India, Sept. 10 -- Malayalam filmmaker Jeethu Joseph will have his 19thfilm as a director in theatres on September 19 with Mirage, starring Asif Ali and Aparna Balamurali in the lead. The actors were, interestingly, last seen together onscreen a year ago in the successful thriller Kishkindha Kaandam. Despite a filmography that includes family dramas, comedies and more, right from 2007, Jeethu is best known for his 2013 Drishyam, and its subsequent 2021 sequel Drishyam 2.

Jeethu, who is currently promoting Mirage, spoke to Galatta Plus about this, and said that it's a reality that he has to live with, although it saddens him at times. The filmmaker added that whenever he gets the chance to engage people in conversations about films, he do...