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Took me four films to appreciate acting: Prithviraj
By Haricharan Pudipeddi

Kochi, Dec 7 (IANS): Malayalam actor Prithviraj Sukumaran, who made his acting debut at the age of 19 with 2002 film "Nandanam", says it took him four to five films to enjoy the process of acting and take his career seriously.

As a youngster, he wasn't sure if acting was his true calling.

"I did my first film thinking I'd go back to do what I was doing. I remember sending an email and requesting for an extension of my holiday when I was supposed to start my second film. Frankly, I did not enjoy the process of acting in the first few films," Prithviraj told IANS here, adding the breakthrough happened after starring in five films.

"It took me four to five films to appreciate what I was doing and develop the desire to learn acting," he said.

A decade and a half later with nearly 100 films to his credit, mostly in Malayalam, Prithviraj is an established star, and he's now keen on being part of "films that aren't forgotten".

In retrospection, he said: "I was always dealing with cinema that was more evolved than I am as an actor at any given point of time. I don't think a lot of youngsters or even my contemporaries had such opportunities."

"I did ‘Stop Violence' when I was 19, and when I look back I'm sure I couldn't comprehend the character. I was just a youngster brought up in a well-to-do household and didn't know anything about goondaism. I was 21 when I played a 55-year-old writer in ‘Akale'," he said, admitting playing such characters at the very beginning of his career contributed to the process of refinement.

How does one keep motivated in an industry this long?

"I'm not going to lie and say that every film and every shot is new to me because most of the times you do a shot and you realise it's another version of some other shot, especially when you've been acting for this long," he explained.

In order to grow and keep oneself motivated, Prithviraj believes an actor should find himself in uncomfortable spots.

"It's when, figuratively and literally, you fall into a rut and you get comfortable doing what you've always done, there's no source of motivation," he added.

Asked if stardom has not come in the way of his growth, he said: "You need to know what's your stardom based on and only then will you realise if it's a burden or not. As long as your stardom is not based on something you have to live up to, then it doesn't become a burden. There was a phase when people led me to believe my stardom is based on action cinema and that affected my career. Thankfully, that phase didn't last long."

Is that why he's constantly reinventing?

"It's completely based on the kind of cinema that comes to me. Out of the blue, I get something nobody has been offered before," he said.

"In between ‘Ivide' and ‘Pavada', films that were poles apart, there was a ‘Double Barrel', ‘Ennu Ninte Moideen', ‘Amar Akbar Anthony' and ‘Anarkali'. When written on paper and told to someone that the same actor is going to play all these characters, it would seem impossible. It's not my effort to reinvent but different filmmakers saw these characters in me and that way I consider myself blessed," he added.

Prithviraj is also a successful producer, and under the banner of August Cinema he has produced films such as "Urumi", "Indian Rupee" and "Anuraga Karikkin Vellam" among others.

As a producer, his motive is not to make money.

"I make money from acting and Malayalam industry pays me handsomely. I don't want my production house to be money-making machinery but I don't want to lose money either. I can very vociferously tell you that whatever money August Cinema has made so far has been invested back in cinema," he said.

 

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Prithviraj to play a villain again?

Prithviraj's anti-hero and villain outing in Tamil movies displayed his range of acting. If rumours are to be believed, the actor will be stepping into an antagonist's role in Naam Shabana, the upcoming spin-off of Baby.

The movie, which has Taapsee Pannu in the lead role, had Prithviraj shooting his portions in Malaysia. The film, directed by Shivam Nair, also has Manoj Bajpayee and Akshay Kumar in extended cameos.

Meawhile, the actor is currently in the last leg of filming My Story in Portugal and will be back in India to shoot for the last schedule of Tiyaan.

 

From Paavada to Oozham





Young star Prithviraj Sukumaran was on cloud 9 after a successful career in 2015 that had three back-to-back blockbusters of the actor. The success of Ennu Ninte Moideen, Amar Akbar Anthony and Anarkali raised his career graph by finding the top spot at the Kerala box office.

The audience, who had accepted the performances of the actor in all these movies, had been eagerly awaiting releases of Prithviraj in 2016 and the comedy entertainer Paavada was his first release of the year, and expectations were sky high from it. Did the G Marthandan directorial perform well?

Paavada, released on January 15, opened to positive response from the movie-goers. The movie is estimated to have earned a gross collection of approximately Rs. 16.34 crore with a share amount of Rs. 7.17 crore at the Kerala box office,where it had completed 100 days of theatrical run. Prithviraj was lauded by the audience for convincingly playing the role of a drunkard named Joy in it. The film, which also stars Anoop Menon, Asha Sarath, Miya George, Maniyan Pilla Raju and Nedumudi Venu, was thus called as the fourth superhit of Prithviraj in a row.

Darvinte Parinamam

In March, Prithviraj's family action entertainer Darvinte Parinamam, helmed by Jijo Antony hit the screens in Kerala. However, the movie that narrates the story of an ordinary man dealing with a local goon following some unfortunate events, opened to mixed response from the audience.

James & Alice

The family entertainer James and Alice digs deep into the life before and after marriage through Prithviraj and Vedhika's characters. Since the Sujith Vaassudev directorial had a not-so-common story-telling method, it was tagged as not everyone's cup of tea. Critics had commented that the movie could have been better if it's narrative spinning around the ideas of death and life was made shorter. Nevertheless, Prithviraj performed well as a trendy artiste and later as a corporate filmmaker in the movie.

Oozham

It was Jeethu Joseph's revenge thriller, Oozham, that helped Prithviraj regain his successful career in 2016. The actor, who played as Surya, a demolition expert, was well appreciated for his performance in the movie, which also stars Balachandra Menon, Neeraj Madhav, Divya Pillai, Rasna Pavithran, Kishor Satya, Jayaprakash, among many other in pivotal roles. It made a collection of over Rs 1.25 crore on its opening day from Kerala and earned approximately Rs 15.25 crore within 25 days of theatrical run in the state.

Upcoming movies

Seems like Prithviraj has a busy year ahead as the versatile actor has been roped in to play the lead roles in many movies, compared to his counterparts in the industry. He has more than eight confirmed projects, including Ezra, My Story, Tiyaan, Beautiful Game, Detroit Crossing, Vimaanam, Karnan and Aadu Jeevitham, lined up for 2017.

The horror thriller Ezra was scheduled to hit the screens as a Christmas release on December 23, however, the release date is said to have been postponed due to the theatre strike between the producers and theatre owners in Kerala. The teaser, trailer and songs of the Jay K directorial, which stars Priya Anand in female lead role, have opened to tremendous response from the audience.

Directorial debut

Prithviraj has announced that he will be making his debut as a filmmaker in 2017 with the movie titled Lucifer, starring Mollywood superstar Mohanlal in the lead role.