Priyadarshan hospitalised after testing constructive for Covid-19

Ace filmmaker Priyadarshan was on Friday admitted to a Chennai hospital after testing constructive for Covid-19. His situation is steady.
Priyadarshan’s National Award-winning movie Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea, starring Mohanlal within the lead function, launched in theatres final month. Soon, it was made obtainable on streaming platform Amazon Prime Video.

While Priyadarshan shot the costume-drama in simply 102 days and not using a break, he needed to look ahead to over two years to launch it owing to the pandemic. Talking to indianexpress.com in regards to the lengthy wait, the director stated, “After completing the film, we waited for two and half years for the film to release in theatres. I started working on this film four years ago. It was such a relief when I saw it on the big screen. No film in the world is liked by everyone. Some people have high expectations. See, appreciation is always subjective. What is good for one is not good enough for the other. Nowadays, everyone’s an expert to tell us what mistakes we have made. That’s fine. That’s part of the game. You just have to take it with a pinch of salt or you can enjoy what you do.”
Priyadarshan had beforehand spoken about working with two of his frequent collaborators Mohanlal and Akshay Kumar. He stated, “These two never ask me what I’m going to do. They’ll come to the set and won’t even wish to know the story. They’ll just ask for the scene. When they put that kind of a trust, I have a responsibility to give them back. That makes our films better.”

Last 12 months, Priyadarshan returned to Bollywood after eight years with Hungama 2 starring Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty and Meezaan Jafri. He additionally revealed {that a} new movie with Akshay was within the pipeline.