Ananthan Kaadu Movie Review & Rating: “The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself,” thus goes a quote widely attributed to Sir Peter Jackson, renowned for creating the Lord of the Rings movies. Among the current crop of Malayalam screenwriters, I would say Murali Gopy pens the most “personal” scripts; he essentially writes for himself. However, the issue is that he often writes solely for himself, without the slightest thought that it is for the eventual consumption of others. Sure, artists like Rick Rubin may have said that “the audience comes (only) last,” but that doesn’t mean the audience doesn’t exist at all. I am not suggesting that screenwriters should be swayed by audience sensibilities or craft scripts with people’s preferences in mind. Nonetheless, to jot down whatever comes to mind, however one wants to, and then put the onus on the masses to like it no matter what — simply because it has hit theatres or “a lot of effort has gone into making it” — is unfair. Ananthan …