INDRAJITH'S LUCKY BICYCLE

INDRAJITH'S LUCKY BICYCLE 😆😆😆

The Mollywood actor tries to use his lucky cycle in at least one scene of each of his films

Asha Prakash

Showbiz is one field wherein lady luck is known to play a rather crucial role. And actors and filmmakers have been known to identify some of the weirdest of objects as a lucky charm. Take for instance actor Indrajith. A bicycle is what seems to have proved to be his lucky charm! So much so that the treasured two-wheeler has already made an appearance in his films including City of God and Ee Adutha Kalathu and will also be seen in his upcoming movies Akashathinte Niram and Mullamottum Munthiricharum.
In City of God and Ee Adutha Kalathu, Indrajith plays a Tamil migrant and a rag picker respectively, which automatically made the cycle a constant companion. Akashathinte Niram is set in a remote island in the Andamans, where the only mode of travel is a bicycle, while in Mullamottum Munthiricharum, Indrajith plays a rowdy. Irrespective of the relevance and reason, the actor ends up pedalling his lucky mascot. "Yes, this cycle has almost been a constant fixture. I enjoy riding a cycle, something which I don't get to do in real life. But I don't really consider it a lucky charm," says Indrajith.
With or without the bicycle, 2012 sure looks lucky for Indrajith in every way. Besides the movies mentioned, he has two plum projects to look forward to, one with M T Vasudevan Nair and Hariharan and another called Amen by Lijo Jose Palliserry. "Working with MT and Hariharan is a dream come true. It's a socially relevant movie too," says the actor. In Amen, which is set against a village backdrop, Indrajith will play a Christian priest, who retains his youthful charm. "The movie revolves around the war between different Christian sects, and the heroine will most probably be a French actress," reveals the actor.
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AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT: Indrajith; (bottom) A still from Ee Adutha Kalathu