എന്നെ മനഃപൂർവ്വം മാറ്റി നിർത്തിയവരുണ്ട് : പല സിനിമകളും നഷ്ടമായി, Manju Pillai & Ananya Interview
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00:00Have you ever thought about suicide?
00:02I did it out of ignorance.
00:07Life is a struggle, children.
00:10It's easy to die.
00:11We can die.
00:13We need to have the courage to live.
00:16Not everyone can do it.
00:17To live, to win, to live,
00:19to face something, to live and show it to others,
00:22we need to have the courage.
00:24We need to have the courage.
00:26When we talk about death,
00:30it's like closing a dead body.
00:33It's like...
00:37The value of a human being.
00:39Is that all we have?
00:42There was a news in the middle of the day,
00:44that Anna has stopped watching Malayalam movies.
00:47I have watched a lot of Malayalam movies.
00:49Didn't you put it back?
00:51I haven't stopped watching Malayalam movies.
00:53When I said that I have stopped watching Malayalam movies,
00:56people in Malayalam movies didn't call me.
00:58When I said that I was busy in Malayalam movies,
01:00people in Tamil movies didn't call me.
01:03I am very proud of my career.
01:08Sometimes, I make fun of her.
01:10It's not a role.
01:11She is very beautiful.
01:13Some people call her Teddy Mammootty.
01:16They asked me,
01:18if I have any problem being Indiranjan's wife.
01:22I said, why?
01:24Some people said no when they knew that I was Indiranjan's wife.
01:27I called Chako and told her.
01:29She said,
01:30when I leave,
01:32let the train jump today.
01:34That's what she said.
01:36Do you know when the train jumps?
01:38Around 2 am.
01:39It starts at 8 am,
01:41and it jumps till 6 am.
01:43It jumps from different angles.
01:45Isn't it a life-saving jump?
01:47Yes, it was a moving train.
01:49Don't you want to do negative?
01:51She wants to do negative.
01:53But, how can she do it with this face?
01:55She is so innocent.
01:59Hello, Namaskaram.
02:00I am here to share the news of Swargam Cinema.
02:02Namaskaram to everyone.
02:03Namaskaram.
02:04When you see the poster of this movie,
02:06there is a binocular.
02:07In that binocular,
02:08it shows two families.
02:10What is Swargam for us?
02:12Is it a picture of a family?
02:14What is Swargam for us?
02:16It is a picture of two families
02:18in a binocular.
02:20Everyone should understand
02:22this at a glance.
02:24This is Swargam.
02:26We are telling a story
02:28through two different situations,
02:30two different backgrounds.
02:32There are differences in all aspects.
02:34In the beginning,
02:36the characters of
02:38Swargam are from America.
02:40They are from Irinkadu.
02:42Next to them,
02:44there is an ordinary family.
02:46The story is about
02:48their different
02:50statuses.
02:52This is a story
02:54through which
02:56the family goes to feel good
02:58and humorous situations.
03:00It is a small story.
03:02There are small twists.
03:04That's it.
03:06In between,
03:08Manju Chechi's
03:10Instagram model
03:12had a poster of
03:14a robot.
03:16Why did you
03:18think of a robot?
03:20We have a daughter
03:22who is a robot.
03:28Her name is Riyana.
03:30She is a lady robot.
03:32Her name is Riyana.
03:34Actually,
03:36we thought of
03:38a more modern technology
03:40for our children and family.
03:42That's why
03:44we made
03:46a robot.
03:48It will be
03:50very helpful when we get old.
03:52Children will go to many places.
03:54We made it
03:56in a place where no one will be there.
03:58It is also
04:00a prestige for him.
04:02Our house has a robot.
04:04We made it
04:06with such thoughts.
04:08When you show the binoculars,
04:10do you show
04:12what is happening
04:14in the other house
04:16as well as
04:18what is happening
04:20in the other house?
04:22Yes,
04:24almost.
04:26Binoculars are used
04:28for a good purpose.
04:30It is used to see
04:32what is happening
04:34in the other house.
04:36Binoculars affect
04:38their happy life
04:40and the people
04:42who look at them.
04:44It is not a bad
04:46intention.
04:48Do you feel
04:50that when the other person
04:52gets better,
04:54the other person's
04:56feelings change?
04:58No,
05:00we don't get such opportunities.
