from Amal Davis?

The character was different from Amal Davis, and I intentionally chose that. From the look to the performance, I deliberately avoided any resemblance. I was insecure about my performance at first, but after the first day of shooting, Chaman Chacko told me after watching my first scene where I opened the door, "We were expecting Amal Davis to walk in, but it felt like a completely different person." So, I just tried to hold on to that throughout the movie.