Kalyani Priyadarshan set for Bollywood debut with Ranveer Singh’s ‘Pralay’?
After ‘Lokah’s’ success, Kalyani Priyadarshan eyes Hindi films with Ranveer Singh
Not long ago the news has come out that actress Kalyani Priyadarshan mostly active in the Malayalam film industry could be getting her first Bollywood movie role in the film Pralay along with Ranveer Singh.
Kalyani had the honor of being part of the highest-grossing Malayalam film hits last year with Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra which was also the first-ever Indian female superhero film.
Though they maintain otherwise Kalyani does profess that fine writing “has found her” whichever the language it may be in.
“I don't know how to explain this but good stories have always found me whatever the language is. I've always said that I'm a very greedy actor when it comes to scripts. If there's a good script, whichever language it is in, whether it's Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam, I want it. Obviously, I'm one person and I can't shoot 10 movies at the same time and there are 100 great scripts out there. But this is where I'm at,” she says.
The actor adds, “If you ask me about Hindi, I would love to do Hindi films as well, but it's all for me about the script and about telling good stories. I've never looked at language as a barrier, especially when it comes to films and storytelling. I've always believed that the one thing that's very universal is emotion. That's why now there is such a thing as pan-Indian films. You can see people from all languages watching different language films because your emotions still translate even if the words don't.”
But has the availability of Hindi content on offer increased after the success of Lokah?
“I can’t say if it's increased or decreased, but it's always been there. The only thing is I'm one person, and I like giving my time to a film wholeheartedly. That’s what happened with Lokah too as I did nothing else when I was working on that film. Because of that I can't say yes to every good script that comes my way,” she responds.
Ask her about an update on the Lokah superhero universe and Kalyani shares, “We always knew how the film series ends and the general structure to how to get there. Last I heard, Dominic had started writing the script and he had the first couple of scenes sort of sketched out. And it's funny because almost every week, we call him up asking what’s happening.”