Prithviraj positive about getting film on football on track
The sports drama titled "The Beautiful Game" was announced a few years ago. Though Kottakkal who will make his directorial debut with the film didn t share its release date he told IANS: "There has been a lot of positive developments in this movie as I got more time to work on it."
One of the strong supporters of the film has been its lead actor Prithviraj.
"He has been very supportive from day one. When I approached him with this script he immediately liked it. He was very positive about getting it on track. I was very doubtful when I approached him because he knew me only as a fashion photographer " said Kottakkal.
He spent seven years on the research work of the film.
"I come from Malappuram. I had enough research material in my hand. I wanted to do a movie based on football as there are not many movies based on it " he said.
Earlier this year Kottakkal and Prithviraj even teamed up for a football anthem. Prithviraj had unveiled "The Mallu Football Anthem" helmed by Kottakkal.
"It was Studio Mojo (a regional video entertainment network) that came up with the concept of football anthem. I wanted this anthem to be rooted to simplicity. It was a big learning experience for me " he said.
"I have shared a few interesting concepts with the Studio Mojo team. Hopefully we should start working on one of the projects shortly " he added.
On switching from fashion photography to directing a film he said: "It was my interest towards direction that landed me into fashion photography. During my early days I tried my luck as an actor but that did not work out as planned."
He ended up becoming a fashion photographer instead.
"I got a lot of offers to shoot ad films in Malabar area " he said.
--IANS nn/dc/sed
