At some point in the past decade, Prithviraj Sukumaran stopped chasing the idea of being a leading man and began chasing truth. The shift was not sudden but steady. The early confidence remained, but the characters grew more wounded, more complex, and far less certain of their own strength. His best work has often come from men who begin in control and end in chaos. They are not martyrs or melodramatic sufferers, just people crushed by time, choice, and circumstance. Watching him in these roles is like watching composure unravel frame by frame.CelluloidIn Celluloid, Prithviraj plays J. C.