Up to date on: Aug 03, 2025 04:40 pm IST
In an unique interview with OTTplay, Meesha’s director Emcy Joseph, who additionally penned its screenplay, says writing for movies is more durable than authoring novels.
Malayalam director Emcy Joseph’s newest directorial, Meesha, had a theatrical launch on August 1. Each the story and the performances within the movie are receiving optimistic opinions. In an interview with OTTplay, the movie’s director, who additionally wrote its screenplay, said that penning for movies is tougher than working for novels.
‘Writing for movies is troublesome’
Emcy underlined that writing for movie is tougher for the reason that filmmaker has to think about the sensible elements of manufacturing. “When creating every scene, we now have to maintain the whole filmmaking course of in thoughts. In the mean time, writing a e book is easier since we will use our imaginations and people of the readers to the fullest,” he remarked. Whereas filming is a troublesome process, the director said that one’s duty doesn’t cease with writing the script and making it visually possible. He went on to say that whereas literature transports readers to a different universe, movie requires a compelling facet.
He went on to say that the folks he has come throughout all through his life function inspiration for the characters he writes. “I’m not notably expert at making up characters. I’ve the flexibility to develop concepts additional in a circulate as soon as I’m impressed,” he remarked.
‘Wish to make movies with related topics’
Throughout the candid dialog, Emcy said that he desires to create movies that sort out pertinent themes. “After directing my first film, I turned conscious of the kind of filmmaker I wished to change into. I like to write down tales which might be socially related and make me take into consideration why I ought to inform them to the viewers,” he said.
The director continued by stating that he would relatively be often called Vikruthi’s director than vice versa and that the artwork is extra important than the one who creates it. “I’ve by no means apprehensive about shedding my reputation or being forgotten by the general public. Even when nobody is aware of me, I would like my movies to be remembered,” he added.