Interview | Filmmaker Vipin Das: ‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’ is an entertainer for the family

Filmmaker Vipin Das says Prithviraj-Basil starrer Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil is an entertainer for the family

It is a light-hearted film, an entertainer that centres on a wedding, insists film director Vipin Das while talking about his new movie, Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil, releasing on May 16.

Speaking on phone, Vipin says unlike his previous movies, this a comedy that brings together Prithviraj and Basil Joseph.

The filmmaker from Thiruvananthauram had won his credits as a director with Mudhugauv (2016). That was followed by Antakshari (2022) and Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey (JJJJH) (2022).

“This is a genre I have not done. Two of my three movies — Antakshari and JJJJH— dealt with intense subjects. Naturally, I don’t want to keep working on the same subject, it is exciting to work on different genres,” he says, adding: “It has all the elements of a fun film. There are songs, dance, action…We have had movies like that in the past, films with a festival feel. It is quite some time since we saw a film in that genre.”

Vipin reiterates that he would lose his enthusiasm if he were to direct movies in the same genre or treated every film in the same manner. “I would get bored!”

JJJJH turned out to be a blockbuster in 2022. Starring Basil Joseph and Darshana Rajendran in the lead, the black comedy  on domestic abuse was narrated in an offbeat manner that caught the imagination of viewers.

Vipin asserts that his new work has none of the gender politics or societal concerns of JJJH, scripted by the director and Nashid Mohamed Famy.