Sudhir Mishra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Manu Joseph on setting Serious Men against the backdrop of education system
During his days as a struggling actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui used to frequent an office where he had become good friends with the receptionist. “Ayyan Mani is like that,” he says about his recent role in Sudhir Mishra’s Serious Men. Already having a source instead of working with an original script meant that “some things are predetermined” and even as the novel transformed considerably, Mishra kept the novel close at hand “to keep in touch with Manu [Joseph>’s head.” But when Joseph saw how his novel was being carved and moulded into a script fit for screen, he realised that “there’s no point in trying to impose the novel on people who are very good at their jobs.” And although he was kept in the loop about their decisions, he assumed the role primarily of “a privileged observer.” The one thing Joseph had focused on above all when writing his novel was anger. “I find education very interesting because it’s a combination of so many things,” says Joseph. “The effort of Ayyan Mani’s journey!” stresses Mishra about what he took away from Serious Men as a viewer.
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