C. Prem Kumar directed the critically acclaimed film 96, which starred Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha Krishnan. For a lot of us, it’s hard to assume anyone apart from Vijay Sethupathi portraying the role of Ram.
Nevertheless, the character wasn’t originally written with him in mind. The truth is, 96 wasn’t even conceived as a Tamil film initially; it was first envisioned as a Bollywood project, with Abhishek Bachchan instead of Vijay Sethupathi.
This revelation got here directly from the director himself on the seventh edition of the Indian Screenwriters Conference (ISC), organized by the Screenwriters Association of India (SWA). But why didn’t 96 take shape as a Hindi film? In line with C. Prem Kumar, all of it got here all the way down to not having the fitting connections. He admitted, ‘I desired to pitch it to Abhishek Bachchan, but I didn’t have the contacts.’
He also shared that he has a robust command of Hindi, as his father was raised in North India. This led to Prem being exposed to Bollywood in his childhood, and he revealed that his favorite actor back then was Naseeruddin Shah. Now, his dream has come true, he has accomplished writing a script for a Hindi film. He also explained the rationale behind his interest in Bollywood, stating, ‘The primary reason for my interest in Hindi cinema is the range of the audience, not the size.’
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