Up to date on: Sept 04, 2025 05:47 pm IST
Dulquer Salmaan, who produced Kalyani Priyadarshan’s superhero movie Lokah, celebrated the movie’s success in Hyderabad on Thursday.
If there’s one latest launch that everybody is speaking about, it’s the Malayalam movie Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra. Dominic Arun’s superhero movie starring Kalyani Priyadarshan, Naslen and Sandy was produced by Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Movies. Celebrating the movie crossing the ₹100 crore threshold worldwide, Dulquer addressed criticism of how cinema is often catered to the male gaze.
Dulquer Salmaan addresses criticism of cinema catering to male gaze
Dulquer admitted on the success occasion in Hyderabad on Thursday that almost all cinema cater to the male gaze. Nevertheless, crediting the screenwriter of the movie, actor Santhy Balachandran, for Lokah’s authenticity, he mentioned, “Santhy, thanks for giving us a girl’s voice on this movie. We’re at all times informed that we write and strategy our cinema with the male gaze. I don’t even wish to say feminine…if there’s a woman superhero or celebrity right now and we represented her accurately, all credit score to Santhy B.”
Dulquer additionally admitted on the occasion that he had by no means skilled success like this in his profession as an actor. “We’re nonetheless attempting to course of what is going on. For us, Lokah was one thing at all times very intimate; it virtually felt like a really costly indie movie. We needed to get Jakes (Bejoy) to commercialise it. However the best way it’s simply blown up and all over the place within the nation, I’ve carried out 40 plus motion pictures, and I’ve not skilled this as a hero for any of my movies. Thanks to the audiences for accepting Lokah,” he mentioned.
About Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra
Lokah is the primary a part of a deliberate superhero sequence. It grew to become the highest-grossing South Indian female-led movie, beating movies by Anushka Shetty, Keerthy Suresh and Nayanthara. It tells the story of a mysterious Chandra (Kalyani) who’s summoned again to India by the chief she follows, Moothon (voiced by Mammootty). Naslen performs her love curiosity and neighbour, Sunny, whereas Sandy performs the antagonist, Inspector Nachiyappa.
