As a dancer, you need a portfolio, no?īut I can't take all the credit. I'm just happy that everyone's enjoying it. I know that without these people it wouldn't have been possible. I've never been able to accept anything completely because I know the process of how we made it.
'Rowdy Baby' is super viral and even a lot of foreigners have responded to the song. The film shows that people with special needs also have talents and that instead of expecting them to do what we do, we should consider that they can do things that we cannot. We know that some may need more love, more effort.
But when it comes to "us", we accept it all as "normal", but when it comes to "them", we put them under a label.īut these labels which have come up in the medical community are actually there to help, so we don't expect everyone to be the same. Especially when it comes to me, I've realised that I'm not a very social person and it might tick off people. But they can also be considered superior beings in a sense, capable of doing things that others can't do.Įach of us has our own talents and we don't have the same socialising skills. The main point he told me was that we've always seen people with special needs as someone who isn't normal we're afraid that if we are with them or if our children are with them, we may pick up some of their traits. It will hurt the director for whom this is the first film! I think Vivek's handled it really well. It's releasing only next week outside Kerala and I don't want to end up revealing too much. Vivek has been assuring me until now - I'll have to wait for tomorrow and see!ĭid you at any point wonder if this would stigmatise people with mental health issues or developmental disorders/difficulties? You are a qualified doctor yourself.were you satisfied with how autism was handled in the film? We have a few traits that we've incorporated from the extreme cases but the facial expressions and stuff are subtle. I knew I couldn't do the extreme one because that wouldn't fit the character, so I've gone with the subtle one.Įvery time we did a shot, I went back to Vivek (the director) and checked to make sure I didn't look like the usual lazy Pallavi. They were at opposite ends - either very subtle or extreme. But in women, I found that they were non-verbal and they had a few prominent characteristics. In a few of them, you have to speak to them to figure out that they need a little help. From my observation, I found that men had a very wide range. I first went to a home with only autistic children so I could observe how they react to things, and then I went to a home which had grown men and women. Can you tell us how you went about doing that?Īutism is a very wide spectrum. You've worked out a specific body language to play your character Nitya in Athiran, who is supposed to be autistic. So when people say it looks natural, I thought okay, maybe in future I can actually kick some ass for real! I've never seen myself as someone who's capable of that. I never pictured myself doing such fighting moves. I've always seen myself as a dancer and I'm not able to judge if I've done the right thing when it comes to doing kalari or stunts. But I still can't believe it and would like to see if the audience finds it authentic.
When I went to the kalari set and we tried it out, people said it came out perfect. After 'Rowdy Baby', I haven't danced on the sets. But I think dance helped me in doing kalari. Previously, during discussions, I went "Kalariya?" and looked it up online. You seem to have trained in kalari for the role?
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