Malayalam films have a soul: Aari
Tamil actor Aari is going great guns in Kollywood but his heart is set on working in M’Town
By : priya sreekumar
Update: 2014-06-26 14:58 GMT
Kochi: It is common trend among actors to skip across the four south Indian film industries. Interesting scripts and the red carpet rolled out to actors are attractions hard to refuse. Tamil actor Aari of Nedunchaalai fame has done four films in Tamil but he is waiting to be a part of the Malayalam industry.
Aari’s last release Nedunchaalai, a true story about a highway robbery, has earned him accolades for his performance. The icing on the cake is his upcoming Tamil film opposite Nayanthara, a horror film tentatively titled as Night Show.
Though Aari is happy with the way his career is shaping up in Tamil, Mollywood is an industry he has great reverence for. Incidentally, he made his debut in a Tamil film by Malayalam director T.V. Chandran, opposite Navya Nair and camera by Madhu Ambattu. The Malayali cast and crew was his introduction to the Malayalam industry.
“I am a native of Pazhani and my father has a business there, so I have learnt Malayalam and can speak the language! Malayalam and Tamil are not very different from each other,” he points out. Aari also keeps abreast with films in Mollywood, including all the latest releases.
The actor makes sure that he watches Malayalam films and knows the actors too. His favourite actors in Mollywood are Mammootty and Mohanlal. Among the new gen stars, Fahadh is a favourite. Says Aari, “I like Fahadh’s versatility and he takes care in choosing different kinds of scripts. The same goes for Dulquer and Nivin, who make it a point of veering away from being typecast.”
He has watched Bangalore Days and was lavish in his praise for the film and its actors. Speaking about the Malayalam industry, he says, “Malayalam films have a soul and there is an originality in them. Youngsters like Nivin Pauly, Dulquer Salman and Fahadh Faasil are experimenting with different genres. Tamil films tend to be more commercial but the audience in Malayalam welcomes all kinds of films. The films are also completed at a faster pace there.”
Aari is in talks for a Malayalam-Tamil bi-lingual and he has some interesting projects on hand in Tamil including Adai Enn Aaalu.