Kalyani reveals Dulquer’s call to her before Lokah
Kalyani stated in the interview that the day before Lokah’s release, they didn’t know how it would do. She said, “He (Dulquer) called me and said, I don’t care if I lose money on this film. I’m just glad we made a good film. Because we were sure we made a good film, whether it worked for the audience or not was not in our hands. He was like, ‘Don’t even look at the numbers. Just know, I am really happy as a producer. I think this is why we got into cinema. Whatever is said and done, even if it’s a small audience, the film will find it’.”
Dulquer insisted Chandra’s story be told first
Lokah Chapter 1 is the first part of a five-part universe, and Dulquer was insistent on kicking it off with Chandra’s story despite having more ‘commercial’ characters. “Considering it’s a universe and they could have gone with anyone. It started off a small film and it was supposed to be just Chandra’s story. When Dulquer came in, he saw it as something bigger. He saw the potential. They were like, ‘So we got all these characters now, maybe we can start with someone else’. But he said no, this is Chandra’s story. Let’s start with her. This is the window into the rest of the world. Let’s not change parts just because we thought of something a little more commercial,” explained Kalyani.
