Ashoka’s is the face that Malayalis have been seeing for the last forty four years. Ashoka who talks about likes, dreams, hopes and losses is familiar to Malayali. The sound and the look are visual lessons even for small children.
Ashoka opens his heart on Manorama Online’s ‘Memory Card’.
First movie in 1979
Ashoka did not have to go to Kodambakkam and suffer to step into the world of cinema. He auditioned for a role in Padmarajan’s Peruvahiyambalam. Chosen as a child with the form written in the story.
Aim – To sing in movies
Kishore Kumar, Yesudas, Mohammad Rafi, Jayachandran and Sushila sing in cassettes filled with songs on both sides. Listening to it was Ashoka’s childhood hobby.
“My father was very fond of songs. I wanted to become a singer. He brought an old record player. “I grew up listening to and singing songs in it,” says Ashokan. When he grew up, he came to the cinema. Not a singer, but an actor.
“Mammooka often asks me if I can ask you to sing a song in your own film. Once Arjuna couldn’t bear the desire and asked Mash to sing a song. Give two lines. I was very happy that day.
Not the old days
“There are people who review the movie even when it comes out. When Izhakiri says this, it often affects the director and producer of the film badly. But even a bad movie cannot go to the audience today. Everyone has grown up.
Don’t leave Thomasukuti…
A film with four heroes. Everyone competed and acted. Yet everyone who saw Ashoka’s Thomasukutty said there was something special about it. “Thomasukutty was not just a hero. He was a slightly mischievous and slightly villainous hero. However, if there are still four more, we will hear that Thomasooty has left.”
I don’t like sarcasm
“Joke and sarcasm are two. Intentional teasing has been encountered. I hate that. Arrogance of some people is the reason for such mockery. I don’t give up on that.
Don’t tell unpleasant truths
Ashoka will say that too much patience is not good. “If you forgive, there are people around who will take advantage of it. There should be an understanding of that. There have been differences of opinion in some sets. It has been said that all those days without bothering anyone.
Awards that have been tampered with
“Many of the awards that were supposed to be received have not been received. Many times those who cheated it have been identified. At such times it is not taken into account. It was mentioned in many places that he will get the award for the supporting actor in the movie Amaram. Didn’t get it.
He was in jail that day and cried a lot
“In the movie ‘Pranamam’, the character was a drug addict. At that time he went to a program in Qatar. At that time, some stills of the prostration were added and a person filed a complaint with the investigating officers in Qatar. It was said that he was a drug dealer from India. After seeing the scenes in the movie, the police also got it wrong. They were arrested and imprisoned. There were also Pakistani prisoners there. There was no other option but to cry. Finally the cutting of news of ‘Anantaram’ movie was shown to the authorities. That’s when they realized I was an actor. Later, the police asked if he was a friend of Amitabh Bachchan and Kamala Haasan. I said yes even though I have only seen it in movies. The need was to escape.”
Onattukarakaran’s Malayalam
It has been a while since I settled in Tamil Nadu. Still did not learn Tamil. Malayalam is my language. Even if you forget the country, you should not forget the hood. No matter how long he spent in another country, he wanted to come back to his own country. Then why Tamil?
English Summary: Exclusive interview of Actor Ashokan