Have you ever ever noticed that Prithviraj Sukumaran, as a director, has only made movies with Mohanlal within the lead? To date, he has directed three movies, all starring Mohanlal. His directorial debut, Lucifer, was an enormous success each commercially and critically. His second film, Bro Daddy, also featured Mohanlal. Nevertheless, unlike Lucifer, where Prithviraj only had a cameo, he played a more substantial role in Bro Daddy.
Interestingly, Prithviraj Sukumaran originally offered Mohanlal’s role in Bro Daddy to Mammootty. The director himself revealed this during an interview with Galatta Plus while promoting L2: Empuraan, the sequel to Lucifer.
Prithviraj bought the script for Bro Daddy without envisioning anyone within the lead role. He said, “Bro Daddy didn’t come to me as a Mohanlal-Prithviraj film. It actually got here to me as only a script through the COVID times.” Sreejith, one among the writers, reached out to him with the script, and even after purchasing it, Prithviraj had no idea it will eventually change into a movie starring him and Mohanlal.
Initially, Prithviraj approached Mammootty for the role, envisioning a personality somewhat paying homage to Kottayam Kunjachan—this time as a wealthy plantation owner from Pala who stays deeply in love along with his wife. Mammootty, who hadn’t played an analogous role in recent times, liked the script and was fascinated with doing the film. Nevertheless, on account of prior commitments, he was unable to take it up.
Since this was through the COVID-19 pandemic, Prithviraj felt it was the best time to make a small-scale film like Bro Daddy. With restrictions easing outside Kerala, they decided to maneuver forward with production. If not for the pandemic, Prithviraj didn’t need to do a small scale film with Mammootty. He desired to create something on a bigger scale for the enduring actor.
On the time, each Mohanlal and Prithviraj were staying in the identical constructing through the lockdown. “We used to satisfy fairly often,” Prithviraj recalled. Sooner or later, he casually asked Mohanlal if he would love to do the film, and Mohanlal was immediately on board. Inside per week, they assembled a small unit and commenced shooting in Hyderabad.
Prithviraj also mentioned that he never makes movies specifically for a star. Mohanlal was already aware that the role was initially offered to Mammootty, but they moved forward with the project with none issues.
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