Anuhassan ( Indira fame) in Rahmania
Q :- How did you plan to enter the Cine Industry ? Anu :- I didn't plan anything. I never planned to act in Cinema, or do the Tv Shows that I am doing at present. I am M.Sc ( Phyiscs) and Masters in Human relations ( BITS Pilani). I had a stereotypical attitude of dealing with Human relations, as I had done Masters in that subject. I went on the work in a company called Thermax. At that moment, Suhasini Maam called me up. She said, that she was going to direct a movie, and asked me, if I would be interested in acting in the same. I told that I wont be acting in a film etc. Hasini's first reaction was to tell me, if I knew acting. Then, if found suitable, she can think over of me acting on that movie. It was like a challenge to me, when my sister told me saying, if I knew acting in the first instance. She said, that I needed to come for a screen test, as her camera man has to like, and then a team has to decide further. It was a kind of a playful thing that I wanted to try out. There is no goal to me in life. El Dorado. Just enjoy the moment. I always see, if I am happy at that moment, and see, if I can make my parents happy. Now, I am realizing, if parents feel happy about me… Acting in the movie was tremendously scary to me. I don't like applying glisterine to my eyes for a crying sequence. I would like to throw away myself into the sequence and pour down. For eg :- In a scene in Indra, when Aravind is supposed to kiss me. I never knew that it was that scene that was going to be shot, but everyone in the team knew that , everyone was seeing me with observation. Actually, in another scene, you could see, that I would have really cried, and my nose red in colour, thinking about my situation. Actually, I was little proddish, saying that I wont be doing this, that……. On the whole, it was a wonderful experience, but I don't know that, if it gave me happiness. After Indra, many directors started thinking, if I could be offered, and they are still thinking about the same…. I went into the Business, then into production, and then came for some acting in elder Sister roles…. I did seven films in that role, and then it also started boring, and then came ' Cofee with Anu". Actually, I don't see the telecast. I would have seen only 10-15% of the telecast. I see the opening of the same… and leave it. Its me from the heart. At the end of the show, the people who come there, must come and enjoy and leave . That's my attitude, and my aim. I want a feel good factor of the same. Q :- Experiences about Interviewing Rahman in the show ? Anu :- I don't know what made me think like that, but, the moment I saw Rahman Sir, I felt like seeing a very delicate flower. I have to handle it in a very gentle manner. Immediately, I felt very protective about the same. I knew that there are certain ways of questioning, which I could have done. I could have made him say something. But I didn't want to disturb his harmony or make him upset in any manner. There is a sense of harmony with him always. I can feel other's sensitivities easily, and I observe it very much when interviewing any people. Rahman sir has a habit of switching off, when he is uncomfortable. I know, when people switch off. So, I knew that I shouldn't ask him anything that would make him switch off. Throughout the show, that was what I was doing. I really wanted to take care of him in the show. People may think that I was melodramatic, but that was what was there in my mind. In fact, after the show, many people were asking me, as to why I was so silent…I found that there was a hardfound harmony, which I didn't want to disturb by any means. I wanted the spirit of that person to remain till the last. He should be Ok, when he leaves the programme… Q :- How did you react to the songs of Indra ?. Anu :- Actually, If I remember, Priya, who was the Assistant Director at that time, and now, a full fledged director in her own regard, was listening to the songs in a tape recorder. I was sitting with her, and was listening to it. I listened to the first alaap, which comes in that Acham acham Illai song. Then, I started drawing the map of India. So, everytime, I hear the alaap, I remember the drawing of the India Map, in a piece of chalk. Q :- What was the experience working with Aravindsamy and working for the song " Thoda Thoda" ? Anu :- Aravind is a gentleman. He is very polished, very educative, and not like any other heroes. He was very part of the family. In the shooting, I used to go and stand in the muds, where leeches used to be there. He used to tell me not to go and stand there, as the place was filthy, but I never used to listen. I used to tell, that Santosh Sivan has asked me to stand, and I don't mind. The song is so romantic, it's the epitomy of a budding romance. The shooting was completely different. Hasini used to say me to see with some romance, and plead with me. " Pls give some romantic look at Aravind'. I have a preference for ROCK, Jazz…. -- regards, Vithur ARR in my Heart; His Music in my Blood;
