Blessy on intimate scene between a goat and Prithviraj in Aadujeevitham: ‘My Najeeb is not like that’

Prithviraj’s Aadujeevitham, directed by Blessy, is getting a good response in Kerala and a few other parts of the country. The survival drama about a young Malayali trying to free himself from slavery in Saudi Arabia has struck a chord with the audience. And as the makers are finally reaping the benefit of decade-long hard work and struggle, a rumour about the film has bothered the film’s director Blessy. It is said that an intimate scene between a goat and Prithviraj was filmed, but the CBFC had removed it.

In an interview with Manorama News, Blessy was probed about the rumour. While the book Aadujeevitham, written by Benyamin, the source material of the film, features such an intimate scene between the story’s protagonist Najeeb and a goat, director Blessy denied shooting such a scene for the film adaptation. He was quoted as saying, “This is an unnecessary controversy. I’m not sure if someone is deliberately creating these rumours. I hope the audience will distance themselves from such rumours.”

However, during the scripting stage, the scene was discussed but Blessy chose to avoid it as he wanted to make a different version of Najeeb for his film. He said, “During the scripting stage, discussions about this scene arose. The way Benyamin wrote the scene is quite subtle. But, for me to film such a scene is not easy. However, that wasn’t my main concern. I could have shot the scene in various ways, but I was thinking about Najeeb. Wouldn’t he feel guilt afterward? Perhaps the Najeeb in the book is without guilt, but my Najeeb is not like that.”