Interview TR Shamsudheen
“I’m a director’s
producer” He’s a man with a midas touch, after a splendorous inning as a successful businessman; TR Shamsudheen is trying his hands on movie production. ‘1983’ his debut cricket themed movie is all set to hit theatres soon. Text Thabitha Marion Photos Shani R Shamsudheen is a world of yin and yang. In one moment he is a power-packed producer, the next minute he is a self-effacing man who simply can’t stop
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showering praises on the ‘1983’ crew. He tells us that though new to the tinsel town he has an eye for good scripts. TR Shamsudheen who heads the Cochin College of Engineering and Technology in Malappuram
and Cochin Institute of Science and Technology at Muvattupuzha says being a businessman the only competitor he competes is himself and has always had ambitious plans for reinvention.
Quick Read Favourite Malayalam director… Anwar Rasheed... he is a director who can do wonders beyond the script in hand. Was Nivin Pauly the first preference for ‘1983’? Yes...the character suits him the best. The last time Sahmsudhin played a cricket match with friends for fun….. On the locations of ‘1983’ with cast and crew. If not a businessman, what would you have been? Just another engineer... Favourite hangout in Kochi… Matteo at Marine Drive Ever fancy acting or directing yourself…. No....do you think I can do justice to it. Your brands.... Etro, Thomas Pink, Burberry,Hackett Gadget you cannot miss out on..... I-phone and Blackberry Porsche Shamsudheen is a producer.... .....who gives immense freedom to a director at work.
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