Addressing the media on, 11 March, Prithviraj Sukumaran, who plays the role of Najeeb in the movie, recalled that he was very young when Aadujeevitham was offered to him.
“It is an epic vision of the director and no compromises were made for the film. I am jealous of Blessy. But I know I can’t make a film like him,” he hastened to add.
Prithviraj defined Aadujeevitham as a benchmark for what a filmmaker can do for his vision. “Nobody can do more than what Blessy had done for the movie.”
AR Rahman disclosed that he did not watch Blessy’s works when he approached him but had heard good things about the director and the novel (Aadujeevitham).