Sudheendran may not be your quintessential biography material but director Ranjith Sankar, who knew him for seven-long years, felt he had an intriguing tale to him.
And, the director wanted to tell the world how Sudheendran, an IT employee, overcame his disability of stammering, that if you call it a disability, to script an exemplary tale of success.
Ranjith Sankar’s next, titled ‘Su Su...Sudhi Valmeekam’, starring Jayasurya in the lead, is exactly this tale of grit and spirit. “Su Su..Sudhi Valmeekam’ is an inspiring tale of my friend Sudheendran, who proved nothing can deter him. My movie aims to tell the world his story thereby bring a smile on your faces. There are emotional moments in the movie, but overall it spells happiness,” says Ranjith Sankar, whose association with Jayasurya had always been successful.
The director says a movie on a man who stutters is quite novel. “The theme is quite unexplored. We barely have any movie that centres on prople who stammer and I think this is because people do not take stammering to be a serious disability. Having spend many years with Sudheendran, I know how difficult it is for them to get on with day-to-day lives,” says Ranjith.
And, how deep did Jayasurya go into playing the central character? Ranjith says one condition he laid before the actor is that he had to take a break of 40 days from acting before turning Sudheendran. “Sudheendran is not a character that you can sink into one fine morning. The movie required him to play the character who stutters through an age span of 20 to 40. The way he stammers in 20 is different from what he does in 30s and 40s. Jayan was willing to do it and he has portrayed Sudheendran with utmost conviction,” says Ranjith.