Little did we all know that Pushpa’s director Sukumar: The Rise fame director Puri was an enormous fan of Jagannath. Sukumar’s reward for his senior was on full show throughout his unique interview with the producer of Ligar. Sukumar reminded Puri that he had as soon as sought a chance to hitch his crew of assistant administrators throughout a dialog. “When I came to meet you for the first time, you told me to tell me if I had a good story. I don’t know why you asked me that. That’s how we met,” stated Sukumar.
Sukumar credit Puri for largely altering the grammar of business movies with movies like Badri and Idiot. And the Pushpa director stated that Puri was his inspiration in terms of making movies in brief length. However, Puri revealed that with Liger he was altering the best way he made movies. “From now on, like you (Sukumar), I am going to spend more time working on the details of my script,” Puri stated.
Puri Jagannath talked about that he had a whole lot of time to work on the script of Liger as a result of pandemic. “Pokiri was a super blockbuster. I thought you took some time to write that film, unlike your other films. I told you then that you do better films when you take the time. And I am saying right now that Liger is going to be a blockbuster. Because you took the time to make it,” Sukumar stated.
Puri additionally revealed that through the making of Iddarammayilatho (2013) with Allu Arjun, he acquired the concept for Ligar. “I think 10 years ago, Bunny (Allu Arjun) told me about a Hollywood director whose heroes always had some kind of disability. And he asked me why don’t you write such a character? I suggested a hero who stammers and he liked it. So that’s how it started. The idea came to me because of Bunny,” the director of Liger reveals.
Vijay Deverakonda’s character in Liger stammers. “Vijay is a true actor. In the last decade, I haven’t seen anyone who can act so honestly on screen. He is real in real life too. There is no artificiality in it. Seeing him performing gave me a whole new feeling. You are going to work with Vijay in future. You will understand what I am saying,” Puri Jagannath informed Sukumar.
Ligar, which additionally stars Ananya Panday, is about to hit the theaters this Thursday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
