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00:00Lucifer gets re-made in Bollywood, who do you think can play the character of Mohanlal sir?

00:04Tarun Khan sir.

00:05Favourite actor in Bollywood?

00:06Samita Bachchan sir.

00:07Okay.

00:08Lucifer released in 2019, what took you six years to come up with the sequel?

00:13Any update on the Dharma movie you were doing alongside Kajol sir?

00:18So I think in fact about 30-35% of the film is in Hindi.

00:22How do you take failures?

00:23Like I take my success.

00:25I walk away from successes and I walk away from failures.

00:28And what's the one thing you imbibed as an actor from Lal sir?

00:32Many things.

00:32Most of all, how you should be with the director.

00:35What was the most challenging part for you as a director to

00:39direct a legend like Lal sir?

00:41So the legends are the ones who are the easiest to work with actually.

00:45Lucifer.

00:48This deal is with the devil.

00:50Hi, I'm Ashwin.

00:50You're watching me on Filmybeat.

00:52Today, I'm sitting with superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran,

00:56who's gearing up with his new film L2 Empuran.

00:59Prithviraj, welcome to Filmybeat.

01:01And firstly, congratulations for the like thunderous teaser that we saw.

01:07And at the venue also, the grand launch in presence of Mammootty sir.

01:11How was the whole experience?

01:12This is really, you know, this is a very special evening for me.

01:16Firstly, for the fact that the teaser has been so well received.

01:20Secondly, that, you know, we were able to have all our friends

01:23from media across the country fly in and attend the event.

01:26And of course, the icing on the cake being Mammootty sir being there present

01:29in person to launch the teaser.

01:32This is my third film as a director.

01:34And to have this journey within a course of three films,

01:38and to have the privilege of being able to direct Mohanlal sir for all three of my directorials

01:42is all a blessing.

01:43You know, I don't truly know if I deserve all this.

01:45I'm just trying my best to live up to the opportunity that has been presented.

01:49And I hope, you know, all the anticipation that the teaser has set

01:54is met on the 27th of March when people see the film in theatres.

01:57Absolutely.

01:58Lucifer released in 2019.

02:00What took you six years to come up with the sequel?

02:03Did the pandemic affect the production and everything?

02:05COVID was the reason.

02:06And this was supposed to be my second directorial, actually.

02:09We were supposed to go on floors sometime beginning of 2020, you know, with this.

02:14That's when the pandemic happened.

02:16And, you know, it just sort of completely derailed our plans.

02:20But in a way, the five-year wait, the sort of,

02:26the thing was, although this franchise was conceived in 2017,

02:30every time you make a film, you need to review it to the current

02:33socio-political circumstances around you and all that.

02:36So with all those reviews coming in,

02:38I think this is now a better film than it was originally conceived.

02:42But having said that, it still stays very honest and true

02:45to the narrative progression that we had in mind from the beginning.

02:49Good thing being that I just think that the nature of this film

02:54and what has happened with cinema as an industry in general

02:58has a pleasant coincidence because this particular part of the franchise,

03:03the story happens to have a very national kind of a scale

03:07and also an international plotline running.

03:09Yeah.

03:10In fact, about 30-35% of the film is in Hindi.

03:14And that's because the characters and the terrain exist in that space.

03:19And I want to have that particular portion in all five versions in Hindi.

03:24So we were very keen that this time we should have

03:29this film released simultaneously in all five languages,

03:33which we couldn't do with Lucifer.

03:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:34My question was, second question was this,

03:36that Lucifer wasn't released in theatres in Hindi.

03:39So this time you guys are going the pan-India way.

03:41Yes.

03:41So was it your decision?

03:44Yes, it was.

03:45Because one, the business of cinema has evolved to a point

03:48over the last six years where now you can now legitimately do that.

03:52Secondly, the quality of this particular film is such,

03:55when I say quality, I mean the nature of this film is such

03:58that I think it will find resonance much more than the part one

04:02of the franchise with people around the country and around the world.

04:05And the greatest thing about the film, I believe,

04:08is that it perfectly works as a standalone film.

