I Have Never Strived To Be 101% "Malayali" | Anjali Menon

[@mukilanhemanthkumar414]

Wow. The sensibility of this woman, her enunciation, and her diction! ❤️

[@Jasleen09]

And ur words ❤️

[@lavinam8026]

She’s so elegant. Look at the interview , the answers, questions. This is where idiotic shows like Koffee with Karan has to be thrown out!

[@meghanaspramod6552]

Agreee💜

[@TheStardust2011]

"Manjadikuru" would still remain my fav Anjali Menon movie. So natural and perfectly cast and executed. It's the story every 90s kid would associate with.

[@bhushanreddy7682]

Anjali Menon..I'm from Bangalore and never did I try speaking Malayalam.Around a year back,I watched your movie Bangalore Days & Ustad Hotel! I have to say this! I love your films and you just proved that language is just a barrier,there is much more to cinema! Huge respect for the sensitivity and naiveness in the interview! Class personified! Looking for more of your works👍

[@athuldominic]

എനിക്ക് ഇതുപോലെ സ്വന്തമായി വ്യക്തിത്വമുള്ള സ്ത്രീകളെ ഒരുപാട് ബഹുമാനം ആണ്.

[@dgn7729]

ATHUL DOMINIC 😲 . Ningal oru Malayalee purushan thanne ano?

[@randomwanderers8328]

Pinnalla🔥

[@ta4256]

@@dgn7729 *conditions apply* ആ സ്ത്രീ അവരുടെ വീട്ടിലോ ജോലി സ്ഥലത്തോ ആവാതെ ഇരുന്നാല്‍ ബഹുമാനം ആണ്.

[@randomwanderers8328]

@@ta4256 ellaavarkum ee paranjathpole alla.. Enthayalum

[@ta4256]

@@randomwanderers8328 ആഹാ. Good to know. അങ്ങനെ ആരേലും അറിയുവേ ഒന്ന് പറയാണേ. 😬

[@Den-et1pj]

I have to say 'Manjadikkuru' is her best work .. that film was a rare gem .. what a graceful lady and very intelligent film maker

[@allrounder134]

Thought she answered that silly question about being a "woman" filmmaker really well and honestly! Appreciate that.

[@rkm7970]

That's like a perfect slap on his face,what a sick and disgusting person he is!

[@gnanapalani9690]

Bro.. Dont be so harsh on him.. The question is intended to check reality.. In answer also she mentioned actors are ok for her but didn't say about producer and distributors which means she has issues with bussiness set up..

[@Deepa-Arsha]

So classy...love her..

[@shrutijordan2575]

She is so elegant and classy. I absolutely love her movies and the characters. Excited for koode

[@はII]

shruti jordan she has a class for sure !

[@jayaprakashbalan2510]

the luckiest part of Malayalam film industry is that they have got such wonderful mature audiences that they are able to understand and appreciate all sort of stories and all other aspects of film making that exists in this world and by audience I mean the most ground level of people, may be an auto wala or vegetable vendor or housemaker alongwith the youth which is the new generation. And with that the best aspect of film industry is that they have excellent producers who is ready to put money on any good project irrespective of stars and the industry has excellent intelligent writers and directors who think and are willing to tackle any subject. Ofcourse finally the industry has such great and talented stars be it hero, heroine, character artistes, villains all of whom just want to make a good movie and hence ready to take any risk and challenges and not at all worried only about remuneration or their image.

[@CricketAnimations10]

I love how the whole interview is set, with the green backdrop and the guest in a similar colour palette and the lighting.

[@vichnukoman]

*Anjali menons voice is so soothing to hear*..... It's like a *ASMR* video ❤️

[@abhijithkshaji9930]

bichukichu True🤗

[@selenophilicguy7635]

True true😂😂😂🥀🥀

[@lisnamoljoseph4681]

Yes,it is

[@sausekhar]

True

[@sheejasajeed6935]

Correct

[@GershwinYesudhas]

Oh my god! Look at her diction! 👌🏻Wonderful and poised in her own way of being classy! Very nicely conversed and pretty sure she would have felt glad doing this discussion with someone intellectual like you sir. Kudos. 👏🏻

[@mercilsaravanan6107]

Omg it's Anjali! God of screenplay writin g in recent days.. am a die hard fan of her combo with Anwar Rasheed.. all the best for koode 👣💙💕🙌🤝

[@thesingam0759]

Excellent interview, but I wonder why an interview on a talented woman like Anjali still requires a title with male superstars in it?

