Dulquer Salmaan, the heartthrob of Kerala and Instagram sensation, was going to make his Bollywood debut. I knew it wasn't going to be curtains for him in the South, yet it took a while for me to realise that.
Dulquer and Irrfan, as friends, on a road trip, with Mithila in the equation? Would it have the flavorful bonhomie of Dil Chahta Hai, or the cathartic sermons of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara?
This isn't going to be the first time where Dulquer will be seen on a road trip. In the five years since his first Malayalam release, Second Show, filmmakers have given him more than one valid reason to hit the road. He's been on the move in a couple of films. His characters – Kasi travels from Kerala to Nagaland on a Bullet in search of peace and the girl he fell in love with (Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi); Arjun, a bike mechanic and racer, tries to make Bangalore his home by not giving in to his nomadic urges after dipping his feet in several places (Bangalore Days); Charlie shifts cities in the blink of an eye (Charlie) – have tapped into the psyche of the millennial.