The funny thing is that I never took any photos with him, no autographs no phone nos. Yes I asked him about his e mail add. He laughed and said “somehow I cannot sit in front of a computer so e mail ID is out of question”
He was doing most of the talking and I was doing all the listening. On a hind sight I think he could talk freely because I was not star struck or maybe it was only the two of us there and
Some of the excerpts:
”Suresh, looks like you like cooking “
It’s the other way around, I like to have good food so obviously I go into the details of how it is made”
His father used to do most of the “special” cooking. “Aa idli thatinakathu kedennu ingana thelakumbol, vevunathinu mumbe edukanam. . . . . . . . . . .” that was part of some thing that he was explaining.
When I told him that my parents are from Alleppey, he said that he too was born in Alpy. He did mention the exact spot but when I looked blankly at him, he said its in Kuttanad.
His schooling was in Kollam.
We did mention a bit about films. I particularly told him that our Indian films lack in continuity of shots whereas Hollywood is much better in that aspect. He said that we too have a continuity assistant “pashe ennalum chelapoleke theti pokum”
He says his role in police uniform has become a curse as all the new offers he is getting is for police officers. He is booked till the end of Nov.
He enquired about my family in Pune, how many kids? what they are doing?
The next day while having lunch I was reminded of him as there were two Gopis,. . . . . I mean two chaalas looking at me from my lunch pack which Marie had packed for me.
So now it is:
Suresh Gopi
Mohanlal
Mammooty
Sreenivasan
Innocent.
(in that order)
PS: The attached pic was taken by my friend later and send to me.