[@abhinavp409]

TheSingam 075 To get noticed

[@ambatimanus3295]

I agree with you

[@sanjosajijoseph7774]

They just need more viewers :)

[@deepakasokan6634]

I think she clarified this already in the interview

[@indianqueen4906]

May I know why she has caste name with her name if she is forward thinking?

[@ashwint3686]

Malayalam don't have interviews which talk about film making,film making aspects etc. They just talk about film politics. Interesting to watch your interviews baradwaj

[@HariJayan]

We rarely have critics in Malayalam Cinema who notice filmmaking aspect. Do we have any critics like Bharadwaj Rangan? Thank him that he reviews Malayalam movie too.

[@Stephensofceea]

Ashwin T Or they talk about kuttikaalathe Onam, Favorite food and experience working with Mohanlal or Mammootty 😅

[@kdcruz75]

Stephen Anna Marydas Mollywood = black money laundering = dawoods own country = counterfeit currency kochi ports = exposed congress rs 500 counterfeit notes

[@lakshmipriya3780]

@@kdcruz75 Okay.keep your ignorance ahead.

[@sausekhar]

Watch the happy project.. Though its not much about film aspects.. I think u would like it.

[@Jouneythroughthislife]

Grace,poise, elegance, eloquence and intelligence personified...what a wonderful interview..

[@pessimisticoptimist9237]

The importance she gives for large extended families in her movies 😍. Man, love her for that! She has a lovely, warm, welcoming aura around her. She's like one of those trusted elder sister in the family who you could always go to and count upon during anytime of the day/life😍.

[@ambatimanus3295]

I loved this interview. Specially, where she got the ideas of making Manjadikurum, Banglore days, and Koode. She drew all of them from personal experiences. And also how she spoke about exploring male psyche. This made me think about how she potrayed main lead characters in her movies.

[@sreeramakrishnan]

The title is VERRRRRRY misleading and useless. I just watched because it was Anjali Menon ! and glad did not get distracted by just the title. High time to change the click-bait tactics, if you had put just "Interview with Anjali Menon", that would have been a better click-bait! Beautiful and inspiring backdrop, soooo refreshing. She is soooo soothing, "normal" and ingenious. Loved it ! THANK YOU

[@abida7206]

They did really change the title😄. Heard your voice.

[@DintoDav]

I believe it's traffic that changed the movie narration perspective those days

[@nadeer.farhan]

Dinto Davis agree!

[@aruntw3236]

Agree with it

[@GODFATHER-pq6yw]

Explain

[@asiisa4852]

Big b

[@sharonscaria]

I agree with 'passenger'. And Dileep, leave aside present situation, was a big risk taker and thus he acted and produced tv chandran's movie "Kadhavasheshan" which was kinda 'City of god' kinda movie making

[@monsoon-media]

Excellent Interview👍

[@psychoshammi1656]

Monsoon Media Ithu Sudeeshettan anno?🤗

[@devakrishna1209]

😍

[@shrutijordan2575]

Please do an interview on your channel with her. Would love to know more about the way she makes films and create characters

[@bharathdeleep8642]

Monsoon media❤️😘

[@lazysusanlog]

She spoke so well articulate, composed and not perturbed by the interviewer s preconceived notions about “woman filmmakers”. He literally was trying to cope with her brilliant outlook

[@mrinalinigovind7031]

Now that is a woman of substance. Look at the Clarity in her thoughts and the way she speaks. Class apart. An example on how you can be quite and still make your voice heard,unlike many women today who try to seek attention by doing a lot of gimmicks. And mr Rangan,you are the best critic we have in India. Was a delight to watch this conversation.

[@spellboundead2213]

The best part about this interview was when she said I don't see me as women film maker, it's not about gender ,well done mam you have my respect

[@gangadhar5218]

Great interview.......... What an intelligent lady and wonderful filmmaker 👏👌👌👏👏👏👏 we need more talents like her

[@annandsandyvlogs9941]

The younger crop of actors are doing very differebt and unique films now which is true. At the same time, mammootty and mohanlal did the same while they started out in the 80's and 90's. Their body of work is applaudable considering the massive range of films and very unique characters these two actors have played in the past 25 to 30 years. Like Anjali rightly said, mammootty's ponthanmada and vidheyan and add to it mrugaya...wow!! Thumbs up to these two versatile actors. Nammal malayalikaludey abhimaanam

[@niranjans.shenoy3002]

I loved listening to the interview. Quiet interestingly I find that in all instances where Anjali Menon comes on the screen, her personality as an artist gets portrayed in a magical way. Her clarity in thoughts and sensible actions in response to it are simply mind blowing. :)

[@swathi111]

Love love love this interview. One of the best interviews I've ever seen. The interviewer-interviewee chemistry was spot on. Thank you Mr. Baradwaj for asking such good questions that facilitated such wonderful answers. What a pleasure it was to hear Ms. Anjali Menon articulate her process and talk about film-making. I especially loved all the little anecdotes and examples from her film-making experience that brought us that much closer to some of our favorite Malayalam movies.

