Harish Kalyan: ‘We wanted Oh Manapenne to retain the freshness of the original’

Harish Kalyan on his character in Oh Manapenne, the Tamil remake of Telugu hit Pelli Choopulu, and his musical dreams

When the trailer of his Oh Manapenne released recently, Harish Kalyan excitedly sent it to all his family members and friends.

While doing so, there was one person he sorely missed: actor Vivekh.

“He would have immediately replied with words of encouragement,” says Harish Kalyan in a telephonic interview. Harish has reason to miss the late comedian, who passed away earlier this year: Vivekh played an important role in last year’s Dharala Prabhu. “He acted like it was his first film and would excitedly ask about rehearsing, and keep looking at improving himself.”