![]() That is how my friends began calling me Mathukutty. “I became Mathukutty in college as a way of differentiating between me and another student who was also called Arun. Shot in UC College Aluva, Mathukutty says he had to shoot in his alma mater as much of the incidents in the story were inspired from his college life. So Vineeth has been credited as the creative director. Although he wanted Vineeth’s name as the co-writer or director, the latter would have none of it. Mathukutty wanted to give Vineeth credit for all that he did. Since I had never assisted anyone or worked on a film set as such, there were many technical details I was not confident about. He was the one who gave me the idea for the story and sat through the first narration. Vineeth is also the creative director of the film.Įttan’ s (elder brother) name to be in the credits for the writer. The film was announced in June 2019 and shooting began in September 2019.Īpart from Asif, who plays the titular role of Kunjeldho, Vineeth, Siddique, Sudheesh and Gopika Udayan are in the cast. “There is a Kunjeldho most of us know,” believes Mathukutty. It is a feel-good campus film infused with humour.”Īs soon as actor Asif Ali read the script, he reportedly told Mathukutty that some of the incidents seemed to be taken from his life. There are several elements in the film that I have borrowed from my college years. “It is a film about emotional growth, how boys become men, how we change as we move through our late teens and twenties. Kunjeldho became my first directorial venture,” says Mathukutty. But as he was already working on several projects, he suggested that Mathukutty direct the film he had nurtured for so long. Vineeth gave him a few suggestions and he was supposed to direct the film. Kunjiramayanam (2015), Mathukutty had his script ready. Vineeth was then working on his third film Vineeth felt there was a seed of a story in it and told Mathukutty to turn it into a script. Popular RJ-turned-director Mathukutty aka Arun Mathew, laughs when he recalls an incident he had shared with director-scenarist Vineeth Sreenivasan. ![]()
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