Once we overcome that we have like a lot of movies to enjoy like Squid Games, it's from
Korea, Money Heist is from Spain so if that can be a huge hit all over the world and
especially in India then why can't be an Indian movie, a
regional Indian movie do well all over India or all over the world
We can have the regional language movies reach everywhere rather than
it’s been remade you know once it reaches everywhere there's no point in remaking.
Because there are reports of Godha's Hindi remake that's why I was wondering that you
know yeah if you all see it as an advantage
Yeah, if you take the example of Bahubali or KGF, all these are regional movies but it has
reached all over India they didn't remake Bahubali or KGF all these movies are Pan-Indian
hits so there is a scope for commercial as well as the regional movies
And Bollywood also produces a lot of original content then , I don't think they have
to translate one movie from one like remake we can just dub and make people watch original content
Now I feel like a superhero, I love being loved, I love being
loved I always wanted that and I’m getting that and compared
to that love the hatred I’m getting is negligible
Hi Tovino. Hi Basil, welcome to Pinkvilla
There's obviously so much excitement you know regarding Minnal Murali especially that it's
coming out on Netflix so it's going to be open not just to you know like you all were talking
about not just for the Malayalam film industry but for the entire globe right and Oscar winner
Bong Joon-ho had once said that once you overcome the one inch tall barrier of subtitles you
will be introduced to so many more amazing films so do you think with you know shows like
Money Heist and Squid Game which were not in you know primarily the English language
they got so much love do you think Minnal Murali also has those aspects which can you
know cater to a global audience?
Yes, like basically cinema is a visual medium. Language shouldn't be a barrier like when I
was a kid when I was not introduced to Hindi like when I didn't speak Hindi or when I didn't
used to understand Hindi I used to watch Hindi movies every Saturday and Sunday, Saturday
and Fridays and Saturdays on Doordarshan so as far as I remember I used to understand the
context without understanding the dialogues so it's basically visual medium so and I’m
someone who tries and watches all language movies and I love watching other language
movies or other countries movies so that I can
understand a bit more about the culture in that
country. Similarly for people outside India, Indian movies are foreign language movies so
they for us our local movies are international local is international that's what we
we think so I think gradually the barriers will be broken and will overcome the one inch gap
of subtitle and once we overcome that we have like a lot of movies to enjoy like Squid Game
from Korea, Money Heist is from Spain so if that can be a huge hit all over the world and
specially in India then why can't be an Indian movie, a regional Indian movie do well all over
India all over the world when we get a worldwide distributor like Netflix when it's releasing
in 190 countries, in a lot of languages we are very hopeful about that and
yeah, we really do hope, it's all up to the audience on we really do hope it can connect with
most people around the globe like it's like we watched we remember we watched Spiderman,
Superman when we were a kid and we loved it irrespective of the language or the character or
the hero, we connected with the heroes we want someone getting a
superpower and how his adventure is going to be we would love to watch it. So
being a superhero genre, irrespective of anyone like me or Tovino whoever it is we would
love to watch a common guy getting super powers and his adventures we might have would
love to watch it anywhere in the world, whoever it is anywhere in the world so we hope that
connection can make this movie a little more reach to a wider audience
Many Bollywood movies that we love are somehow you know remade from south films and
do you see that as an opportunity for more access to the Malayalam film industry when
something is being remade in Bollywood or do you see that as a disadvantage how do you all see it?
No, we wouldn't say it's a disadvantage like people who doesn't speak Malayalam understand
Malayalam should also be able to enjoy the content but what I
believe is people should watch the original content
Yeah but with the arrival of OTT and all these universal distributors we can have the
regional language being movies reach everywhere rather than it's been remade you know
once it reaches everyone there's nopoint in remaking
Because there are reports of Godha’s Hindi remake that's why I was
wondering that you know if you all see it as an advantage yeah
If you take the example of Bahubali or KGF all these are regional movies but it has reached
all over India they didn't remake Bahubali or KGF all these movies are pan Indian hits so
there is a scope for commercial as well as the regional movies, movies like Kumbalangi
Nights or Joji or Virus which was a recent hit from Malayalam, they're all big hits across
India respective of being remade to another language. So also, if you take the example of
Squid Game or Money Heist as you have said earlier, they were not remade to English or any
other language or Indian language they were it was good as it is in a regional language but
since they got a global distributor like Netflix so they have the potential of reaching all the
audience without being remade so yeah
And Bollywood also produces a lot of original content I don't think they have to translate one
movie from one like remake we can just dub and
make people watch original content
And you know I think the one good thing about superhero films is how they have the
potential to become a franchisee. Now back in I mean in Hollywood we have the MCU as
well as the DCU so do you not of as a franchisee but
do you see a Minnal Murali universe in the works where we have different things?
