![]() Baiju Kottarakkara was the show director. I had planned an entertainment night featuring skits and musical shows with actors like Ashokan, Kottayam Nazeer, Shiyas, Bheeman Raghu, Kaveri and singer Venugopal. In 2001, I had an opportunity to take part in a Gulf programme organised by ‘Sthreedhanam’ producer Muhammad. She typically dismissed it with a “Poda chekka.” It’s the pain and tribulations in life that help them to go through a rollercoaster of emotions as an actor. I felt terrible when she said she was going through her last days in life.īut when she would quickly hide it all behind a huge grin and start cracking jokes, I couldn’t resist telling her that's how great actors are moulded, from their own vast experiences in life. She was suffering from ailments and other financial issues. When I visited her flat for the first time, she confided a lot of things to me. It wasn’t all well between the mother and son and she shifted to a rented house in Kaloor in 1999. Her only son was married, and she lived alone. Though she has always been jovial and happy when we have met, I suspected that things weren’t really hunky-dory at home. She has acted in most of my films during that period-'Innathe Program’, ‘Mimics Parade’, ‘Kasaragod Kadarbhai’, ‘Kunukkitta Kozhi’, ‘Sthreedhanam’, ‘Congratulations Miss Anitha Menon’, ‘Koodikazhcha’, ‘Uppukandam Brothers’, ‘Bharya’, ‘Kadal’, ‘Street’, ‘Kambolam’, ‘Thumboli Kadappuram’, ‘Kalyanji Anandji’, ‘Boxer’, ‘James Bond’ etc. And I would make sure she had a role in them. During that time I was making small budget films with Jagadish and Siddique and transforming them into hits. I wish your uncle was around to give me a nice name.” She laughed heartily at her own joke.Īfter ‘Gajakesariyogam’ she kept in touch with me. On hearing this Philomena chechi replied-“Though the names are nice to hear, it’s a bit difficult to pronounce. ![]() ![]() Most of the people in Kaloor would consult our uncle to name their children.” Including my name Dennis, it was our uncle who gave names like Placit, Adolph, Delphy, Roofi, Richard, Eediphecs to some of our family members. He named us after consulting English books. He was the headmaster of St Alberts high school. ![]() At that time, there were very few educated people in Kaloor. I started explaining to her about its origin-” Chechi, my father had a younger brother who was called Paul mash. During a lunch break, she asked me very seriously- “Who gave you this name? I have never heard of such a name before?” Trissur residents have this habit of getting overfamiliar quickly and would resort to “eda, poda and chekka” names before we know it. ![]() I met her for the first time there and I was fascinated by her Trissur slang and laughter. But I could make that a reality only in ‘Gajakesariyogam’ which came 9 years later, directed by PG Vishwambaran. When I debuted as a scriptwriter in 1980, I wanted her to be part of my films. ![]()
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