05:02We have less opportunities.
05:04We have binoculars,
05:06but we don't have a binocular.
05:08Because the walls are blown up.
05:10We can't see the other side.
05:12The walls,
05:14the buildings,
05:16we can't see the other side of a flat.
05:18The houses we have
05:20have walls on the other side.
05:22We are losing
05:24such opportunities.
05:26We have the habit
05:28of keeping a binocular in the bathroom.
05:30This is not like that.
05:32This is different.
05:34So,
05:36I don't feel
05:38that way.
05:40I have heard you say
05:42in many interviews
05:44that you were waiting
05:46for good opportunities
05:48in Malayalam.
05:50Is it the same in heaven?
05:52Yes.
05:54That is why
05:56I was waiting for good films.
06:00In the upcoming films,
06:02or the films I have heard,
06:04there were very few characters
06:06that excited me
06:08or had a space for performance.
06:12To be a part
06:14of a film like that,
06:16when we talk about
06:18a career development,
06:20we need good stories.
06:22So,
06:24we need to utilize
06:26that space well.
06:28That is where it comes.
06:30So,
06:32when we don't get that,
06:34we are ready to wait.
06:36I was running with that
06:38in my mind.
06:40So, this story,
06:42the story of heaven,
06:44when Rajesh came and told me,
06:46both of you came
06:48and told me,
06:50I said,
06:52it is a very interesting story.
06:56It is a story
06:58that is pleasant to hear.
07:00In that, this character,
07:04it is not the first character
07:06in a Malayalam film.
07:10There are similarities
07:12like this.
07:14But,
07:16there is a purity
07:18in that story.
07:20For that character,
07:22for that family,
07:24there was a
07:26pleasant,
07:28beautiful
07:30moment.
07:32So, I felt
07:34that it was a good character
07:36that was given to me.
07:38As for you,
07:40you are a producer.
07:42You have also acted in this.
07:44What was that first experience?
07:46I can talk about that.
07:48The name of the company is
07:50CNGlobal Movies.
07:52It was started by 15 friends
07:54of mine.
07:56It is an association of
07:58artists.
08:00The aim is to create art.
08:02Our world was music.
08:04But, can we do good things
08:06in the world of cinema?
08:08This film is like a test.
08:10We decided that
08:12it should be a family film.
08:14We saw two families
08:16in the film.
08:18We talked to Riji Sanjani
08:20about that.
08:22He told us about
08:24the direction system.
08:26When we saw the film,
08:28we had
08:30Ananni, Majum,
08:32Manju Pillai and
08:34Johnny Ananni in our mind.
08:36They are my friends.
08:38We decided to
08:40include them in the film.
08:42They played an important role
08:44in the film.
08:46They helped us to
08:48develop the story.
08:50Ajju played a small role.
08:52She is the mother of
08:54Madhi Thiruvathangur.
08:56The director told us
08:58to include her in the film.
09:00It was a second class trip.
09:02The next film was
09:04after a gap of 10 years.
09:06Why did you
09:08have a gap of 10 years
09:10in the film?
09:12It's a long story.
09:14I am not going to tell you the whole story.
09:16I don't remember
09:18the gap of 10 years.
09:20The film was released
09:22after a gap of 10 years.
09:24It was a film called
09:26Prema.
09:28It ran for 75 days.
09:30It is a special film.
09:32Vinny Srinivasan, Jojo George,
09:34Jojo George, Kerala State,
09:36Special mention award.
09:38It was the first film
09:40of Avarna Balamurthy.
09:42It was the first time
09:44Vinny Srinivasan played
09:46a villain in his life.
09:48I thought of many films after this.
09:50We did it together.
09:52Jackson and Anthony.
09:54We went to
09:56different films.
09:58I got a big budget
10:00movie in a star cast.
10:02I got a big budget movie in a star cast.
10:04I got a big budget movie in a star cast.
10:06I thought of projects
10:08after the film.
10:10I thought of projects after the film.
10:12This was a project
10:14that reached us.
10:16We had already done
10:1810 scripts.
10:20When I sat there,
10:22the list manager told us
10:24two ideas.
10:26My wife Rose
10:28was a fashion designer.
10:30She used to teach me.
10:32While I was writing the scripts,
10:34The person who is closest to me is my wife.