You know something Basil has already created this Basil Joseph cinematic universe with his
three movies no I’m not kidding. In his first movie the story is happening in a village called
Desham and second movie Godha which I also was a part of it. It happens in Kannadikal
it's another village and Godha after Godha, Minnal Murali is happening in Kurukkanmoola
So somebody had made a map of Basil Joseph’s cinematic universe actually if you watch
Kunjiramanayam, from desam there is a bus traveling to Kurukkanmoola and karnatikal
So, like easter eggs
And when you watch Godha there are buses from karnatikal and Desham and Kurukkanmoola
And in Minnal Murali there are buses travelling from Kurukkanmoola to karnatikal and Desham
So, there is already a cinematic universe in the works and I
have played two characters in it and I’m ready to play more characters
Or you know also when it comes to superhero movies, I feel like Minnal Murali is from
seeing the trailer there is a bit of a satirical touch to what it is to be a superhero you know
how he's trying and testing the methods fail and then a pass was that a conscious effort? In
not just that but also making Minnal Murali a common man
not somebody who's an extraordinary person with powers
So more than getting inspired from other movies we can get inspired from our own life. Like
just imagine if me or Basil got superpowers we are not going
to go out and save people on the first day
You're going to test what all you can do
Will do whatever you want to do with the superpowers and then as of now there is nothing
there is no nothing that super hero has to do in Kerala or if there is some threat is happening
then superhero can go and save people and if everything is calm superhero is jobless. So, then
they can do whatever they want like how my character in Minnal Murali shoots the balloons and
throws the rings you know just showing off the skills
Just wanted to make it a superhero next door like, very relatable superhero yeah so
Just imagine if Basil Joseph gets super powers
I would have done what Minnal Murali is doing in the movie
Same here. Throwing stones at the mango or trying to shoot
the balloons in a carnival and get prices for that, all those things all those show off
If there is no issue to solve what will superheroes do like
Make sense yeah try to use it to your advantage
Yeah, and the superpowers like what job can a superhero do?
Yeah, besides saving people but if there's nobody to save yeah that would be a problem
Especially in a village like Kurukkanmoola
There is nothing much to worry about rather than
You could help out with the farming and yeah nothing else he can do
That was there in Spiderman film one of the old ladies made them made him crawl on top to pick out cobwebs
And my final question is specifically for Tovino because if I don't ask you this a lot of my
friends or fans of you will have a problem with this. How do you feel being amongst the
most desirable men in the world and especially all the love coming for you for your
Instagram page in particular like a lot of people love you on
Instagram so what do you have to say about all that love coming your way?
I'll tell you something I am someone who wanted to be a superhero just because everyone
loves superheroes. I wanted to be Superman just because I love Superman and everyone, I
know loves Superman. So that's the best thing about being a superhero so I wanted to be a
superhero I wanted to fly I wanted to I thought okay if I can fly, I don't mind saving people
like so that people will love me then after a point when I grew up, I realised it's not going to happen
You can't be a Superman
That's when I became an actor, to become a superhero. It's all very similar to becoming a
superhero like you get this unconditional love from a lot of people whom we don't even know
personally. They watch our movies, they watch our
interviews, they like the characters we
portrayed and then we are getting this unconditional love from millions of people so then
now I feel like a superhero I love being loved. I love being loved I always wanted that
and I’m getting that and compared to that love the hatred I’m getting is negligible, it's too
little and Instagram I like posting on Instagram I like posting posts and stories on Instagram I
am someone who documents whatever beautiful visuals I see I like to document it. There are
hundreds or thousands of photos or videos which I have not posted in Instagram but I when
I’m free I’ll browse through my phone and I watch that it's like documenting memories. So,
when I find something beautiful, I shoot it and if I think
people also should see that I post it on Instagram
Yeah, that's it like Instagram is seeing the world through my eyes
Oh, that's nice that's a good tagline.
I mean he worked with you in two films so that's how much he loves you.
Anyways, thank you guys so much for your time. Thank you. Thank you.
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