The Family Man 2: Priyamani Says Female Fans Have Identified With Suchi & Her Dilemmas
Priyamani is happy that women have identified with her character of Suchitra 'Suchi' Iyer and her dilemma as a wife tired of being the only caretaker of her family in the popular web series The Family Man.
Actor
Priyamani
is
happy
that
women
have
identified
with
her
character
of
Suchitra
'Suchi'
Iyer
and
her
dilemma
as
a
wife
tired
of
being
the
only
caretaker
of
her
family
in
the
popular
web
series
The
Family
Man.
While
season
one
of
the
Amazon
Prime
Video
show
followed
Suchi,
unaware
that
her
husband,
Srikant
Tiwari
(Manoj
Bajpayee)
still
works
as
an
intelligence
officer,
the
second
season
chronicled
the
character's
frustration
of
not
getting
along
with
her
teenage
daughter
Dhriti
(Ashlesha
Thakur)
while
also
trying
to
make
her
marriage
work.
Priyamani
said
her
attempt
was
to
flesh
out
Suchi's
dilemma
with
sincerity
so
that
it
resonates
with
women
who
find
themselves
in
a
similar
situation
of
wanting
to
open
up
but
being
constantly
burdened
by
emotional
baggage.
"A
lot
of
women
have
identified
with
how
Suchi
wants
to
talk,
wants
somebody
to
listen
to
what
she's
going
through
but
is
not
able
to,
which
is
what
happens
in
a
lot
of
households
because
what
they
want
is
somebody
who
would
listen,"
the
37-year-old
actor
told
PTI.
"Whatever
dilemma
she's
going
through,
she
wants
to
talk
to
Srikant,
but
he's
doing
his
job
of
protecting
the
country.
So
he's
not
able
to
give
as
much
time
as
needed
to
communicate
with
his
family," Priyamani
added.
The
latest
season
saw
Srikant
and
his
team
fight
a
new,
brutal
adversary
named
Raaji,
essayed
by
South
star
Samantha
Akkineni.
Whereas,
on
the
home
front,
Srikant's
crumbling
relationship
with
Suchi
was
one
of
the
highlights
of
the
series.
In
season
one,
the
series
had
hinted
at
the
possibility
of
Suchi
straying
in
her
relationship
with
her
friend
and
colleague,
Arvind
(played
by
Sharad
Kelkar)
when
the
two
go
on
a
work
trip
to
Lonavala.
While
the
second
season
still
didn't
offer
any
clarity
on
what
actually
transpired
between
the
two,
Suchi's
guilt
was
constantly
alluded
to
in
the
show,
created
by
Raj
Nidimoru
and
Krishna
DK.
The
series
finale
ended
on
a
cliffhanger,
with
Suchi
finally
mustering
the
courage
to
open
up
to
Srikant.
"When
I
read
the
scenes,
especially
the
last
one
in
the
finale
episode,
I
was
blown
away.
I
was
thinking
'Is
Suchi
going
to
say
what
has
happened
or
not
going
to
say
it?'
Raj
sir
said
'let's
leave
it
to
the
audience!"
Priyamani
said.
But
fans
of
the
show
have
been
left
restless
with
the
uncertainty.
The
question
"Lonavala
mein
kya
hua
tha?"
(What
happened
in
Lonavala?),
the
actor
said
has
now
become
an
equivalent
of
"Why
did
Katttappa
kill
Baahubali?"-
a
question
that
captured
fans'
attention
when
filmmaker
SS
Rajamouli's
first
movie
in
the
two-part
"Baahubali"
series
ended
on
a
cliffhanger.
"This
is
a
never-ending
question!
Everyone,
even
in
season
two,
wanted
to
know
what
happened
in
Lonavala.
I
get
at
least
15-20
messages
on
my
social
media
(every
day),
asking
'Lonavala
mein
kya
hua
tha?
Please
tell
us,
we
won't
tell
anyone',"
she
said.
Priyamani
said
the
makers
were
completely
unaware
that
the
mystery
of
what
allegedly
happened
between
Suchi
and
Arvind
would
blow
up
and
continue
to
garner
fan
interest.
"We
never
thought
this
would
be
a
topic
of
discussion
that
it
has
become
today!
I
thought
the
title
being
The
Family
Man,
everybody
would
talk
about
the
problems
Srikant
faces
to
protect
our
country,
but
this
has
completely
gone
to
another
level,"
she
added.
Priyamani
said
while
most
of
the
dialogues
were
written
in
the
script,
a
lot
of
the
quirks
were
improvised
on
set,
thanks
to
Bajpayee.
A
memorable
scene
of
the
couple
from
this
season's
trailer
was
when
Srikant
pauses
to
Google
the
meaning
of
"sham"
in
the
middle
of
an
argument
after
Suchi
says
their
marriage
is
a
sham.
In
another
one,
where
Suchi
takes
Srikant
to
her
counsellor
(played
by
late
Asif
Basra),
he
loses
his
cool
when
he
feels
the
counsellor
is
merely
mouthing
philosophical
quotes.
In
response,
Srikant
mocks
him
by
reciting
random
popular
Hindi
film
dialogues,
coupled
with
expletives.
"The
counsellor
sequences
were
shot
in
one
day.
But
the
part
where
Manoj
sir
replies
in
quotes,
naming
movies,
if
you
closely
watch
the
scene,
you
can
see
me
trying
to
hold
my
laughter.
We
had
to
do
8-9
retakes
just
for
that
particular
bit
because
every
time
he
started
his
line,
I
would
burst
out
laughing!
"I
told
Raj
sir
that
they
would
have
to
shoot
the
scene
with
me
separately
because
I
just
wasn't
able
to
control
my
laughter.
That
one
take
where
I
tried
to
control
my
laughter
is
what
you
see
on
the
screen
now,"
she
added.