Kuruthi,
the
Prithviraj
Sukumaran-Roshan
Mathew
starrer
that
is
streaming
on
Amazon
Prime
Video,
has
been
receiving
exceptional
reviews
from
the
audiences.
The
movie,
which
has
been
considered
as
a
path-breaking
attempt,
has
already
earned
the
OTT
blockbuster
tag.
Kuruthi,
which
marked
the
Malayalam
directorial
debut
of
Manu
Warrier,
is
the
first
independent
production
venture
of
Prithviraj
Sukumaran's
home
banner,
Prithviraj
Production.
In
an
EXCLUSIVE
chat
with
Filmibeat,
director
Manu
Warrier,
who
made
a
fantastic
directorial
debut
with
Kuruthi,
opened
up
about
his
journey.
Excerpts
from
the
chat:
1.
Kuruthi
is
receiving
excellent
reviews
from
the
audience.
Have
you
expected
success
of
this
magnitude?
Well,
we
thought
we
would
get
some
positive
responses.
But
this
has
been
great.
My
phone
hasn't
rested
since
the
day
Kuruthi
was
released.
I
have
been
consistently
getting
good
reviews
and
feedbacks
and
messages.
So,
it
has
been
phenomenal,
the
feedback
has
been
so
great.
2.
How
does
it
feel
to
be
a
part
of
the
Malayalam
film
industry?
I'm
really
happy
and
thriller.
You
get
to
make
a
film
like
this
with
a
great
production
house
like
Prithviraj
Productions
-
I
feel
very
privileged
to
get
this
kind
of
welcome
and
positioning
in
this
industry.
I'm
more
than
happy
-
there
are
no
words
to
express
this
feeling.
3.
Kuruthi
deals
with
a
very
relevant
yet
sensitive
premise.
What
motivated
you
to
make
your
Malayalam
debut
with
such
a
project?
I
remember
reading
this
script
that
Anish
Pallyal
had
sent
me.
This
is
the
climate
we
are
all
living
in,
there
is
this
climate
of
inherent
hatred
within
all
of
us.
When
a
script
speaks
about
it
very
subtly
and
yet
as
it
ends
it
is
quite
clear
that
what
it
is
trying
to
say.
It
really
connected
with
me
and
it
kind
of
moved
me.
And
I
felt,
yes,
this
is
the
story
I
want
to
say.
This
is
the
story
that
I
want
to
go
out
and
try
to
make.
It
connected
to
me
on
a
deep
level
and
as
artists,
we
are
all
sensitive,
and
that
sensitivity
kind
of
came
through
in
that
script.
That
is
where
it
kind
of
got
me
excited.
4.
How
did
Prithviraj
Sukumaran
become
a
part
of
Kuruthi?
I
had
messaged
him
initially,
and
then
I
emailed
him
the
synopsis.
And
he
was
very
kind
and
prompt
with
it,
and
he
quickly
read
it.
Then
he
got
in
touch
with
me
and
said
that
he
read
it
and
really
liked
it
and
he
would
like
to
produce
it.
And
I
was
like
'Wow,' there
were
no
more
questions.
I
said
let's
go
for
it.
Then
sometime
around
September-October
2020,
I
came
down
and
we
started
talking
about
it.
It
all
started
after
Prithviraj
read
the
script
and
he
was
very
clear
that
he
wants
to
produce
it
-
that's
how
it
all
began.
5.
Apart
from
producing
the
film,
Prithviraj
Sukumaran
has
also
choreographed
the
action
sequences
of
Kuruthi.
Can
you
please
share
his
contributions
to
the
project?
The
original
draft
of
Kuruthi
was
a
little
bit
different,
and
we
were
thinking
of
it
on
a
more
independent
scale.
When
you
have
an
actor
like
Prithviraj
coming
on
board,
the
scale
and
magnitude
of
the
film
changes
to
a
larger
space.
Then
we
had
to
incorporate
more
drama,
more
action
scenes,
and
stuff
like
that.
To
be
very
fair,
my
expertise
is
not
very
strong
on
the
action
bit
and
all
that.
And
that's
where
Prithviraj's
expertise
helped
a
lot.
From
the
draft
that
we
send
him,
to
the
draft
that
you
see
as
the
film
today,
a
lot
of
it
happened
because
we
were
able
to
get
Prithviraj's
investments
in
many
levels
-
from
a
creative
level
to
the
production
level.
One
of
the
biggest
things
that
happened
to
this
film,
the
mainstream
approach
you
see,
happened
because
of
Prithvi.
There
were
a
lot
of
discussions
and
debates
on
how
to
go
about
it
-
he
used
to
joke
about
us
(Anish
and
I)
saying
you
guys
are
'arty'
filmmakers.