04:12Yeah.

04:12So for people who have not seen part one,

04:14it is not like you are not going to understand what the film is.

04:17Yeah.

04:17For people who have seen part one, maybe a few dialogues and a few characters

04:21might hold more throwback value.

04:23But even without that, I think the film works well.

04:25Yeah.

04:26Lucifer was the first Malayalam film to cross the 200 crore mark, you know.

04:32I don't know.

04:33The box office.

04:34It was a massive hit.

04:36Yeah.

04:36More than being a...

04:37It shattered a lot of records.

04:38More than being a hit, it went on to achieve a cult kind of a status with audiences and,

04:44you know, with so many of the scenes and dialogues being replayed and reels and all that.

04:49So I'm really flattered.

04:51Yeah.

04:51So do you feel pressure this time because the stakes are really high and,

04:54you know, the bar has been set?

04:56No, I understand there is pressure.

04:58I understand there is expectation.

05:00I know for a fact that pretty much everyone who's seen Lucifer one...

05:03Yeah.

05:04Would have imagined their own version of Lucifer two.

05:07But unfortunately, I cannot let that dictate what I'm making.

05:11You know, I will have to stay true to my vision.

05:13I have to stay true to the actual plot that we had originally in mind.

05:18Just because part one was a big hit, I cannot suddenly come and change part two.

05:22Yeah.

05:22You know, and I can just hope that people like what they see.

05:27This has always been the part two that we wanted to make with, of course,

05:31a few things being reviewed for the times that we live in.

05:35Other than that, you know, the pressure exists outside of the film.

05:38Yeah.

05:40Yesterday at the teaser launch event,

05:42Lalsa said that you're going to be the best director this country has ever produced.

05:47I'm just really, really flattered and blessed for a legend like that.

05:52Yes.

05:53To have such high expectations upon me.

05:56I don't know.

05:57I'll just continue doing my craft and my work with

06:03all the commitment and diligence that I can muster.

06:05And I'll continue learning cinema.

06:07And I'll continue hoping that I get the opportunity to work with legends like himself.

06:11And as a part of the statement that he made,

06:14what was the most challenging part for you as a director to direct a legend like Lalsa?

06:21You know, the thing is when there are legends for a reason.

06:27Yeah.

06:28And the reason is that they are immensely gifted and they're fantastically professional.

06:34So the legends are the ones who are the easiest to work with, actually.

06:38You know, once you understand their process as an actor,

06:42they suddenly make a lot of sense to you because they're very consistent with their process.

06:46That's why they are doing it for so long.

06:48Yeah.

06:49So with Lalsa, I've had the privilege of directing so many actors.

06:52One of the easiest actors I could direct is Lalsa.

06:55Yeah.

06:56Because I understand the process now.

06:58He will come and he'll ask you, what do you want me to do, sir?

07:01And he expects you to give him a brief.

07:03And once you give him a brief, he then imbibes it and he does this really

07:06magical version that he's interpreted out of it.

07:09And we have this really nice synergy happening now over the three films that,

07:13you know, he's just very, very easy to direct.

07:17I'm not saying others are tough, but with him, I think I have a relationship.

07:20But this is the third film.

07:22So when you first directed him, was there any kind of hesitation

07:26when you wanted to change something in him while directing?

07:29Or he was very receptive of...

07:30So when I did my first film, I was thinking I am going to direct one film in my life.

07:35Okay.

07:36So I was very clear about the fact that, okay,

07:39this might be just that one film that I ever direct.

07:42So I'm going to make sure, even if the film turns out good, bad or whatever,

07:46I'm going to make sure that I'm going to make the film that I have in my mind.

07:49Because I might get to do this only once.

07:52So whatever happens, whoever I have to piss off,

07:55I'm going to go tell them this is what I want.

07:57And I'm going to do the film that I have in mind.

08:00And that's what I did with part one.

08:01Even with Lal Sir, with whoever it is, I used to go and say,

08:04no, this is not what I have in mind.

08:05What I want is this.

