Express News Service
When talking to a one-film-old filmmaker, it isn’t new to hear the usual quote, “I tried so hard to pitch my stories and get my first film running.”
However, it does feel a bit off-key when it is told by Ani Sasi, the son of one of Malayalam cinema’s greatest filmmakers, IV Sasi.
“I know it is easier for a second generation filmmaker like me to get a film, but I wasn’t getting the kind of films I really wanted to do. People kept telling me that my ideas weren’t the kind of films IV Sasi’s son should do. But what can I do if I couldn’t really connect with the IV Sasi brand of films,” asks Ani, who attributes the disconnect to his upbringing in Chennai away from the political hotbed of Kerala.