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“Success
followed the change of name,” says Narain
of Chitthiram Paesudhadi |
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For
Narain, the hero of Chitthiram Paesudhedi,
it was unimaginable! Becoming a celebrity,
not overnight, but slowly. When the movie
hit the theatres, there was no crowd at
all. In the first week, box-office collection
was dismal. However, Producer Oscar Ravichandran
who re-released the film was not the one
to give up so easily. He knew he had a film
with stuff and that the youngster had given
an excellent performance and he therefore
went on a publicity blitz. It all happened
then.
Today the movie is a mega-hit including
the song Vaazha Meen by Gana Ulaganathan.
For all the success that has come to the
hero, forget the offers that are pouring
in, Narain is unassuming. “My parents
were aghast when I told them I wanted to
be an actor. |
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They
let me join the film institute on the promise
that I would do some technical course like editing
or cinematography,” opens up Narain who
is already famous back in the Malayalam field
where he made his debut in Adoor Gopalkrishnan’s
Nizhalkutthu, playing a hangman’s son. |
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joined the film institute at Adyar and took up
a course in cinematography. After finishing the
course I learnt that Rajiv Menon wanted an assistant.
I met him at his office. In the course of my conversation
I blurted out that I wanted to become an actor.
He said it would be better if I first became a
cinematographer. A year later Adoor Gopalakrishnan
and his cinematographer Mankada Ravi Varma came
to Rajeev Menon's. They wanted to borrow some
equipment. I told Adoor that I wanted to act.
He asked me if I could emote. I said yes. Later,
when I went to give him the equipment he asked
if I would act in his film. I had no words. I
played Oduvil Unnikrishnan, the hangman's son,"
says Narain going on a flashback. |
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Many
movies followed, movies that include hits
like Achivinte Amma and 4 people. Narain
is not his real name. “I never liked
my name. Sunil was such a common name. I
wanted something different and remarkable.
I then adopted Swami Vivekananda’s
pre-monastic name, Naren. I changed the
spelling a bit and called myself Narain.
Incidentally, that is how Narain Karthikeyan,
the car racer, spells his name. The name,
of course, is designed numerologically.
Success has followed the change of name,”
Narain observes. |
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How
is Narain going to fare in Tamil Nadu? Chances
look bright. We hope that this guy does shine.
Surely his talents and spirit will help him in
this regard. |
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