‘They
called
Moha lal
a
seco da y
a tist’_
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
eveals
why
he
walked
away.
Afte
the
success
of
‘2018’,
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
took
a
lo g
gap
a d
etu ed
with
‘Thudakkam,’
which
ma ked
the
acti g
debut
of
Moha lal’s
daughte
Vismaya
Moha lal.
Rece tly
i
a
i te view,
the
di ecto
me tio ed
pla i g
a
Bollywood
p oject
with
acto
Ayushma
Khu a a
a d
late
explai ed
why
he
left
it.
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
ope s
up
about
the
Bollywood
p oject
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
ope s
up
about
the
Bollywood
p oject
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
said
he
was
u happy
with
how
the
p oductio
house
desc ibed
Moha lal
du i g
discussio s
about
the
p oject.
Jude
made
the
evelatio
while
speaki g
to
Club
FM.
The
‘Thudakkam’
di ecto
said
the
film
had
al eady
eached
a
adva ced
stage
of
developme t
whe
the
disag eeme t
occu ed.
Jude
said
he
had
developed
the
basic
sc ipt
fo
the
p oposed
Hi di
film
befo e
app oachi g
a
p oductio
house.
The
sto y
had
also
bee
discussed
with
the
make s.Moha lal
was
pa t
of
the
p oject
f om
the
ea ly
stages.
Acco di g
to
Jude,
the
vete a
acto
had
a
impo ta t
cha acte
i
the
sto y.”The
basic
sc ipt
was
almost
complete.
We
had
also
discussed
the
sto y
with
the
p oductio
house.
At
that
time,
Lal
si
had
a
ole
i
the
sto y.
It
was
a
impo ta t
ole.
Howeve ,
they
asked
me
to
complete
the
sc ee play
fi st.”
‘Lal
si ‘
was
a
impo ta t
cha acte
‘Lal
si ‘
was
a
impo ta t
cha acte
The
filmmake
the
explai ed
the
co ditio
he
placed
befo e
ag eei g
to
co ti ue
with
the
p oject.
Jude
said
he
was
willi g
to
complete
the
sc ee play
but
wa ted
co fi matio
about
Moha lal’s
pa ticipatio .”At
that
poi t,
I
put
fo wa d
a
dema d
to
them.
I
told
them
that
I
could
complete
the
sc ipt,
but
my
co ditio
was
that
Lal
si
should
be
co fi med
fo
the
p oject.”Acco di g
to
Jude,
the
espo se
f om
the
p oductio
house
became
the
tu i g
poi t.
He
said
the
make s
wa ted
to
evaluate
the
completed
sc ipt
befo e
co side i g
the
acto s
who
we e
bei g
discussed
fo
the
film.”They
espo ded
by
sayi g,
‘Fi st,
we
eed
to
like
the
sc ipt.
O ly
the
will
we
thi k
about
the
seco da y
a tists.'”
Why
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
walked
away
Why
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
walked
away
Jude
said
he
was
pa ticula ly
u happy
with
Moha lal
bei g
desc ibed
as
a
seco da y
a tist.
He
poi ted
out
that
the
acto
had
bee
give
a
sig ifica t
ole
i
the
p oposed
film.”I
did
ot
like
the
fact
that
they
efe ed
to
Lal
si ,
who
is
o e
of
the
fi est
acto s
i
I dia,
as
a
seco da y
a tist.
So
I
decided
to
walk
away
f om
the
p oject.””The
e ti e
co ve satio
happe ed
th ough
email.
They
would
se d
me
a
email,
a d
I
would
espo d
to
it.
Eve tually,
I
b ought
my
lawye
i to
the
matte
a d
withd ew
f om
the
p oject.
I
the
e d,
I
also
got
them
to
sig
a
o -disclosu e
ag eeme t,”
Jude
A tha y
Joseph
said.
‘Thudakkam’
eco ds
box
office
g owth
‘Thudakkam’
eco ds
box
office
g owth
Mea while,
Jude’s
latest
film
‘Thudakkam’
is
doi g
dece t
box
office
busi ess.
Acco di g
to
Sac ilk,
‘Thudakkam’
collected
Rs
3.50
c o e
et
i
I dia
o
its
seco d
day.
The
film
had
ope ed
with
Rs
2.55
c o e
et
o
F iday.
Satu day’s
collectio
ep ese ts
a
37.3%
i c ease
ove
the
ope i g-day
figu e.
The
film
also
eco ded
st o ge
audie ce
occupa cy
du i g
the
seco d
day
of
its
u .
I dia
et
collectio
c osses
Rs
6
c o e
I dia
et
collectio
c osses
Rs
6
c o e
‘Thudakkam’
has
collected
Rs
6.05
c o e
et
i
I dia
so
fa .
Its
I dia
g oss
collectio
has
eached
Rs
7.02
c o e.
Apa t
f om
Vismaya
Moha lal,
the
lege da y
acto
Moha lal
also
appea s
i
a
cameo
ole
i
the
film.
