Prithviraj's in good spirits

Prithviraj seems to be on a lucky streak with back-to-back big-budget projects. No sooner than he wrapped up his much-awaited Vimaanam did the actor announce his next project – Pradeep M. Nair’s Metre Gauge 1904. Giving a glimpse into the theme, he writes, “Entangled between history, fiction, love and the wonder that is human ingenuity lies the story of engineer Kuruvila, and how he made the impossible possible for love!”

The actor took to Facebook to make the announcement on the same day the shoot of Vimaanam ended. His post read: “I still remember that evening when I sat through the first time Pradeep read out the entire script to me... sometime way back in early 2014. From that day to this, this film has been through a journey to say the least. We’ve had to grind through days when we had almost lost hope of this film ever happening. And then, one day, Listin Stephen listened to the script; it did to him exactly what it did to me! From then on, thanks to Listin’s conviction towards this film and of course the sheer passion Pradeep and his team have relentlessly shown, it’s been an extremely well-planned, well-executed shoot.”

Declaring that the movie is a dream shared by him and Pradeep, who has handled the script as well, Prithvi adds, “As always, we are dreaming big. Don’t ask me when because there is humongous amounts of research and prep something like this demands, and don’t ask me how much. The last thing we want this film to be known by is it’s budget (sic).”