The New Indian Express ·
Pruthvi Ambaar: I wasn't burdened by the America America legacy
Dia gave Pruthvi Ambaar all the name and fame he has carried this far. He could have easily stayed within the romantic space that audiences associated him with. Instead, he chose to move around, taking up different kinds of films and characters even as the shadow of that film continued to follow him.
Now, he is back with a love story, but one that comes with a very different association. Pruthvi plays one of the leads in Nagathihalli Chandrashekar’s America America 2, alongside Shanvi Srivastava and Nirup Bhandari, which is set to hit theatres worldwide this week. Based on a novel by Sahana Vijayakumar, the film brings together love, family and the lives of people who leave home to build a future abroad.
The obvious question is whether the film can help him move past the Dia hangover. “Even though I have done a whole lot of films after Dia, none has tried to overshadow it, and I don't know whether any will, because it was made with so much heart. I am doing another film, America America 2, with a similar theme. Will it break the Dia hangover? I feel America America 2 has that depth, and it is coming from Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, who has done a lot of love stories. So definitely, this will stand out. I am waiting to see how the audience receives it.”
