Prithviraj Sukumaran ಲೆಜೆಂಡ್ ಆಕ್ಟರ್ ಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ವರ್ಕ್ ಮಾಡೋದು ತುಂಬಾ easy.

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00:00Hi, I'm Ashwin and you're watching me on Filmybeat.

00:10Today I'm sitting with superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran who's gearing up with his new film

00:15L2 Emporan.

00:16Prithviraj, welcome to Filmybeat.

00:18And firstly, congratulations for the thunderous teaser that we saw and at the venue also the

00:26grand launch in presence of Mammootty sir.

00:28How was the whole experience?

00:30This is really a very special evening for me.

00:34Firstly for the fact that the teaser has been so well received, secondly that we were able

00:38to have all our friends from media across the country fly in and attend the event and

00:43of course the icing on the cake being Mammootty sir being there present in person to launch

00:47the teaser.

00:49This is my third film as a director and to have this journey within a course of three

00:54films and to have the privilege of being able to direct Mohanlal sir for all three of my

00:58directorials is all a blessing.

01:00I don't truly know if I deserve all this.

01:02I'm just trying my best to live up to the opportunity that has been presented and I

01:07hope all the anticipation that the teaser has set is met on the 27th of March when people

01:13see the film in theatres.

01:14Absolutely.

01:15Lucifer released in 2019.

01:17What took you six years to come up with the sequel?

01:20Did the pandemic affect the production and everything?

01:22Yes, COVID was the reason.

01:24This was supposed to be my second directorial actually.

01:26We were supposed to go on floors sometime beginning of 2020.

01:32That's when the pandemic happened and it just sort of completely derailed our plans.

01:38But in a way, the five year wait, the thing was although this franchise was conceived

01:46in 2017, every time you make a film you need to review it to the current socio-political

01:51circumstances around you and all that.

01:53So with all those reviews coming in, I think this is now a better film than it was originally

01:59conceived.

02:00But having said that, it still stays very honest and true to the narrative progression

02:04that we had in mind from the beginning.

02:06Good thing being that I just think that the nature of this film and what has happened

02:12with cinema as an industry in general has a pleasant coincidence because this particular

02:19part of the franchise, the story happens to have a very national kind of a scape and also

02:24an international plotline running.

02:27In fact, about 30-35% of the film is in Hindi and that's because the characters and the

02:33terrain exist in that space.

02:37And I want to have that particular portion in all five versions in Hindi.

02:42So we were very keen that this time we should have this film released simultaneously in

02:48all five languages, which we couldn't do with Lucifer.

02:51My second question was this, that Lucifer wasn't released in theatres in Hindi, so this

02:56time you guys are going the pan-India way, so was it your decision?

03:01Yes, it was.

03:02Because one, the business of cinema has evolved to a point over the last six years where now

03:07you can now legitimately do that.

03:10Secondly, the quality of this particular film is such, when I say quality, I mean the nature

03:14of this film is such that I think it will find resonance much more than the part one

03:19of the franchise with people around the country and around the world.

03:23And the greatest thing about the film, I believe, is that it perfectly works as a standalone

03:29film.

03:30So for people who have not seen part one, it is not like you are not going to understand

03:33what the film is.

03:34Yeah, for people who have seen part one, maybe a few dialogues and a few characters might

03:38hold more throwback value, but even without that, I think the film works well.

03:43Lucifer was the first Malayalam film to cross the 200 crore mark, you know, the box office.

03:51It was a massive hit, more than being a hit, it went on to achieve a cult kind of a status

04:00with audiences and, you know, with so many of the scenes and dialogues being replayed

04:05and reels and all that.

04:06So I'm really flattered.

04:08Yeah, so do you feel pressure this time because the stakes are really high and, you know,

04:12the bar has been set?

04:13No, I understand there is pressure, I understand there is expectation.

04:17I know for a fact that pretty much everyone who's seen Lucifer 1 would have imagined their

04:22own version of a Lucifer 2.

04:24But unfortunately, I cannot let that dictate what I'm making, you know, I will have to

04:29stay true to my vision, I have to stay true to the actual plot that we had originally

04:34in mind.

04:35Just because part one was a big hit, I cannot suddenly come and change part two, you know.

04:40And I can just hope that people like what they see.

04:44This has always been the part two that we wanted to make, with, of course, a few things

04:48being reviewed for the times that we live in.

04:52Other than that, you know, the pressure exists outside of the film.

04:56Yeah.

04:57Yesterday, at the teaser launch event, Lalsa said that you're going to be the best director

05:02this country has ever produced.

05:04I'm just really, really flattered and blessed for a legend like that to have such high expectations

05:12upon me.

05:13I don't know, I'll just continue doing my craft and my work with all the commitment

05:21and diligence that I can muster.

05:22And I'll continue learning cinema and I'll continue hoping that I get the opportunity

05:27to work with legends like himself.

05:28And as a part of the statement that he made, what was the most challenging part for you

05:35as a director to direct a legend like Lalsa?

05:39You know, the thing is, when there are legends for a reason, and the reason is that they

05:47are immensely gifted and they're fantastically professional.

05:51So the legends are the ones who are the easiest to work with, actually, you know, you once

05:56you understand that their process as an actor, they suddenly make very, a lot of sense to

06:01you because they're very consistent with their process.