[@robdat]

Bangalore Days & Koode, these two movies will always hold a special place in my heart ♥️

[@SaiRajSwamy]

Beautiful lighting and backdrop made the interview look v relaxing and reminded me of Banglore Days as though Kuttan was interviewing Sara😜

[@weddingsbyanvithapillai1621]

HAHHAHAHA. Good one!

[@sarathsasidharan11]

Ha ha hilarious 😂

[@vigneshnsamy2210]

Anjali Menon is the one of the best script writer in Indian cinema industry She writes a every character in on her own way nowadays we don't have a that much of writers so producers and directors has to use her talent

[@shivasubbiaah]

Best movie from Anjali Menon so far is 'Manjadikuru' (2012)

[@hatsoff4649]

Oh yessss, I love that film ❤️

[@francisraj3272]

The background, her speech, and the saree color....Such beauty. Love from Bangalore! #AnjaliMenon The filmmaker woman!

[@serena7351]

OMG! Would you look at the location of this interview! I mean the background of where they are sitting. It resembles a beautiful forest swaying in the wind and looks like it's drizzling. So magical✨ I kept looking at the magnificent trees while listening to her soothing and intelligent voice...

[@ashwinikrish]

This is a classic example of how film interviews need to be done.

[@shyamts7125]

She is one the best directors in our era..such an genius😍

[@lincyvarghese8149]

Such a calm voice she has...I can just listen to her all day long. Just amazing that she mentioned God of small things tells a lot about her sensibilities.

[@sithakavalur7374]

She is a brilliant person and that reflects in her movies too....brilliant film maker!👌🙏 Looking forward for all her future movies😊❤ Thanks for this interview 😊

[@intachpalakkad1443]

Smart, articulate and charming guest, and a knowledgeable interviewer who navigates the whole conversation with an intelligent yet light touch. Excellent. Thank you!

[@sindhu0pisces]

What an intelligent and well-spoken woman.

[@s9ka972]

Bollywoods Female Directors : Farah Khan Malayalams' Female Directors : Anjali Menon Quality changes when viewers changes

[@Akash-py3yi]

Tamil: Sundha Kongra

[@s9ka972]

@@Akash-py3yi Sudha is telugu right

[@Akash-py3yi]

@@s9ka972 Makes movies in tamil🤷

[@s9ka972]

@@Akash-py3yi Here we talk about women who do films in their respective language.

[@bouncingballmedia799]

Change the title. For us,the people in kerala we like to see her as 101% malayali. Pride of kerala

[@udhaysankar419]

Loved the location of the interview. Reminiscent of her films.

[@jideepkoovat8460]

Never thought I would be watching this 50 minutes interview without a single jump. She is very pleasant to listen to! Best interview seen in a long time and you look very beautiful and graceful Ma'am...!

[@subnair]

Excellent Interview. She portrays a confident woman of this century carrying our culture and tradition elegantly.

[@varshanna]

Loving her even more after this interview! ❤️

[@Sammy8142]

Her voice is so soothing.Love the way she is speaking.Great director and a beautiful women 😊

[@chinna2274]

I have never seen a more insightful interview in recent days..!!!

[@mallikarjuneede]

Wonderful Bharadwaj Rangan Sir. You're a gift to south indian film industry and film lovers.. Please keep doing these interviews. Such an insightful, thoughtful questions.. It's my personal request, please do an interview with Lijo Jose. The man who made cult classics like Anagamaly Diaries and Ee Ma Yau.. Thank You So Much BR Sir.

[@Thomasmathew12345.]

Bangalore days made a breakthrough for malayalm industry, thankfull to anjaly menon

[@editorvisualentity405]

You should have gone for a better title. This is such an amazing interview of a very talented filmmaker. She expressed her opinions on many things.

[@Pranavpanoor]

Everything I wanted to tell about Anjali Menon is in the comment section. I am glad there are not many who opposes her for her personal views (like how they do and hate Parvathi). She's a wonderful filmmaker and a classy person. She's well spoken, knowledgeable and make her views straight and clear. Such a wonderful interview. Baradwaj Rangan was as usual in his charm and mannerisms asking the relevant questions about film making. We want more of her interviews and movies. Love her works.

