Anupama Chopra sits down with Tovino Thomas and Basil Joseph for InFocus, as the Minnal Murali duo reunite for Arun Anirudhan's directorial debut Athiradi - a colourful, college-fest-set action-comedy releasing May 14, 2026, that pits Basil's wildfire Sam Kutty against Tovino's storm-like Sreekuttan, with Vineeth Sreenivasan rounding out the lead trio. Marking Basil's debut as a producer (alongside Dr. Ananthu S, with Tovino and Sameer Thahir as co-producers), the film reunites a core team that has been working together since Minnal Murali, with Paulson Skaria as co-writer and Vishnu Vijay on music. In a freewheeling, often very funny conversation, the two old friends roast each other endlessly - about lockdown timetables, lion jokes, gym discipline, profit-sharing regrets - while opening up about why they keep coming back to each other, how Basil quietly engineered Tovino's Lokah cameo by championing Dominic Arun's career for years, what's happening with Minnal Murali 2, and whether Basil will ever return to directing.