"Aadujeevitham actor Prithviraj Sukumaran disclosed that he dedicated six to seven days of shooting to capture his reflection perfectly in a camel's eye."
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"Prithviraj Sukumaran's Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life) continues its successful run in theaters. The actor recently praised the film's director Blessy, highlighting his virtue of 'limitless patience'."
"Prithviraj transitioned to directing with the hit Malayalam movie Lucifer starring Mohanlal in 2019. When asked about the influence of working with Blessy on his filmmaking, the actor remarked, 'He (Blessy) is a bit like Anjali Menon because they both have this wonderful virtue of limitless patience.'
Prithviraj then shared an anecdote from the sets of Aadujeevitham, which portrays the life of Indian migrant worker Najeeb Muhammed in Saudi Arabia. Despite going to Saudi Arabia to earn money for his family, Najeeb finds himself living a slave-like existence herding goats in the desert."
The actor recounted, "I shared this story at a press meet in Kerala. In the trailer, there's a shot of my reflection in the camel's eye. During filming, there's a scene where I bid farewell to all the animals in the masara (a farm where sheep, goats, and camels are raised). While feeding the camels, I tell them that I'm leaving and won't return. By chance, the main camel in the shot suddenly stopped eating and looked at me. Blessy exclaimed, 'Wow, we should capture an opposite counter angle of that, for the camel's reaction.'"
Prithviraj disclosed that the director was keen on capturing the shot, and they filmed every day for approximately six to seven days until Blessy achieved the desired shot perfectly.
"I mean, the camel won’t do that again! So, I am like, 'Hello, you can’t instruct a camel to act!' But Blessy just wouldn’t give up. He wanted that shot, and I remember it took us like six to seven days to get it. Every day, when it's that time and the sun is at that particular angle, we would stop whatever we were doing and set up the camera for this shot and try, try, try. We wouldn’t get it. We would pack up and do the same thing the next day. Eventually, we got that shot! That virtue of limitless patience is just a wonderful asset to have as a filmmaker," revealed Prithviraj.