We
wouldn't
call
it
arty
-
the
idea
was
not
to
make
it
an
art
film.
But
we
weren't
thinking
of
the
scale.
The
scale
that
came
through
was
because
of
Prithvi.
As
you
said
-
the
fights
were
scaled
up.
We
wrote
the
fights
in
a
more
restrained
manner.
But
when
Prithvi
came
on
board,
we
didn't
have
to
restrain
ourselves,
we
didn't
have
any
production
limitations
as
filmmakers.
We
could
take
it
to
the
next
level,
and
that
is
where
Prithvi's
help
came
on
board
-
the
film
got
elevated.
6.
Kuruthi
has
an
ensemble
star
cast
from
senior
actor
Mamukoya
to
newcomer
Sagar.
How
does
it
feel
working
with
such
a
great
bunch
of
talents?
These
actors
are
amazing
people
on
sets.
They
come
with
such
a
great
fan
base
and
all,
but
on
set,
they
were
really
fun
people
to
work
with.
They
were
so
collaborative
in
nature
and
they
were
all
submitting
to
the
process
of
filmmaking.
It
was
a
big,
big
humbling
experience
overall.
To
see
such
a
senior
actor
gel
so
easily
into
the
process.
And
then
you
have
people
like
Roshan
Mathew,
Shine
Tom
Chacko,
and
Srinda
who
sort
of
adding
their
own
pitch
to
their
roles.
And
there
is
Prithvi
who
sort
of
acts
as
a
bouncing
board
to
everybody.
Because
it
was
a
great
collaborative
process,
it
felt
like
a
great
learning
experience.
7.
Can
you
please
elaborate
on
your
journey
as
a
writer
and
filmmaker?
I
started
12
years
back.
I
wanted
to
make
films
and
realised
in
a
hard
way
that
it
is
not
easy.
I
was
writing
for
a
lot
of
people.
But
the
thing
with
writing
is,
you
write
for
a
lot
of
projects,
but
not
all
of
them
see
the
light
of
the
day.
I
worked
with
a
lot
of
directors.
But
the
thing
that
actually
came
out
was
the
stuff
I
wrote
for
Anurag
Kashyap.
Then
I
had
other
projects
that
are
still
lined
up,
I
hope
that
it's
going
to
come
up
soon.
But
the
one
that's
always
out
there
was
with
Anurag
Kashyap,
that
was
Yuddh
series
which
had
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
the
lead
role.
Then
I
did
my
feature
film
Coffee
Bloom,
which
had
Arjun
Mathur
in
the
lead
role.
After
that,
I
was
again
writing
for
some
time
till
the
script
of
Kuruthi
came
by.
8.
How
did
you
collaborate
with
writer
Anish
Pallyal?
I
have
been
writing
with
Anish
for
the
last
10
years
-
for
multiple
scripts.
But
this
is
the
script
that
Anish
wrote
on
his
own.
And
he
had
sent
it
to
me.
So,
we
have
had
a
collaboration
going
on
over
the
past
10
years,
that's
the
journey
so
far.
9.
Kuruthi
is
now
being
considered
a
very
important
film
and
has
paved
way
for
discussions
on
social
media.
What
is
your
take
on
that?
We
always
knew
that
there
will
be
a
certain
amount
of
discussion
around
the
film.
So
that
did
not
take
us
by
surprise.
We
were
very
clear
that
we
will
not
take
any
sides,
we
took
a
very
objective
viewpoint.
And
as
long
as
what
the
film
is
trying
to
say
goes
out,
I
think
we
are
in
a
safe
place.
We
are
thrilled
that
these
discussions
are
happening,
they
need
to
happen.
10.
Do
you
think
getting
an
Amazon
Prime
Video
release
contributed
to
the
global
exposure
of
Kuruthi?
100
percent.
As
I
said,
my
phone
hasn't
rested
from
the
day
of
its
release.
The
people
overall
the
world
was
able
to
watch
it
on
the
same
day,
which
is
a
great
thing.
Even
if
you
want
to
rewatch
it,
the
film
is
right
there
on
your
device,
which
is
something
you
can
never
do
with
the
theatres.
The
OTT
release
was
sort
of
the
perfect
thing
that
happened
to
Kuruthi.
Even
though
it
was
not
initially
planned,
it
eventually
happened,
and
it
is
a
great
thing.
11.
Are
you
planning
to
don
the
director's
hat
again,
soon?
I'm
developing
a
few
ideas,
and
but
I've
decided
to
not
jump
on
the
next
thing
right
away.
As
soon
as
it
is
finalised,
I
would
speak
about
it.