There is a term Prithviraj Sukumaran uses for himself—“a part-time director”. He may juggle his directorial ventures with his acting career, but there is no denying that he has created one of Malayalam cinema’s biggest franchise films, Lucifer. The sequel, L2 Empuraan, is set to release in March in five languages—Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. “The fact that it’s a big film is not a result of me chasing one. Its scale and canvas are purely based on what is written on paper. This is an honest pursuit of the narrative progression from part one. Having said that, the story has organically become [pan-India]. It will now resonate better with people from other parts of the country and maybe even across the world. About 30 per cent of the film is in Hindi, and I will retain that in all five versions,” starts Sukumaran.

Mohanlal in L2 Empuraan