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Dominic Arun’s superhero movie Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra stars Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen. Dulquer Salmaan produced it.
When Dominic Arun’s Malayalam superhero movie Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra was launched in theatres on August 28, producer Dulquer Salmaan and lead actors Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen didn’t count on the movie to gross ₹300 crore worldwide. In an interview with Galatta Plus whereas selling his upcoming movie Kaantha, Dulquer acknowledged that he nonetheless doesn’t understand how Lokah grew to become the highest-grossing Malayalam movie.
Dulquer Salmaan can’t crack the key to Lokah’s success
Dulquer was requested within the interview, now that point has handed for the reason that launch of Lokah, if he has cracked the rationale why the movie blew up the way in which it did. He responded, “It’s not one thing we may plan or predict. I don’t assume we will ever break down the science of what makes a movie work. If we knew, then we wouldn’t be…determining Kaantha, what number of languages to dub, how lengthy now we have to shoot. There isn’t any science to what will work.”
The actor added that each one a movie’s crew can do is make a movie with honesty and focus on the writing, aside from wanting to inform an incredible story. He expressed shock at Lokah’s success and mentioned, “I legit thought we had been going to lose cash on the primary movie in world-building. As a result of it went twice over price range, and we couldn’t promote the music rights as a result of we would have liked it for the opposite movies. However I preferred the product and was very proud of the way it got here out. I assumed we had been doing one thing cool and distinctive and younger and daring. If it does click on, then there’s the potential for the opposite chapters. However none of us anticipated it to go the way in which it did.”
Current work
Dulquer was final seen within the 2024 Telugu movie Fortunate Baskhar, aside from taking part in a cameo in his manufacturing, Lokah, as an Odiyan (shapeshifter) ninja named Charlie. Lokah Chapter 2 can be headlined by Tovino Thomas, and the announcement video teased the return of Charlie.
Kaantha, directed by Selvaraj Selvamani, can be launched in theatres on November 14 in Tamil and Telugu. Additionally starring Bhagyashri Borse, Samuthirakani, and Rana Daggubati, the movie is produced by Dulquer Salmaan and Rana Daggubati. Dulquer has I’m Recreation in Malayalam and Aakasamlo Oka Tara lined up in Telugu.