10:39That's how we got to know each other and she became a writer.
10:44I had a partner in my first film.
10:47When we went there as a single,
10:49we didn't want to have a partnership in cinema anymore.
10:53We thought of going on a track like that.
10:56My partner in life came to the film with great enthusiasm.
10:59We wrote the screenplay.
11:02We wanted artists who could play these characters.
11:07I told her that this is a small story.
11:10If we get more artists,
11:12I have a demand for the subject.
11:15For our part, the people who said this subject
11:18are Bajju, Ananya, Yoninacharan and me.
11:22There is a lot of talent in this.
11:24There are small roles in this.
11:26There are a lot of people like Vinithat, Sajin, Abhiram,
11:30Renji Kangol, Kodachanadu Kanakam.
11:33All of them came to us with great luck.
11:37There are three songs.
11:39All three songs were accepted.
11:41Kappavattu song was released.
11:43This song is the promotion of our film.
11:45It's a small film.
11:47Like Second Class Yatra,
11:51this film is less than two hours long.
11:54There is no lag at all.
11:56There is no lag in any scene.
11:58For people of all ages,
12:00this is a clean family entertainer.
12:02I told you earlier that this is a family.
12:04There are around 15 producers.
12:06There are people from all over the world.
12:08When they make a film,
12:10people from outside Kerala
12:12are more nostalgic than the people here.
12:15They have a lot of memories about their country.
12:18This is a film that they can watch as a family.
12:24This is the first print.
12:26It will be released by the end of this month.
12:29It's a clean family film.
12:32There are some mother roles that you do.
12:39Like Narmavu, there are some serious mother roles.
12:43We saw that trend in Velai Parambil Anvil.
12:46Then you did Vindhupanikar.
12:48I feel that you do more of those roles.
12:51Have you felt that?
12:55Our mothers are present in everything we do.
12:58Before Vindhu,
13:00Sumari did such roles.
13:02Meena did such roles in KPCL.
13:05Meena aunty did such roles.
13:08If you look at all those roles,
13:10they are the characteristics of our mothers.
13:13I am not talking about our mothers.
13:15I am talking about the artists.
13:17All the mothers have the same characteristics.
13:20They have the same consideration.
13:22They have the same love.
13:25That's all.
13:27I don't know about any mother.
13:30I haven't heard anyone say that my mother is bad.
13:35We have always been proud of our mothers.
13:40We have always been sincere with them.
13:47All the mothers have the same face.
13:52Most mothers have the same face.
13:55They argue with each other.
13:57Some mothers may be a little hyper.
13:59That is because of their circumstances.
14:01But our mothers generally have the same face.
14:07They have the same feelings and love.
14:12When I used to watch your movies,
14:17I used to call you Lady Mammootty.
14:22Have you ever thought about your mother?
14:30No, I haven't.
14:32Even if she is my age,
14:35she has to perform.
14:37That's all I have thought about.
14:39I used to say no to my mother's role.
14:42But she became my mother.
14:44She said, she would not take responsibility for my problems.
14:51She had to take responsibility for me.
14:53I used to say no to her role.
14:59But she is my mother now.
15:01Amma Vesham is a strong woman who has a different face.
15:09That's the good thing about it.
15:11When Regis came to narrate the story, I said,
15:15I won't stand in poverty.
15:18I asked him if he was Amma Vesham.
15:20I asked him how old he was.
15:22He said he was around 45-48 years old.
15:26I said, let it be.
15:28Don't worry.
15:30I said, I won't stand in poverty.
15:32He said, Americans don't stand in poverty.
15:34If you want to do something,
15:36I'll give you the script.
15:38You can read it and tell me.
15:40Out of the 4-5 films I've done,
15:42Amma is the one.
15:44Amma means Amma.
15:46If a woman is 25-30 years old,
15:48she becomes Amma.
15:50But each female character
15:52needs a different face
15:54or something to perform.
15:56I don't get tensed.
15:58My job is to act.
16:00My job is to act.
16:02I want to do different stories.
16:04I don't get tensed.
16:06Amma Vesham is different.
16:08Amma Vesham is different.
16:10I'm concerned about
16:12Leenak's appearance.
16:14Home Cinema is
16:16my second entry.
16:22Vijay Babu is my friend.
16:24We are family friends.
16:26We were just friends.
