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The film L to E Empuraan, directed by Malayalam actor Prithviraj Sukumaran and starring Mohanlal, is ready for release and the teaser of the film has been released. Now, Prithviraj Sukumaran is interviewed by FilmiBeat Kannada.
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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.