Action Hero Biju actor Jayashree Sivadhas turns director with music video

Jayashree Sivadhas converted a long-time dream into reality and turned

director

for her latest venture, Rithwa, a

music video

. The young

Action Hero Biju

actor has not only acted, but also scripted and acted in the video.

The song is written by

Shruthi Namboodiri

, and composed by Sudeep Palanad, who has also sung the duet with Deepa Palanad. The sweet video gives us a nostalgic feel, set as it is in a beautiful old tharavad. It portrays a young housewife prompted by a telephone call from an old love - voiced by singer Vidhu Prathap - to pick up singing again.

“I have always been interested in directing, and when I saw Kumbalangi Nights, I stayed up all night thinking about how a team creates something like this,” says Jayashree, who then sought opportunities and assisted friends on short films and web series.

When a friend Nainan Anto suggested the story, Jayashree was thrilled about the idea of directing it and worked on the concept of Rithwa with co-director and editor Amir. “Initially, we had thought that we would set it in the present times, but then it developed into a vintage 80s feel video. We did the shoot over two days in Thrissur at a house near my mother’s place. It felt wonderful to be creating this and I was overjoyed that I was involved in every aspect, from shooting to designing the poster, of this video,” explains Jayashree, adding that the project was done with a small team of about five crew members.

“I am very happy with the final product and have received great feedback for it, including from actor Parvathy, who launched it,” says Jayashree, who is currently working in a CA firm in Kochi.