Ace
director
Lijo
Jose
Pellissery
recently
released
the
poster
of
his
upcoming
project
A.
Though
the
conceptual
poster
garnered
huge
appreciation,
what
actually
drew
the
attention
of
the
netizens
was
his
cryptic
post
which
was
shared
much
before
the
poster
was
released.
He
wrote,
"Njan
Oru
Cinema
Pidikkan
Pokuvada,
Aaraada
Thadayan?
(I
am
going
to
make
a
film,
who
would
dare
to
stop
me?)."
Well,
now
the
director
has
yet
again
taken
to
social
media
with
a
thought-provoking
note.
He
started
the
long
post
saying
that
for
him
cinema
is
not
money-making
machinery,
but
is
a
medium
to
materialize
his
vision.
Calling
himself
an
independent
filmmaker,
Lijo
said,
"For
me
cinema
is
not
a
money
making
machinery
but
a
medium
to
express
my
vision.
so
from
today
onwards.
I
am
a
Independent
film
maker.I
will
use
all
the
money
I
raise
from
cinema
to
fuel
better
cinema
and
nothing
else.
I
will
screen
my
cinema
anywhere
I
feel
is
right
because
I
am
the
creator
of
it."
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Stating
about
the
difficulty
people
are
facing
during
the
pandemic,
the
talented
filmmaker
said
that
these
are
the
times
to
create
great
art
to
inspire
people
so
that
they
feel
alive.
"We
are
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic
-a
war-jobless
people
-
identity
crisis-
poverty
and
religious
unrest.people
are
walking
a
1000
miles
just
to
reach
home.
Artists
are
dying
out
of
depression
.so
...These
are
times
to
create
great
art
just
to
inspire
people
to
feel
alive.
Just
to
give
them
hope
in
some
form
to
stay
alive..Don't
ask
us
to
stop
working,
Don't
ask
us
to
stop
creating,
Don't
question
our
integrity,
Don't
question
our
self-respect
You
will
terribly
loose
because
we
are
Artists",
he
wrote.
Lijo
had
announced
that
he
would
start
shooting
from
July
1.
Kerala
Film
Producers
Association
had
earlier
decided
to
not
shoot
any
new
projects,
citing
the
pending
release
of
around
66
Malayalam
movies,
which
led
to
verbal
friction
between
the
film
association
and
the
director.