16:28He called me
16:30while I was starting a farm.
16:32I was doing farming.
16:34He called me and asked
16:36if I could do something.
16:38There were few films at that time.
16:40There were few films at that time.
16:42I was thrilled.
16:44I was thrilled.
16:46I asked him if it would be a problem.
16:48He said, no, it's fine.
16:50I asked him if it would be a problem.
16:52He called me his wife.
16:54I asked him if he had a problem with me being his wife.
16:58He said, why should I have a problem with that?
17:01When one or two people found out that I was Indra's wife, they said no.
17:06I said, I don't have a problem with that.
17:09I will take care of my character.
17:11I don't care who is standing opposite to me.
17:13I don't care who it is.
17:15I only care if I can perform well.
17:18It doesn't matter if it is my mother or grandmother.
17:21It doesn't matter what character it is.
17:23I said, I want to play a negative character.
17:26That is my biggest wish.
17:29So, to all the people who watch Priya's films,
17:34I want to play a negative character.
17:38So, if there is anything, please call me.
17:41I want to play a negative character.
17:43I want to do everything.
17:45When I play an artist, I want to do everything.
17:47Don't you want to play a negative character?
17:49How can I play a negative character?
17:51What a negative character!
17:53I want to play a negative villain.
17:55A cruel villain.
17:57No, I want to play a negative villain.
18:00There is a thing in this.
18:02When you play a negative character, everyone gets annoyed.
18:05But, as I said earlier,
18:07Sumari, Episode, Filomena, Meena,
18:11all of them are artists who perform with humour.
18:15They are performers.
18:17No one forgets the artists who perform well.
18:22They don't get annoyed.
18:25You know, in a career,
18:27if you only think of sentimental scenes,
18:29it will change.
18:30Those who perform with humour,
18:32they will be there for a lifetime.
18:34These two, Ananya and Sumari,
18:36don't perform with humour.
18:38In our film, both of them
18:40are artists with potential.
18:42We suggested them first.
18:45We told them,
18:47if they play a negative character,
18:49it will be great.
18:51I told them,
18:53this is a small story.
18:55All of them,
18:57we have to get a full role.
19:00We have to get a contribution.
19:02The script was read by all of them.
19:04They have to give a reply.
19:06They liked everything.
19:08Whether it is Ajju, Jonyanichettan,
19:10Manju, Ananya,
19:12Sujoya Varghese,
19:14we read the full script.
19:16We included their suggestions.
19:18That's how we completed the script.
19:20We have full confidence.
19:22No one will ever say,
19:24this is a bad film.
19:26That's my guarantee.
19:28We have that much confidence in this film.
19:30In Ananya's time,
19:32there was a news,
19:34that Ananya stopped Malayalam cinema.
19:36That news came suddenly.
19:38Only those who said that,
19:40I didn't know.
19:42That news came suddenly.
19:44Only if we get characters,
19:46we can do it.
19:48When such a news came,
19:50you must have thought,
19:52when such a news comes,
19:54even those who want to give a role,
19:56won't believe it.
19:58I have been to many films.
20:00Didn't you say,
20:02I didn't stop Malayalam cinema?
20:04Sister,
20:06we shouldn't keep
20:08telling everyone.
20:10We are the only ones
20:12who say that.
20:14Social media is a place,
20:16where we don't live.
20:18At that time,
20:20we can say something.
20:22This is not that time.
20:24I am talking about 2012, 2013,
20:262014.
20:28At that time,
20:30when I said,
20:32I stopped Malayalam cinema,
20:34people in Malayalam cinema didn't call me.
20:36People in Tamil cinema didn't call me,
20:38people in Tamil cinema didn't call me.
20:40No,
20:42mainly,
20:44I do a film,
20:46every year.
20:50But,
20:52I don't have a busy schedule.
20:54I don't look at it like that.
20:56But, if I get good characters,
20:58I will wait.
21:00I didn't feel sad about it.
21:02I didn't feel sad about it.
21:06When you were waiting,
21:08did you feel sad?
21:10Yes, definitely.
21:12I asked Maju,
21:14how did you remember me?
21:16Everyone forgets me.
21:18After Brahma,
21:20there is a gap of 2 years.
21:22After that, there is a gap of 2 years.
21:24After that, there is a gap of 2 years.
