Malayalam filmmaker Jeethu Joseph who directed the famous Drishyam franchise recently spoke about the success of Kalyani Priyadarshan’s Lokah: Chapter 1—Chandra. Speaking at a promotional event for his upcoming film Mirage, the director warned filmmakers from jumping on the superhero bandwagon post Lokah’s success.
Jeethu Joseph said, “An industry should have movies from different genres. What usually happens is that when a film in one genre becomes a superhit, everyone jumps in to make the same. With Lokah’s success, now the risk is that everyone will start doing superhero movies. That’s not the right thing to do.”
He added, “Now that Lokah has emerged highly successful, the challenge will be to experiment with other genres and make them work too. I love to do all kinds of films.” Jeethu Joseph’s comments make sense because too much of anything might eventually bore the audience.