Malavika Mohanan: Majid Majidi seemed far too distant
Malavika Mohanan says she is a fan of the Iranian director Majid Majidi's work but wanted to do Bollywood films. Malavika Mohanan, the young Malayali actress from Mumbai who has bagged the female lead’s role in Majid Majidi’s new India-set film Beyond The Clouds, says she is a fan of the Iranian auteur’s work but wanted to do Bollywood films. “It was all so sudden,” says Malavika, disbelieving of and yet comfortable with the windfall. “I didn’t have the time to get tense and anxious. I did an audition and then I left for a brief vacation abroad. When I came back, I am told I am doing the film,” she added. A big Majidi fan, she said: “I’ve watched a lot of his work. I can’t even say I dreamt of working with him. He seemed far too distant. I wanted to do Bollywood films. But before that could happen, this has come my way.” She knows what it means to her career. “It’s like going to another level altogether. It all happened so suddenly. Luckily, I wasn’t committed to do ...