[@shabinsajans]

Nice interview, I haven’t miss an interview of Anjali Menon since Manjadikuru.. Waiting for her new movie ‘Koode’ to release this weekend .

[@bhaskarv1867]

One of the best interviews by BR !! We were waiting for a sensible interview with Anjali Menon for a loooong time. It was worth the wait. Thanks BR. Thanks Anjali.

[@omshivannakariyappa2386]

From watching only morning shows Malayalam movies in 80s in Bangalore City, to current world movies, atleast one Malayalam movie every day, has become addiction for reasons viz., variety, performances, stories... all directors, actors, technicians...a big salute, Watching Malayalam movies equals watching World movies....lots of love 💗💞💞💞

[@filmmakersvision7858]

Gender is jz part of us , wow wht a writer in u , u naturally got , I was thinking about the line for a mins

[@akershdkoonath4900]

കൂടെ👫👭👬.....watching manjadikkuru,usthad hotel and banglore days...all gave a very different experiances.....and saw you raising your own level of talent.....koode is gonna rock for sure....awaiting☺

[@nancys9566]

Wow! I can listen and keep looking at her 💙💙 in one of Prithviraj interviews I heard him praising Anjali Menon. Now I know why 💙🥰👌

[@user-gw2fu2sv2g]

Kerala and malayalees are class apart. Proud of them

[@ashalatharadhakrishnan5024]

One of the best interviews ever made -Anjali Menon is fabulous,her passion for film making is resonating,simmering in each syllable she utters,each gesture of her's and her intelligent,upright opinions narrate wonderfully well why her movies relate to common man,why it remains in our memory circuits unlike the usual Friday to Friday ones and the interviewer had done his job marvelously well which others should try to emulate...overall wonderfully crafted and edited ...

[@naveraphael7055]

Very nice... 👍 There is definitely elegance and professionalism when intellectuals speak...! I must add that Mr. Mammootty is someone who has never had any issue working with new directors

[@christycpb]

12:35 ♥️ She said it. It's high time that we see everything based on our gender perspectives.

[@hemanthk.l7813]

Such an intelligent women, a wonderful filmmaker, absolute inspiration for all. Kudos to you Ma'am! 💜

[@psychoshammi1656]

*❤*

[@saiashwin26]

Meghna Gulzar?Mira Nair? Deepa Mehta?

[@kasikasi9072]

Sai Ashwin Deepa Mehta was class apart. Extremely talented. Maybe a different ideology from her peers.

[@DrStrange.r]

ah the inevitable compulsion to compare!

[@kuttappann871]

zoya akhtar?? seriously?? did u watch ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA atleast for once?

[@badityakrishnan120]

Zoya is fart

[@pauljohnson3846]

In kerala cafe....i really like the way she utilized Jagathy Srikumar. Though a small story but the brought out character out of his usual comedy roll...

[@shaanfahad615]

Then watch manjadikkuru. In that movie as well he played a shady character and he nailed it.

[@deepajacob3219]

Brilliant questions and her answers are sensible and clear . Even though she brought up outside . she is well aware of our traditions and culture . Her movies are a mix of both ....that is a why we like her

[@douluvmee]

She’s beautiful, she looks better than many new gen actresses.

[@anleesam5856]

She is very much classy...... love it

[@dd4power]

Actors and actresses don't need to look good, they should act well and all the new gen actresses are good actors.

[@ancyjohn1518]

@@dd4power right

[@pbvr2023]

Anjali Menon is a highly talented director who very well knows to tame and squeeze out the all the talents in actors. But I strongly doubt whether she is using all the excellent potential she has in direction, some more hidden talents have yet to come out of her to the lime light.

[@user-hh7ii6rk1i]

Such an intelligent woman and filmmaker, Anjali mam's simplicity reflects on her movies.

[@rokaiyaislam214]

My first malayalam movie is 'Bangalore Days', from that day I just fell in love with malayalam cinema. I am a bengali person but now I always thought if I was a malyalee that would be great. I think when it comes to South Indian cinema we thought there is lots of action and all, and there is lots of south industries which has there dubbed version in hindi but malayalam movie don't have any dubbed version even sometimes I can't find subtitles so it's little difficult to watch. But Malayalam cinema is so poetic and beautiful.I loveeeeeee malayalam cinema. I love Nazriya, Dulquer,parvathy, Fahadh.. They are just awesome.

[@backgroundscore]

Pleasant to eyes, ears and mind. The clarity and articulation are admirable.

