Prithviraj Sukumaran on his role in Varanasi

Prithviraj Sukumaran is playing the role of Kumbha in Mahesh Babu-Rajamouli's Varanasi. The film also stars Priyanka Chopra as the female lead.

Now, speaking to scribes, he shared the secrets of Kumbha and Varanasi. Mahesh Babu speaking about Prithviraj Skumaran said  ‘I am glad that you asked this because there was this one day of shooting where he had this long monologue.’ But he had flies all over his face, and the poor guy couldn’t do anything about it; he couldn’t move. For this one shot he literally prayed for the flies to not bother him. I think they heard his prayers.”

Prithviraj Said “To make sure that I don’t involuntarily move my arms and legs, they are sort of locked in place by a mechanism. I can truly then be sure that, ‘whatever I do, I am not going to be moving my hands or legs. ‘Which then also means that if a fly comes on my nose… But yeah, there’s a lot more to the wheelchair than what you see in the picture. It’s an extension of his personality and how he works. He is a very dangerous man; he just happens to be incapacitated.”

Mahesh Babu said “I have an elephant memory, and I remember everything. Before he narrated this story, and this was one of the early meetings… During RRR, he was asking me about what kind of a film we want to make. We hadn’t zeroed in on a script yet. He finished lunch, and he asked me, ‘Do you have anything in mind?’ ‘I thought, What do I tell him? I mean, his vision is so big.’ When he left, I messaged him and said, ‘I am just very happy that I am doing this film with you. I really like how you present your heroes; you really love them.’ He said, ‘Thank you, but I love my villains more.'”

Prithviraj about Rajamouli said  "One thing I've noticed with Rajamouli Sir is that for all the grand visuals and the sheer scale and imagination that his films carry, I've realized that, as far as possible, he sticks to the most simple basics for his filmmaking. I've seldom seen him setting up a gimmick shot. In fact, never. I've never seen him attempt a gimmick with the camera or an unnecessarily complicated track movement. Nothing. For him, it's about the basics. It's about classical filmmaking done right."