Praised By Priests And Nuns

COLUMN: LOCATION DIARY
By Shevlin Sebastian
“Jibu was very close to his uncle,” says Sophia. “So, when he received the news on the set, at Kozhikode, he became extremely upset. He started crying and could not work any more. It was a big shock for me, too.”The film's shoot was done mostly in a housing colony at Bilathikulam. And soon, the crew came to know of a very old lady, who was a favourite among the residents. “And then, suddenly, she died,” says Sophia. “This was also a shock.” To show solidarity and respect, the shoot was cancelled for a day. It was after this that Sophia got the idea of getting the clergy interested in the film. So, a special screening was organised for Cardinal George Alencherry, several bishops, priests and nuns. “Soon the priests began to talk about the film in their Sunday sermons,” says Sophia. “Suddenly, in the Christian belts in Kerala, there was a huge increase in the audience. This was one of the reasons why our film became a superhit.”(The New Indian Express, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode)