Malavika Mohanan made her debut in Mollywood with Pattam Pole. She was also part of The Father. However, post this, she concentrated on films in Hindi and Tamil. Now, the actress is back in Malayalam. She will be seen next in director Alvin Henry's Christy. The film will release in the theatres in February.
Speaking to IndiaToday.in, Malavika said, "I wasn’t looking at particularly doing a Malayalam film at that point as I hadn’t done one in a long time. Life has taken me in different directions and different industries. This script randomly came my way. I hadn’t found acceptance per se in the Malayalam cinema with the projects I’ve done. I feel Tamil cinema is where my happy place. As an actor, you have to do more work and better your craft, but Tamil cinema is what felt like home in my career."
She further added, "The first thing that caught me about Christy was that the team was wonderful – Benyamin and GR Indugopan have written the screenplays; they are well-regarded Malayali writers and I have read a lot of Benyamin’s books. What excited me was that it was Benyamin’s first movie script. We have Govind Vasantha as the music director, Alvin Henry as the director, and Mathew Thomas as the actor. In terms of characters also, it wasn’t something I had done before and was unique. I’ve reached a point where big hero films are good in their own way, but you want to play good characters. Otherwise, you get stuck in the rut of a female actor playing the love interest."
