jeethu joseph santosh sivan midhun manuel thomas and alphonse puthren these are the filmmakers kalidas jayaram will be working with the budding career of the young actor whose debut malayalam film as a hero began shooting two years ago is a testament to the oftheard quote good things come to those who waitkalidas has just wrapped up the shooting of his second movie the jeethu joseph directorial mr and ms rowdy and already joined the sets of santosh sivans film which also has manju warrier and soubin shahir in the lead he tells us about how his varied experience with filmmakers has shaped him as an actor his criteria for choosing movies and if a film with dad jayaram is on the cardsjeethu had told us that working with the young cast in the film was a learning experience for him as well what was your takeawayi think like he said it was a give and take experience obviously working with someone as experienced as jeethu sir is a huge gift for young actors like us the movie is again different from the thriller genre that he has done lately and he made that clear when we brought us onboard his working style was a surprise to me at least its extremely well planned and thats why we could wind up the shoot in 36 days four days less than what was initially plannedthat must have been a stark contrast from poomaram in which director abrid shine took his own time and pace to come with the film he had in his mindboth of them had different working patterns and i cant say one is right and the other is wrong poomaram is a movie that i will cherish forever for that matter any movie that i do is special because i ensure that i take it up only if i have full confidence in the projecti also believe that directors have a role in moulding actors and working with different filmmakers present unique experiences so i am lucky that the working styles for both these movies are varied also my next films are with santosh sivan sir and midhun manuel thomas and those projects will be different as well i consciously try to choose films that stand outnot a lot of actors have that option to wait and choose their films especially so early in their careers do you owe it to being from a family of actors or that the audience have seen you perform as child artistefrom the onset of my career i made up mind that i dont have to do movies for money i have the passion for films i have never felt that time was a barrier for me to take up a project i want to connect with the theme of the film and should know that its a space that i would be comfortable in for a lot of artistes time might be a constraint and they wouldnt be able to