Actor-turned-filmmaker
Dhyan
Sreenivasan's
debut
directorial
venture,
Love
Action
Drama,
starring
Nivin
Pauly
and
Nayanthara,
performed
well
at
the
box
office.
But
on
the
other
side,
the
film
was
highly
criticised
for
glorifying
alcoholism.
After
censoring,
the
censor
board
also
stated
that
Love
Action
Drama
doesn't
have
any
message.
Speaking
about
the
criticism
received
by
censor
board
and
critics,
Dhyan
Sreenivasan,
in
an
interview
with
Times
Of
India,
said
that
every
film
doesn't
need
to
have
a
message.
Dhyan
said,
"A
censor
board
official
after
watching
the
movie
told
me
that
it
doesn't
have
any
message."
"The
movie
was
a
festival
release
and
we
wanted
to
entertain
the
audience
and
make
some
money
in
the
box
office.
I
don't
think
it's
mandatory
for
every
movie
to
have
a
message,"
(sic)
he
added.
Dhyan
Sreenivasan
also
confessed
that
he
was
trying
to
mock
the
average
middle-class
Malayali's
habit
of
consuming
alcohol.
The
director
said,
"They
asked
me
if
I
was
an
alcoholic
and
if
the
movie
was
giving
the
right
message
to
the
people?
With
the
movie,
I
was
trying
to
mock
the
average
middle-class
Malayali's
habit
of
consuming
alcohol;
not
encourage
it
in
any
way.
Alcohol
is
a
part
of
our
lives
and
if
you
have
observed,
the
bars
and
beverage
shops
were
probably
the
last
to
close
when
the
coronavirus
scare
reached
its
peak."
Casting
Nivin
Pauly
and
Nayanthara
was
indeed
a
tough
work
for
Dhyan
Sreenivasan.
Speaking
about
it,
he
said,
"I
first
told
Nivin
the
story
in
2016
and
we
had
to
wait
for
three
years
for
Nayanthara's
dates
because
she
was
also
busy
with
big
films
like
Vishwasam,
Bigil
and
Sye
Raa.
By
then,
the
content
too
would
have
become
stale."
On
a
related
note,
Dhyan
Sreenivasan
is
currently
busy
shooting
for
his
upcoming
films-
Sayanna
Varthakal,
Paathira
Kurubana,
Adukkala:
The
manifesto
and
Higuita.