India, Sept. 18 -- THE WORLD might be celebrating Dominic Arun, whose sophomore Malayalam movie Lokah - Chapter One: Chandra has wowed audiences, set the box office on fire, and got fans sharing their theories on social media. And, Kalyani Priyadarshan becomes the first heroine from the South to spearhead a 200-plus crore film. But the reason we got to see the film is a bunch of friends who backed Dominic when he was at his lowest, much like Sunny's band of boys in Lokah. After his 2017 film Tharangam with Tovino Thomas and Santhy Balachandran did not do as well as expected, he was plagued by self-doubt, wondering if he was in the right field at all.

Dominic took a break, overcame his dark phase and began writing again. "That was a very ...