06:04That's why they are doing it for so long.

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

06:10I could have, I could direct is Lalsa.

06:13Because I understand the process now, he will come and he'll ask you, what do you want me

06:17to do, sir?

06:18And he expects you to give him a brief.

06:20And once you give him a brief, he then imbibes it and he does this really magical version

06:25that he's interpreted out of it.

06:26And we have this really nice synergy happening now over the three films that, you know, he's

06:32just very, very easy to direct.

06:34I'm not saying others are tough, but with him, I think I have a relationship.

06:38But this is the third film.

06:39So when you first directed him, was there any kind of hesitation when you wanted to

06:43change something in him while directing or he was very receptive of?

06:48So when I did my first film, I was thinking I am going to direct one film in my life.

06:53So I was very clear about the fact that, okay, this might be just that one film that

06:58I ever direct.

06:59So I'm going to make sure even if the film turns out good, bad or whatever, I'm going

07:03to make sure that I'm going to make the film that I have in my mind, because I might get

07:07to do this only once.

07:09So whatever happens, whoever I have to piss off, I'm going to go tell them this is what

07:14I want.

07:15And I'm going to do the film that I have in mind.

07:17And that's what I did with part one, even with Lalsa, with whoever it is, I used to

07:20go and say no, this is not what I have in mind.

07:23What I want is this and I'd like you to do that.

07:26But what has happened thankfully for me is that through the course of making my first

07:30film, I think the actors, the wonderful, wonderful actors who worked with me, they realized and

07:35understood my process and they started trusting it.

07:39They started trusting, okay, this is how Prithvi would like us, that is how Prithvi makes films

07:45and we trust his process.

07:47Once that trust forms, then it becomes very, very easy.

07:51So now it's no longer a challenge.

07:53Now I can go up to anybody and I can say this is not what I want.

07:57And they can come and tell me, you know, we think we would be better off doing it this

08:01way.

08:02So we have that synergy happening and that's how a film should be made.

08:05That's the actual process.

08:06Cinema is always a team sport.

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

08:11Many things.

08:12Most of all, how you should be with the director.

08:15Because he is a standing lesson for me on how I should be with my directors.

08:21Every time I feel irritated on a set, when I'm acting, every time I feel like, you know,

08:26I want to tell someone off, I can easily draw a reference over the course of three films

08:32where, okay, this is very similar, but you remember how he dealt with it, yeah, so.

08:37It's been more than two decades for you in this industry.

08:40You've been an actor, now a director, very soon the best director like Lalsa said in

08:45India.

08:46What was more challenging, being an actor or being a director?

08:50Direction is more challenging.

08:51Direction is more challenging because it just involves a lot more work, a lot, constant

08:55decision making.

08:56And any given day, there are about 200 to 300 people on set waiting for your instructions.

09:03Money is being spent on decisions that you make and you're constantly involved with that

09:08process that is going on non-stop.

09:11Direction is more challenging.

09:13That's not to say that acting is not challenging at all.

09:16And me now being a director, it will sound a little immodest, me saying it, but actors

09:21are limited by their directors, you know.

09:24A great performance can be shot badly and it will come across as a mediocre performance.

09:30A mediocre performance can be shot flatteringly and it could just pass the test, so.

09:37I'm getting a queue to wrap up, so I'll just ask two questions.

09:40So success and failures go hand in hand.

09:42Last year you did Bade Miya, Chhote Miya, which did perform well at T-Box, so how do

09:45you take failures?

09:46Like I take my success.

09:49I'm detached with it.

09:51I walk away from successes and I walk away from failures.

09:56Whatever happens on 27th of March, 28th of March, I still have to live my life.

10:00You know, I still have to.

10:02So I keep saying this.

10:03Sometimes my wife asks me, like, why don't you celebrate your successes more?

10:07I'm like, maybe because I enjoy the process more than the result.

10:12You know, I enjoyed the most gratifying thing for me was not that the goat life was a smash

10:19hit.

10:20The most gratifying thing for me was that I could do it the way it deserved to be done.

10:25Same thing with this film.

10:26You know, I'm really thankful that I was able to do the film the way it got done eventually.

10:32The result is then secondary.

10:34Yeah, my producers making money and the investment coming back would be great.

10:39And the success of this film paving way for us being able to do part three of the franchise

10:43would be wonderful.

10:44But other than that, you know, it's not much.

10:47A lot of South cinemas are being remade in Bollywood.

10:50So if Lucifer gets remade in Bollywood, who do you think can, you know, play the character

10:54of Mohanlal sir?

10:55Shah Rukh Khan sir.

10:57And that would be safe to say he's your favorite actor in Bollywood?

11:00My favorite actor in Bollywood is Amitabh Bachchan sir.

11:03Okay.

11:04Lastly, any update on the Dharma movie you were doing alongside Kajol sir?

11:11So I think till the makers make an official statement or an announcement, it's better

11:17for me to not talk about it.

11:18Okay, so there's a saying in Hindi, yeh toh trailer hai, picture abhi baaki hai.

11:23And after seeing the teaser, we all are waiting for the movie that is releasing on 27th of

11:30March.

11:31Wishing you all the best, sir.

11:32And thank you.

11:33Thank you so much.

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