“For me, filmmaking is a kind of documentation,” says cinematographer-director Rajeev Ravi, whose directorial oeuvre includes critically-acclaimed films such as Kammatti Paadam, Njan Steve Lopez and Annayum Rasoolum.
Over the phone, while travelling to the sets in Mumbai early in the morning, he elaborates: “I am not unduly worried about the box office. Success and money will come and go. I want to document forgotten incidents and events in the recent past that are being erased from our collective memory. At the same time, one should also document contemporary events.”
Rajeev’s directorial films are reaching theatres after six years. Kuttavum Shikshayum, starring Asif Ali in the lead, released on May 27.
