Director Priyadarshan says that Akshay Kumar can never become Mohanlal. He said that Akshay Kumar has his own limitations and can only act within them.
Priyadarshan said that his remake films failed because there was a difference between the culture of people in Kerala and the culture of people in the north. He said these things at Mathrubhumi Aksrotsavam.
Akshay Kumar cannot become Mohanlal. Akshay Kumar has his limits. He cannot stand within it. What we are doing is putting this film in front of a large segment of people who have not seen Manichitrathar films.
The film “Peace for the Sansane” was made there, but it didn’t run. After that I realized that there is a difference between our culture and their culture. When the film is presented from one language to another, it should feel like it is their film.
It should reflect in terms of costumes, customs, characters and character. Manjulika in Hindi is our Nagavalli. Manjulika speaks Bengali. If you say that it is a boy from Tamil, the audience there will not accept it.
To them it must seem like a story that happened in North India itself. Malayalam audience will not like a movie released in Malayalam even if it is released in any other language. A good example of this is Drishyam. Let us love our vision. Original is always original,” said Priyadarshan.
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