Again a Bollywood celebrity came by praising our superstar Mohanlal and this time it is popular Bollywood director Bejoy Nambiar. Bejoy Nambiar who is famous for his critically appreciated films like Shaitan, David, etc is coming up with his new Bollywood film named Wazir starring Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhthar in the lead. He is a Malayali by birth and was the assistant of master director Mani Ratnam. Before the release of Wazir, he spoke to media and during that media interview he said that it is Mohanlal who is the reason behind the entry of him into the film field.
Bejoy Nambiar with Mohanlal
Bejoy Nambiar came to the film field by doing a short film named Reflections, which had Mohanlal played the lead role. It was a silent film as well. Bijoy said that when he approached Mohanlal with the script of the short film, he realized the big heart of that legend. He was patient and give his valuable time to a youngster like him to hear the story. Bejoy Nambiar said that to give that much time to a youngster who had never even done a short film in his life is amazing. When he loved the screenplay he gave Bejoy his dates and agreed to do the short film.
Later the short film had given Bejoy a lot of recognitions in his life and it is that which made him the film maker which he had become now. He says that that’s why he said if he had gratitude to anyone in his life, Mohanlal is in the top of that list. It’s only because of the big heart of Mohanlal that he got the career he wished for.
Bejoy said that the support and encouragement Mohanlal had given him while they were making the short film was enormous and it was support helped him to be confident irrespective of all the inexperience and limitations he had. Bijoy also said that Malayalam Cinema is growing and he has plans in mind to do Malayalam films as well in the future.
