India, Nov. 15 -- Malayalam actor-filmmaker Prithviraj Sukumaran's look from SS Rajamouli's much-awaited Mahesh Babu starrer, Varanasi, may have been the subject of intense trolling, with netizens comparing his character Kumbha as a mix of Stephen Hawking in a wheelchair and the Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus (Doc Ock). But if the awe and admiration in his voice at the film's Globetrotter event was anything to go by, audiences are going to be blown away by the film.

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Prithviraj was working on his own directorial when he was approached by Rajamouli, via text,...