Interview: Samantha as Yashoda

Interview: We visualised none but Samantha as Yashoda, say Hari-Harish

Entertainment By Bhawana Tanmayi November 10, 2022 Read the article

Yashoda, directed by the Hari-Harish Narayan duo, is being released in multiple languages across the world on Friday, 11 November.

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It stars Samantha and has Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Unni Mukundan playing pivotal roles.

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Hari: We wrote this story based on [a newspaper] article about the facts related to the medical mafia and surrogacy.

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Hari: During the Covid lockdowns, many poor women became surrogate mothers [to overcome financial crisis].

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Harish: We learnt that they were paid double the amount if they conceived twins.

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Harish: We added a good dose of emotion to the plot and wrote the script.

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Harish: We wrote the story keeping [Samantha] in mind. We did not think of anyone else for the role of Yashoda.

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There are a couple of bit songs. Mani Sharma did an excellent job. He also composed brilliant background music.

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A. Harish: [Producer Sivalenka Krishna Prasad] gave everything that the film needed, without saying “no”.

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