Rasathanthram happened only because Innocent asked me to do a film with Mohanlal: Sathyan Anthikad
I first cast KPAC Lalitha in my film, then think about her role: Sathyan Anthikad
According to him, Innocent always had an answer and a solution for everything. "I hadnt done movies with Mohanlal for over twelve years. We had just patched up after a fall out. One day, Innocent called me from the sets of Udayon and told me that I should do my next movie with Mohanlal. He said he told Mohanlal too, Innocent ordered. "Mohanlal called me within two minutes. After that, Antony Perumbavoor too called me and spoke to me. It was how the movie Rasathanthram had happened. No one could oppose if Innocent had decided something.
Innocent was always complacent in life. He had learned to say that he was happy with whatever he had. No amount of wealth could lure him. He didnt do back-to-back movies. He worked happily with whatever remuneration he got. He didnt live just to earn money. He could have produced movies when he became a popular actor; however, he didnt do that. It is a big thing to feel satisfied with whatever we have," he added.
"Only during his last moments at the hospital, he said -- I dont want to live anymore. He hadnt spoken like that before. Innocent bid adieu to this world when he didnt want to live anymore. The greatest lesson that he taught me was to be satisfied with what we have.
Pachuvum Athbuthavilakkum directed by my son was one of the last movies in which he had acted. The movie was shot with live sound recording. When I visited the sets, he told me, Your son is intelligent. He is recording my voice fearing that I would be dead by the time dubbing begins.
"In all my movies, there would be characters from the stories that Innocent had told me. He created interesting characters from everyone he knew from his hometown. I and Priyadarshan used to wonder how he was able to do that. Innocent would narrate all those characters to me. Interestingly, such characters suited him perfectly. But, now, there is no one to play those characters. They would never get life now. I have lost someone to whom I could narrate my stories. There is no other person I had called so many times from my mobile phone. I dont think I need a mobile phone anymore. I kept a phone, only because I expected a call from Innocent," Sathyan Anthikad added.
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