Oraalppokkam was a real challenge. Now when I look back, it is a mad adventure. I decided to make a film but I did not have a producer and nor did I have money. Some of my friends who had supported me in my short films offered me help, that was my only base. They must have thought it would be a simple story. But I dreamt of a journey starting from Kerala and ending in Kedranath. When I related the storyline to Prakash Bare and Meena Kandasamy, the actors in the film, they were thrilled. Thus we started the film with some Rs 3 lakh. But we finished it without difficulties in terms of money. The Himalayan terrain is dangerous and it was not easy for the crew but we survived and finished the film. After Oraalppokkam, while thinking about my next film, I decided to go without a script. Ozhivu divasathe Kali (An off day game) is a famous short story in Malayalam. When I talked to Unni R, the author of the story, he was doubtful about making it into a full-length feature film. Initially, he wanted to see the script but when I explained my reading of the story connecting it to our democracy and judicial system, the lazy citizens making election day into another holiday, he agreed. He agreed to my idea to go forward without even a synopsis. Both films where study materials for me.