Praising Prithviraj: Director M’s Appreciation for ‘Atujiweetham’

2024-04-01 03:20:53

Director M praised Prithviraj’s performance in the movie ‘Atujiweetham’. Padmakumar. Padmakumar says that along with his writing and directorial excellence, Prithviraj’s extraordinary and unusual foray into the film has been seen through the film.

“I first met Raju aka Prithviraj Sukumaran at director Ranjith’s flat on Chullyot Road, Kozhikode. After ‘Ravana Prabhu’, Ranji is going to direct the film and needs a new hero. Director Fazil sir tells Ranji about Sukuvetan’s second son Prithviraj. That is how the actor Prithviraj Sukumaran is appearing in Malayalam cinema with the movie ‘Nandanam’.

I was the Associate Director of ‘Nandana’. A very introverted young man who simply plays his part and just wants to be in his own world in his hotel room, not wanting to show his face to anyone. After the shoot, when the dubbing of ‘Nandana’ started at Chitranjali, Thiruvananthapuram, I saw Raju come to meet and lend his voice to his role model, Manu, and the sound script that started with no confidence then turned into excitement (I wasn’t there till the dubbing was done). Although ‘Nandanam’ was completed first, ‘Nandanam’ was released after two or three of Raju’s films.

But it is a green reality that Prithviraj is stamped as a perfect actor through the movie ‘Nandanam’. After that I, M. It was an assignment to have Prithviraj as the lead in ‘Ammakilikkoo’, the first film in which Padmakumar was born. After that, when I thought that my next film should be the exact opposite of ‘Ammakkilikuu’, I had no other hero to imagine, except Prithviraj. That is how the movie ‘Vargam’ is made. Unforgettable, the tension we experienced every day of the shooting of that film and the support given by the hero Prithviraj who stood firmly behind it.

Thank you Raju, if you were not the hero, the film might not have been released. After that was the movie ‘Vastavam’. The movie Kerala honored Prithviraj as the best actor of the year. I saw the growth of Prithviraj, an actor, an artist and a hard-working young man, from a distance, from a part of Malayalam cinema. Meanwhile, Raju has become a producer, director, pan Indian actor…and lastly a few days ago when I was seen on the location of the movie ‘Guruvayoorambalanadail’, Raju only had to talk about upcoming/upcoming movies.

And what I see is ‘goat life’. As someone who knows the ins and outs of cinema, movies that can make me emotional are very, very rare. But if I groaned after watching ‘Adu Jeeweet’, if a cry got stuck in my throat, if I couldn’t get up from my chair even after the movie ended, it was because of the excellence of the writing and director as well as the extraordinary and unusual entrance of my beloved Raju. I am proud, at least a little proud… I was there at least at one or two turns of that victory journey that started from ‘Nandana’, even if no one saw or noticed.

Dear Raju, The reason I didn’t call Raju after watching ‘Adujeevte’ was because I wondered if you had missed this small voice amid the outpouring of appreciation from all over the world… I know only one thing. Actor Prithviraj knows no bounds with ‘Atujeevteem’. Beyond that, there’s a lot of great story and characters to be born for you; Many fans, friends and well-wishers, including myself, are waiting to see it, appreciate it and bless it. Greetings.” – Padmakumar’s words.