Priya Prakash Varrier or the wink girl is a crazy internet
sensation now.
Right after a short video clip from the movie Oru Adar Love
went viral, she became the national crush. There are hundreds of Priya Prakash
Varrier memes on various social media platforms. She also featured in several
trending memes.
But was she always meant to gain so much attention in the
movie? The directors and the other actress of the movie say otherwise.
Find out what the
makers had in mind
Though, she was always a part of the movie, her role in Oru
Adar Love wasn’t meant to be the centre of attraction. Yes, you read it right. Priya
was never supposed to be the lead actress.
After she became a viral internet sensation online, the
producer came up with the idea to make some changes in the script. The movie
was scheduled to release around the time of Valentine’s Day. The theme of the
movie was love and this somehow convinced the producer that Priya’s overnight
popularity can be used for betterment of the movie.
This was done by forcefully making last minutes changes to
the script. Though, the director slammed the producer for asking to do such a
thing as Priya’s role was never meant to be that long.
Sources claim that even the ending was changed for a happy
one.
How Priya became a
meme?
Sadly, her acting in the movie failed to impress the
bollywood buffs and she only became a content for funny Indian memes. This
somehow proves why the director was furious about making changes in the script.
Also, the lead girl in the movie suffered by being side
lined. In an interview she was quoted saying, “I was actually very happy when
Omar Lulu selected me as the heroine in the movie. But as Priya Prakash
Varrier's wink went viral, makers changed the entire storyline of the movie,
and my character was a bit side-lined. I actually felt very disappointed when
my character lost its importance as this was my first offer to act in the lead
role.”
The director’s
version of the story
Yet another truth was revealed by the director itself. He
said, “When the song (Manikya Malaraya Poovi) became a huge hit, I insisted the
producer that the film should be made with good quality. At this moment,
producers of both the Malayalam and Telugu versions asked me to make the movie
with Priya Prakash in the lead.
He added, “Earlier, the theme of the movie was very
different. Initial storyline of the movie was about a young couple who gets
murdered. But things did not work, as producers asked me to make a movie in a
different manner by highlighting Priya.”
In Conclusion:
It is clear that though Priya was a major hit overnight,
currently all she is capable of is being featured in trending memes. Even the
directors from south aren’t really impressed with her acting skills.
Some even think that, if her wink video had not gone viral,
the nation wouldn’t even have known her from her acting skills. This hints to
the fact that was she always meant to be a meme material? Maybe, she was.
