The total size of the offering remains unchanged at 900 million shares, representing 25 per cent of the company’s total issued share capital
"In Kerala, ATOGT is being received well. It has received very good word-of-mouth publicity from those who have watched it. Besides that, both the social media and public forums are full of praise for the film. Initially, people were a bit hesitant as the movie received awards at the Alberta Film Festival. They thought it might be an art house movie! But the word-of-mouth publicity and positive reviews helped in drawing crowds to the theatres. I was in a cinema in Thiruvananthapuram last week and the late-night show was housefull there. It made me happy that it was mainly families who had come to watch the movie at the theatre."
"I could easily connect to the role of the protagonist, Ishaq Ibrahim. The movie shows how hard he struggles to achieve his dream and passion of making his movie. In my earlier career days, I also experienced such struggles and thus I could easily relate myself to the struggles of Ishaq. Just like what I experienced in my life, the movie shows that you can eventually be successful if you follow your passion and dream. The struggles I had faced in the beginning made it easier for me to portray the struggles of Ishaq. However, it's not just a sad story of the hardships. It's an inspiring movie that encourages you to pursue your dream, whatever it may be."
"All my earlier movies had been very well accepted in the UAE. Some movies like Guppy were more successful here than they were back in Kerala. So, I expect a very good response for ATOGT here.
"It's my habit to take one (person) as a reference, whenever I get a role. For this movie, it was easier as I had a reference on the director, Salim Ahamed, himself. But that doesn't mean that I have copied him. My reference was Salim Ahamed of my perception. When I first met him, he was a totally unknown person. Slowly, I was able to recognise him. For me, he is not the same person others see. I know a Salim Ahamed, who has a lot of humour, sense and experience. In this film, one of the characters tells my character, "you are a man of few words". I will tell you it's just a case of perception.
"In ATOGT, I have both very experienced actors like Vijayaraghavan, Siddique, Sreenivasan and Salim Kumar, and youngsters like Anu Sithara, Sharath and others as co-stars. I am on good terms with all of them. I had a lot to learn from the veteran actors. If I behave well with others, it will be comfortable for me. I'm very relaxed when I feel that everybody loves me. With that thought in my mind, the advantage is that everybody will be willing to help me in need. I can relate more to youngsters. However, this feeling of love is more important, which will ultimately benefit the movie."
"Another movie of mine, Luka, was also released last week in India. I'm not tense about the release dates affecting the box office performance of the movies. I won't say that it's not going to affect it. The release date is not in my hands. ATOGT was filmed last November and Luka was shot more recently. But post-production works and film festivals delayed the release of ATOGT. But luckily, both Luka and ATOGT are being received well in India."
"This year, my first solo release is ATOGT. But I had other roles as well. I'm not hesitant to do character roles where they need my contribution and provide some sort of experience to me. I worked with Mohan Lal and Prithviraj in Lucifer and I had an important role there. Then, there were Virus and Uyare, which did well at the box office. There are more to come."
"I always like to speak clearly. It's not that I started speaking boldly and openly after doing so many movies or becoming successful. From the beginning of my career, I have behaved this way. Social media has its own power. But the way we use it does matter. If you are not irritating me, I love to interact gently. But if somebody continues irritating me, I need to say things clearly. That's what I do."
"I prefer doing different types of roles. If you look at my movies, most of the roles I have done are different from each other. In Lucifer, I was a chief minister while in Uyare, I portrayed the character of an airline company owner. In Virus, I was a district collector. In my opinion, our movies are changing. Earlier, heroes were all good and the villains were bad. But it's far from real. If you look around, you can see a single person has many faces. All the people are vulnerable at one or the other stage of their life. So, I want to be real and avoid being typecast."
Salim Ahamed, director of And The Oskar Goes To, confesses to City Times that half of the movie is his own story. "The struggles being faced by Ishaq Ibrahim are what I had gone through in the initial days of my career. The struggles I had while making Adaminte Makan Abu. But it's not an autobiography. Half of the movie is fiction and the other half is the reality I had faced."
The total size of the offering remains unchanged at 900 million shares, representing 25 per cent of the company’s total issued share capital
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