Tovino Thomas is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film, Pallichattambi. He revealed that he was excited when he listened to the script for the first time.
He said, “I don’t think I should give away much about the storyline and all. Because it might affect the audience’s movie-going experience. What I can tell about the movie is that it is set in 1957 to 1958, a time period when the socio-political scenario in Kerala was very different. New reformations came into existence. There were resistances against that. So, that is the premise, not the story. So, in this premise, there is a story happening, which is completely fictional.”
Pointing out that they had only taken inspiration from events that had happened during the time period, Tovino stressed that whatever was shown in the film, is not a direct depiction of anything happened at that time. “But we have tried to make our fiction as believable as possible. And the inspiration from the real-life scenarios that happened at that point of time has helped a lot,” he added.
Talking about his character in the film, the actor shared, “My character is someone who comes from a different place to this place where the story is happening. And he comes as a Palli Chettambi.
Palli means church. Chettambi means someone who comes there to protect the church. What happens in this village after he comes there, how he understands life, and how he makes people understand life forms the crux. The only politics that we are trying to tell in this movie is humanity.”
Directed by Dijo Jose Antony, Kayadu Lohar plays the female lead. Pallichattambi is all set to hit the screens on April 10.