The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia
Jul 31, 2026 · 1 min · 1 segments
What does it take to build a great film? Is it vision, craft—or choosing the right collaborators?In Episode 165 of The Artists Podcast, Suchita sits down with Siva Ananth—filmmaker, writer, director…
Siva AnanthGuest
Suchita BhhatiaHost
Are there any specific pointers that you think, uh, the Malayalam industry is doing for them to be able to pull off and s- and, you know, specifically co-come out of the whole, uh, bunch of content that's out there and stand out amongst them?
Again, for many decades, uh, when I was growing up, I was told that, uh, West Bengal and Kerala happened to be the, uh, s-smartest states in the country because, uh, uh, the literacy rate was pretty high.
If, uh, if, if such good literature is readily available and if the majority of the people can read well, so there is already an exposure to high quality narratives.
I think the actors respect the writers, uh, and the writers respect the audience.
So I think it's a very healthy, uh, ecosystem where good stories are welcome and-
Are there any specific pointers that you think, uh, the Malayalam industry is doing for them to be able to pull off and s- and, you know, specifically co-come out of the whole, uh, bunch of content that's out there and stand out amongst them?
Again, for many decades, uh, when I was growing up, I was told that, uh, West Bengal and Kerala happened to be the, uh, s-smartest states in the country because, uh, uh, the literacy rate was pretty high.
If, uh, if, if such good literature is readily available and if the majority of the people can read well, so there is already an exposure to high quality narratives.
I think the actors respect the writers, uh, and the writers respect the audience.
So I think it's a very healthy, uh, ecosystem where good stories are welcome and-
