Prithviraj Sukumaran, the Malayalam actor and filmmaker, who made his directorial debut with the Mohanlal-starrer Lucifer, revealed in a recent interview with Film Companion that there are discussions about making Lucifer into an eight-episode miniseries in Hindi.
The film, the actor said, was initially conceived as a series. Designed by writer Murali Gopy and developed by Prithviraj, the story arc from the beginning till the end of the third part was completely sketched out, he added. “Initially, we planned it as a three-part streaming series. We then made a feature film, Lucifer, out of the first season. Now, we’ve decided to make feature films with the original material from seasons two and three,” Prithviraj said.
In the meantime, discussions are on to make it as a miniseries in Hindi, he revealed.
In 2016, Prithviraj announced that he would make his directorial debut with Lucifer, starring Mohanlal, from a script written by actor and writer Murali Gopy and produced by Mohanlal’s close associate Antony Perumbavoor of Aashirvad Cinemas. The film was released in theatres worldwide on March 28, 2019.
Lucifer revolves around Stephen Nedumbally (Mohanlal), a politician from the high ranges in central Kerala, who is revealed to have a second identity – that of an international drug lord named Abram Khureshi.
Three months after the film’s release, Prithviraj and Mohanlal announced a sequel titled Empuraan, which would follow the protagonist’s life before and after the time period covered in Lucifer. The film, Prithviraj said, would be a bigger project than Lucifer and the shoot was scheduled to begin after Mohanlal completed his debut directorial Barroz: Guardian of D’Gama’s Treasure.
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However, on June 18, this year, Prithviraj announced that his second directorial would be Bro Daddy, a light-hearted fun film, also starring Mohanlal in the lead role. Bro Daddy went on floors in Hyderabad in July as the Kerala government had not permitted film shooting in the state at that time.
In an interview with Film Companion South shortly thereafter, Prithviraj said that he was supposed to start shooting for Lucifer’s sequel but due to the prevailing circumstances (with the Covid-19 pandemic) a big canvas film like Empuraan could not be done anytime soon and thus, he decided to make Bro Daddy.