08:06And I'd like you to do that.

08:08But what has happened thankfully for me is that through the course of making my first film,

08:13I think the actors, the wonderful, wonderful actors who worked with me,

08:17they realized and understood my process.

08:20And they started trusting it.

08:22They started trusting, okay, this is how Prithvi would like us.

08:26That is how Prithvi makes films.

08:28And we trust his process.

08:30Once that trust forms, then it becomes very, very easy.

08:34So now it's no longer a challenge.

08:36Now I can go up to anybody and I can say, this is not what I want.

08:40And they can come and tell me, we think we would be better off doing it this way.

08:44So we have that synergy happening.

08:45And that's how a film should be made.

08:47That's the actual process.

08:49Cinema is always a team sport.

08:50And what's the one thing you imbibed as an actor from Lal Sir?

08:54Many things.

08:55Most of all, how you should be with the director.

08:58Because he is a standing lesson for me on how I should be with my directors.

09:04Every time I feel irritated on a set when I'm acting,

09:07every time I feel like I want to tell someone off,

09:10I can easily draw a reference over the course of three films where,

09:15okay, this is very similar, but you remember how he dealt with it.

09:19It's been more than two decades for you in this industry.

09:22You've been an actor, now a director.

09:25Very soon, the best director, like Lal Sir said, in India.

09:29What was more challenging, being an actor or being a director?

09:32Direction is more challenging.

09:33Direction is more challenging because it just involves a lot more work.

09:37Constant decision making.

09:39And any given day, there are about 200 to 300 people on set waiting for your instructions.

09:46Money is being spent on decisions that you make.

09:49And you're constantly involved with that process that is going on non-stop.

09:53Direction is more challenging.

09:55That's not to say that acting is not challenging at all.

09:58And me now being a director, it will sound a little immodest, me saying it,

10:03but actors are limited by their directors.

10:07A great performance can be shot badly and it will come across as a mediocre performance.

10:13A mediocre performance can be shot flatteringly and it could just pass the test.

10:19I'm getting a queue to wrap up, so I'll just ask two questions.

10:23So, success and failures go hand in hand.

10:25Last year, you did Bade Miya, Chote Miya, which did perform well at T-Box.

10:28How do you take failures?

10:29Like I take my success.

10:31I'm detached with it.

10:33I walk away from successes and I walk away from failures.

10:37Wow.

10:38Whatever happens on 27th of March, 28th of March, I still have to live my life.

10:43You know, I still have to.

10:44So I keep saying this.

10:45Sometimes my wife asks me, like, why don't you celebrate your successes more?

10:50I'm like, maybe because I enjoy the process more than the result.

10:55You know, I enjoyed the most gratifying thing for me was not that the goat life was a smash hit.

11:02The most gratifying thing for me was that I could do it the way it deserved to be done.

11:07Same thing with this film.

11:08You know, I'm really thankful that I was able to do the film the way it got done eventually.

11:14The result is then secondary.

11:16Yeah, my producers making money and the investment coming back would be great.

11:21And the success of this film paving way for us being able to do part three of the franchise

11:26would be wonderful.

11:27But other than that, you know, it's not much.

11:30A lot of South cinemas are being remade in Bollywood.

11:32So if Lucifer gets remade in Bollywood, who do you think can, you know, play the character

11:37of Mohanlal sir?

11:38Shah Rukh Khan sir.

11:40And that would be safe to say he's your favorite actor in Bollywood?

11:43My favorite actor in Bollywood is Amitabh Bachchan sir.

11:45Okay.

11:47Lastly, any update on the Dharma movie you were doing alongside Kajol sir?

11:53So I think till the makers make an official statement or an announcement,

11:59it's better for me to not talk about it.

12:02Okay, so there's a saying in Hindi, yeh toh trailer hai, picture abhi baaki hai.

12:05And after seeing the teaser, we all are waiting for the movie that is releasing on 27th of

12:12March.

12:13Wishing you all the best, sir.

12:14And thank you.

12:14Thank you so much.

12:15Thank you so much.

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