21:26After that, there is a gap of 2 years.
21:28After that, there is a gap of 2 years.
21:30After that, there is a gap of 1.5 years.
21:32After that, there is a gap of 1.5 years.
21:34After that, there is a gap of 1.5 years.
21:36But, in between,
21:38I have two Tamil releases.
21:42I have committed a Tamil film,
21:44called Diesel.
21:46I have committed a Tamil film, called Diesel.
21:50I have shot the entire film for 120 days.
21:54I didn't feel a break.
21:56I didn't feel a break.
21:58I didn't feel a break.
22:00That is the schedule.
22:04In a month, there are only 1 or 2 days.
22:10It will be long schedules.
22:12It will be long schedules.
22:14It will be long schedules.
22:18I don't know why this happened.
22:20I don't know why this happened.
22:22I don't know how it happened.
22:24I don't know why this happened.
22:26I would say that,
22:28I have a good
22:30I would say that, I have a good
22:32break in my career.
22:34break in my career.
22:38But, maybe everything was good.
22:40But, maybe everything was good.
22:42Maybe I am waiting like this,
22:44Maybe I am waiting like this,
22:46for the characters.
22:48Even though, they are small films,
22:50even though, they are small films,
22:52there are good characters.
22:54If you are waiting for a long time,
22:56you may not have felt the gap of 2 years.
22:58you may not have felt the gap of 2 years.
23:00Rajeesh told a story to Ajith.
23:02Rajeesh told a story to Ajith.
23:06I didn't know if Ajith was there.
23:08I didn't know if Ajith was there.
23:10Ajith called me.
23:12He heard a story.
23:14He is coming as my groom.
23:16I was waiting to call him there.
23:18I was waiting to call him there.
23:20We were going to make another film.
23:22When he called me to talk about that story,
23:24When he called me to talk about that story,
23:26He said that he will make a good character and
23:28He said that he will make a good character and
23:30I said ok.
23:34I said ok.
23:38Everyone forgot me.
23:40Everyone forgot me.
23:44I was the only actress in the film.
23:46I was the only actress in the film.
23:48I thought, oh, he's in the film, he's here.
23:50He's here, he's here.
23:52When you see him for the first time,
23:54you think, oh, you were here?
23:56Right?
23:58But when the Manjumbal Boys came out,
24:00you were the one who was the most discussed.
24:02In the Guna Kev movie,
24:04the fight scene, the way you saved him.
24:06I was?
24:08Yes, it was a big discussion.
24:10The last scene with Lala,
24:12in Guna Kev,
24:14the one from Guna Kev,
24:17we had discussed it a while ago.
24:19But we didn't say it was Guna Kev
24:21when it was discussed during Manjumbal Boys.
24:23We discussed it.
24:25We discuss it in between.
24:27Without any role.
24:29Do you remember,
24:31when you shot that scene?
24:33I remember all that.
24:35I don't remember much.
24:37It was taken very dangerously.
24:39Yes, yes.
24:41It wasn't a set.
24:43It was an original Guna Kev.
24:46What would you do?
24:48You would ride the cycle without holding the handle.
24:50That's the nature of Guna Kev.
24:52I like to take risks.
24:54You didn't agree to use the loop.
24:56Yes, yes.
24:58I didn't say I wouldn't agree.
25:02When certain characters come,
25:04we have to perform them.
25:08Not everyone gets a stunt sequence.
25:10I heard a story recently.
25:12It's a negative role.
25:15I wish it happens.
25:17It's a negative role.
25:19There's a stunt.
25:21There's a fight sequence.
25:23I told them not to use the loop.
25:25I told them.
25:29Is that why you appreciated Lalettan?
25:31No, no.
25:33That's why.
25:35It was a good attempt.
25:37That's why I appreciated it.
25:41When good characters come,
25:44we have an energy.
25:46We have to do back-to-back films.
25:48We have to create a combination.
25:52That's true.
25:54I thought about it.
26:00I asked her to use the loop.
26:02I asked her to use the loop.
26:04I asked her to use the loop.
26:06She agreed.
26:10Appreciation is different.
26:12I jumped.
26:14It was at 2 am.
26:16I started at 8 am
26:18and jumped till 6 in the morning.
26:22I used the angle.
26:24I used the angle.
26:28Wasn't it a life-version of that?
