Thiruvananthapuram: As an actor who has associated himself with most of the brilliant technicians and actors from the state,Prakash Raj was more at home when he turned up for the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2011.
It was his friendship with Priyadarshan who had surprised the actor with the lead role in 'Kanjivaram' which won many laurels,that brought him to the IFFK as a guest. Prakash told Express, "When Priyan demands there is no backing out."
Though he is at ease with seven languages, Prakash owes his special love to Malayalam and Keralites due to his Mangalorean roots.
"The food, the land, the cleanliness, all attract me," says the actor. And he promptly disagrees with those who accuse the Malayalees of being arrogant.
"From 'Iruvar' to 'Anvar' I had the privilege of working with film personalities from Malayalam who mesmerized me with their talent, such as Mohanlal, Santhosh Sivan, Priyadarshan, to name a few."
His love of Malayalam does not stop with acting. He has bought the rights of the recent Malayalam super hit film 'Salt n Pepper' to remake it in three other South Indian languages. Prakash himself will direct the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada versions.
Prakash Raj will also be donning the role done by Sreenivasan in the Malayalam film 'Traffic' to be remade in Hindi by its original director Rajesh Pillai.
Commenting on the recent dispute between various associations in the Malayalam film fraternity, he said, "Any strike will harm the good atmosphere. But we have to think of the workers involved. They have a right to demand reasonable wages."
"The brilliant team I work with is the reason behind my success as a producer," reveals Prakash whose role as a producer include 'Mozhi' and 'Abhiyum Nanum'. The film is a love letter to my daughter," he remarked on 'Abhiyum Nanum' which narrates the relation between a father and a daughter.
Up next he is all set to produce a film based on the education system in India which puts much pressure on the students. His dislike towards conventional teaching methods applies to acting schools as well. He attributes his strength in acting to the experience he had in theatre and dismisses the acting schools outright by asking, "How can they teach acting?"
"Films take up only five per cent of my life, rest ninety five per cent is for football, cricket, food, wife (he rephrases it immediately with wives referring to the recent re-marriage) and daughters. To a query whether the entry of a choreographer changed his life, "I'm not dancing to her tunes," quick came the reply.
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