Mumbai, Sep 29 : He is a superstar down South with 80 films to his credit. but actor Prithviraj Sukumaran, who is making his debut in Bollywood as the leading man in ‘Aiyyaa', has no qualms with the film being portrayed as his co-star Rani Mukherjee's project.
“Its a Bollywood film and I am a completely a new entity and I love that. The film is riding on Rani's shoulder I am happy with it. I love the fact that people will go and watch it as a Rani Mukherjee film and discover me. At the end of the day its a love story between two people and they are Rani and me,” Prithviraj told PTI.
Produced by Anurag Kashyap ‘Aiyyaa' stars Rani Mukherjee and Prithviraj in lead roles in the film. Rani plays the role of a Marathi girl who falls in love with a Malayalam boy, played by the South actor.
Prithviraj has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films and his notable performances include ‘Vaasthavam', ‘Indian Rupee', ‘Classmates', Mani Ratnam's Tamil version of ‘Raavanan', ‘Urumi' and others.
“I need to get real and I understand the fact that I am a beginner in Bollywood, the 80 films that I have done down South and who I am and what I have achieved there has nothing to do with what I am going to do in Bollywood,” he said.
Rani has delivered several hit films like ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', ‘Black', ‘Hum Tum' and ‘Veer Zaara' among others. She was last seen in political crime thriller ‘No one killed Jessica' that released early last year and earned critical acclaim.