[@ec-22-devikanair72]

This is called a standard, pakka interview. Malayalam movie makers are intelligent and genius enough to understand and read audiences' mind.

[@asha9988]

Superb interview! We need more interviewers like this.

[@user-uq5co1xf9y]

2019 anyone. Love you Anjali for your stands and words ❤

[@stylecheck19]

A very pleasant interview to watch and listen too. A very distinguished and dignified person.

[@ramakrishnamayya2678]

People with such thought process is the face of true women empowerment... Kudos

[@songversationswithadi1200]

Brilliant interview BR.. It felt like one of her films.. Btw 32.53 - took me back to sagara sangamam..:) Trust a kamal maniac to find something about him anywhere and everywhere!

[@deathstarresident]

The kind of movie we grow up watching not only defines the next generation of film makers but also sets a standard for the audience. Malayalis are so unforgiving towards bad cinema

[@SCherian]

Very constructive interview with a really sensible lady. This what interview is.. Thank you

[@sanujk676]

Beauty with brains.... Look her elegance and intelligence.. Surely interviewer gone speechless and left with no questions...

[@robincheriank]

Anjali Menon. V Good film maker. Waiting for """Koode"""

[@vishwanathstorm]

Baradwaj sir, this was a good interview and enjoyed it thoroughly. Keep up the good work.

[@kommurivamsi4568]

just finished watching koode....one of the most beautiful films made and you are a great film maker Anjali mam.

[@brindhaganesan3580]

Baradwaj sir, all your questions need a lot of thought to answer. Do you give them the questions beforehand? How are they answering so spontaneously?

[@athuldominic]

Brindha Ganesan these are the people who got so much clarity about there work.. Literally they know what they are doing.. That's why they are standing out.. and that's the reason behind there spontaneity..

[@Jumiiz]

This lady is intelligent, too!

[@brindhaganesan3580]

ATHUL DOMINIC 👍

[@susha050378]

His questions are based on whom he s interviewing... here Anjali's sensibility is way too ahead of BRs... she made it easy fr him.. Well I wld say its a learning take away for BR himself (from Anjali)

[@brindhaganesan3580]

Shalsu 👍

[@pavanhk8237]

Most sensible lady i have ever heard...Love to meet her once let me know when she is at Bangalore.

[@user-pt8rv1et5m]

We are very lucky to have a director like u ... waiting for your film Anjali chechi

[@sitachowkulkar7324]

Oh my god. I love the way she speaks.so soft, but very clear

[@sivasekar5651]

A wonderful conversation this was. Thanks BR!

[@ramyakrishnan2213]

Being educated really opens our eyes and lets us think of the world as a common platform for all humans, with equal opportunities, sans discrimination. Kudos to her observations!

[@desigirlng]

People who do not know Mammotty and Mohanlal made the title.... cause that's not any thing new...its a given fact.... in our industry great actors become superstars

[@rajeshpillai9001]

Proud of you as a malayali and film buff madam.

[@ajayjustin7476]

I think the question about women-centric movies by women filmmakers is very relevant. I of the key reasons why the male filmmakers have failed to create good women characters in their movies is because of their lack of understanding of women psyche. They treat women character from my outsider perspective. It holds true even in the case of Adaminte Variyellu, which I assume Anjali is referring to when she mentioned KG George.I think that is the difference that women filmmakers can bring in. They will be able to bring in the women's perspective, the way they think and see things. That's why women filmmakers are better positioned to give us good women characters in movies.

[@megakalip]

Thanks fpr mentioning Ranjith's Kayoppu.. Some of the new age 'intellectuals' keep bashing Ranjith for his more commercial movies - while he has done more for aspiring screenwriters.

[@devikamp]

It is such a great pleasure to watch how gracefully and sensibly Anjali Menon answers the questions. Thanks for such an excellent interview!

[@jollyjohn5820]

As a Malaysian Malayalee...i would agreed with her that the content of the movies are very very important. A content of the movie that is unique and differ with a style. I hope that she would also venture in Hindi movie and even English movie that features malayalee actors and actresses.

[@aks214ash]

Amazing interview! Such a grace and beauty.. loved Koode.

[@ashukaushik9266]

Her voice seems like music to ears. Her cinema is like music to soul.

[@Pointofcinema]

A great interaction with keen interest on the craft that they were part of .So much of knowledge and nuances that was shared by her which makes her a Elegant filmmaker women kudos to you mam.

[@Sowmya-Mohan]

Very apt when she said that those who make films now grew up watching the 80s and 90s movies. Such a refined and sensitive director.

[@gokulsudhakar2203]

Best interview so far with Anjali Menon!