26:30It was a movie-inner.
26:32I used the original train.
26:34I adjusted the timing.
26:38I used the original train.
26:40I had to put the bike at Chamaraj nagar railway station.
26:46Do you know what's the problem with that?
26:48If the bike is lost, the engine driver has to call the station and get it back.
26:58I had to call the station and get it back.
27:03That's how I was late.
27:06The appreciation you get from the bike...
27:08Yes, definitely.
27:10A lot of people understood me because of the interval punch.
27:16For me, Falumi is a character from my mind.
27:22A lot of people called me and talked about Falumi.
27:31Even kids called me.
27:35The next day, my son and his wife went to Trivandrum.
27:40They asked me to get down from the train.
27:51It's still haunting me.
27:54That's when I noticed your nose.
27:57Was it inspired by Varanasi?
28:00It was years ago.
28:03There's no other story, right?
28:05There's no story.
28:07It's in my nutritionist's nose.
28:10A lot of people have OM, but no one has it so perfectly.
28:14Was Varanasi inspired by it?
28:16Varanasi is a special place.
28:20Varanasi is a divine place.
28:28There are a lot of people waiting to die there.
28:34Most of the places we've been to are not original.
28:38The place where we went in search of Appupan is also not original.
28:42A lot of old people still go there.
28:46They bring their children there.
28:49Those who don't take care of their children go there.
28:51They give the money they have.
28:53If you go and stay there, you'll get a good place.
28:55Most of the people there live like beggars.
28:59They are waiting to die.
29:01There are a lot of people from different countries.
29:08We shot the rooms in Varanasi.
29:14Varanasi is a forest.
29:16We stayed in a lodge in a place where we travelled by boat.
29:20We came back at 4 am.
29:24When we came back, we saw a dead body lying on the ground.
29:32It was a human value.
29:39Our value is only this much.
29:41We are only this much.
29:43They pull us down.
29:45We see all this in the passing.
29:48The way they shout and everything.
29:50We see it in the passing.
29:52After he became the Prime Minister,
29:56the cleaning process was very difficult.
30:00The next day, when we went for the shooting,
30:03a boat came and cleaned the water.
30:07When you talk about the value of life,
30:10everyone is talking about pressure.
30:12They talk about suicide because of pressure.
30:14I have heard that you have thought about suicide.
30:18You have said that it is your mother who pushes you away from it.
30:22How did your mother read your mind so accurately?
30:27Only a mother can do that.
30:29I understood that when I was a mother.
30:32If my daughter's mood changes,
30:36her talk changes,
30:37her sound changes,
30:38her look changes,
30:39her face changes,
30:40I can understand what is going on.
30:42She asks me how I can understand that.
30:45When I call her,
30:47I can understand her breath.
30:50She is tensed.
30:52She asks me how I can understand that.
30:54It is like that.
30:55Only a mother can understand that.
30:57But when my daughter's mood changes,
30:59she asks me what is going on.
31:02It was when the train was crossing.
31:04Yes, it was when the train was crossing.
31:06We have to think about it,
31:09we have to try it,
31:12it is our ignorance.
31:14What did your mother give you at that time?
31:17What did my mother give me at that time?
31:20It is in the past.
31:22I can say it even if I don't want to.
31:24I have forgotten it.
31:25I have overcome it.
31:27It was after that.
31:29At that time,
31:31my mother was tensed.
31:33She was tensed whether I would try it again.
31:35She held me in her hands
31:37and stopped the train.
31:40She stopped the train in front of her.
31:42She moved it a little.
31:44Two more people got on the train.
31:46They said, let's go together.
31:50I let it go.
31:52It was my stupidity.
31:54It was my ignorance.
31:56It was my stupidity.
31:58When I let it go,
32:00I said,
32:02it is difficult to live.
32:04It is easy to die.
32:06That is when I got a thought.
32:09To live,
32:11you need courage.
32:13Not everyone can do it.
32:15To live, to succeed,
32:17to face something,
32:19to live and show it,
32:21you need courage.
32:23You need courage.
32:25I don't have that.
32:27That is when I thought
32:29what my mother said.
32:31It is difficult to live.
32:33It is easy to die.
32:35Let's die.
32:37We are running out of time.
32:39There are more questions.
32:41We are running out of time.
32:43I wish you all the best.