Chathurangam

'Chathurangam' means 'chessboard'. And putting this chessboard on the silver screen, is hit-making director K.Madhu. In this film which stars Mohanlal, K.Madhu's is narrating a story with politics as the base and in which the characters make their moves as carefully as if on a chessboard. In a big hall inside the Sundara Vilasam Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, the shooting for the film is happening at a fast but steady pace. For a significant shot, Mohanlal and Saikumar face each other. When the director says 'Action!', the two are transformed into their respective characters. Mohanlal plays Aattiprackal Jimmy, a young politician hailing from Kottayam district, while Saikumar plays the middle-aged Kora, a minister and Jimmy's political guru and mentor. There is a point in the story when Jimmy and Kora are pitted against each other. And naturally, there are heated verbal exchanges. Mohanlal as Jimmy, is very agitated and says "I am here, not to seek revenge, or to challenge you. Neither do I wish to become an M.L.A or a minister. I have done something wrong and now I am ready to accept the punishment. I won't drag anyone else's name into this." His voice then takes a desperately angry tone, "And I ask you not to vex me by showing any kind of pity or sympathy towards me." The shot is okayed.