Rajisha Vijayan’s Meera Mohan, her character in her latest Malayalam release Madhura Manohara Moham, is the opposite of what Meera projects to her friends and family. Her character is a dark shade of grey. The actor confesses to leaning towards such characters. “Human beings are not all black and white; I want to explore such characters. Even Eli [Elizabeth, her character in her debut film Anuraga Karikkin Vellam] is not likeable in the beginning but she transforms as the film progresses,” says the Kochi-based actor over the phone from Kozhikode,where she is on a break.
Meera simultaneously dates multiple men without regret or guilt. It is to the credit of director Stephy Zavior and writers, Mahesh Gopal and Jai Vishnu, that there is no moral to be taken home when the film ends. The ending is open-ended, leaving the audience to wonder if indeed Meera has ‘mended’ her ways.
“Nobody has had issues with the character, and she been not been judged. Do we judge a male character who does the same thing [in films]? We tend to laugh it off without taking it too seriously. The same applies here.” To get into the character’s head space, she had to think like Meera because “she wouldn’t judge herself.” She is happy that the audience “got it” and did not “misunderstand” her character.
