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Director Halitha Shameem begins the dialog with a cheerful ‘hi’ despatched over a voice notice from someplace exterior Tamil Nadu earlier than recording her fastidiously thought out replies on her sophomore project Minmini. “It’s a complete film, I can’t wait to share it with the audience,” she says. While Halitha began filming Minmini in 2015, the first half set in Udhagamandalam, she determined to pause the movie for seven years to attend for the baby actors to enter their teenage. Halitha had, in a tweet, instructed that it was a ‘creative decision’. “The young actors were so awesomely natural that we decided to wait for a few years for them to grow up rather than casting some other actors to play their elder versions.”
Last yr, after wrapping up the second schedule, she tweeted from Ladakh : “How real is survivor’s guilt? How far would you go to live the dreams of your loved ones? That thin line between love and hate? Why are teens more emotional than adults?! Minmini is a tranquil cloud that descended upon me and I’ve been working all these years to do justice to it.”
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Elaborating on the drive to put in writing a narrative on this topic, she shares it was a ‘heartening’ expertise. “This (teenage) phase of life is inclined to purest emotions, mostly found in extremity that might look ambiguous for others outside the zone. Be it the celebration of success, the joy of love and pain of loss, adolescents are prone to high doses. This raised myriad questions in me.”
Minmini picks up from Halitha’s first movie Poovarasam Pee Pee(launched in 2014), a coming-of-age drama the place three inseparable childhood associates Harish (Praveen Kishore), Kapil Dev (Vasanth) and Venu Kanna (Gaurav Kalai) spend their summer time trip collectively in the hills. They climb timber, catch unique bugs, flip radio broadcasters, speak about Harry Potter and forensics, and likewise witness a criminal offense. But they determine to carry the responsible to e-book. “Minmini takes this journey onwards and talks about survivor’s guilt that sets in at a tender age. It talks of friendships, sensitivity, and how far one would go to live the dreams of their loved ones.The film has nothing to do with teenage romance.”
The forged consists of baby artistes Gaurav Kalai, Pravin Kishore, and Esther Anil (who acted in Drishyam and Papanasam) in lead roles. Halitha hand-picked her baby actors for Poovarasam Pee Pee after auditioning 2000 kids, and so they impressed her to put in writing Minmini. “I was amazed by their calibre and acting skills. They deserved more. In Minmini, they got into the skin of the character like a dream and gave a measured performance. It’s a proud moment for me.”
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Halitha’s filmography up to now consists of Poovarasam Pee Pee, her first movie in 2014, adopted by Sillu Karupatti, an anthology of 4 tales with a standard motif of love, Aelay on father-son relationship and a brief known as Loners, a narrative of two damaged folks serving to repair one another for Tamil anthology Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa. Halitha educated below Pushkar-Gayathri, Mysskin and Samuthirakani earlier than venturing out on her personal. “My fans often write to me after watching my films saying how a particular film (Hey Ammu from Sillu Karupatti) helped them understand their partner better or Aelay helped heal a bruised father-son bond. It’s all about personal connections. Minmini takes the same line of thought.”
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The movie additionally brings on board Khatija Rahman, Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman and Saira Banu’s daughter as the music composer. “Khatija is a fresh voice and she is set to revolutionise the music industry. Her exposure in world music comes alive in sounds that have a global appeal in this musically-demanding film,” says Halitha, who has made the movie in each Tamil and Malayalam, contemplating her rising fan base in Kerala.
The 36-year-old filmmaker is impressed by her mom Mariyam Ul Asia who made a mark in her political profession (she served as an MLA in Aravankurichi constituency). “My mother who is from Kumbakonam is a strong personality. Her journey made it easy for me to choose my path in films. My father Jailani is from Coimbatore. Most of our conversations at home is peppered with Coimbatore kusumbu and Kumbakonam slang and its so much fun,” she laughs including that she’s going to proceed to make movies that gladden hearts. While her writing course of is easy, she spends extra time on analysis to pack in the particulars. “In Minmini, the lead actors are bikers in the second half. So I learnt to ride a bike. Working on such details gives me the kick and makes the writing process as exciting.”
Looking again at her personal childhood, Halitha who’s from Dharapuram close to Coimbatore says it was liberating to go away the innocence behind and enter maturity. However, she enjoys the firm of kids. “I love their humour, self-parody and a carefree attitude towards life.”
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