Cinderella (1950 film) overhears Cinderella humming the waltz played at the ball. Realizing that Cinderella is the mysterious girl, Lady Tremaine locks her in her attic bedroom. Later, the Duke arrives at the château, and Jaq and Gus steal the key from Lady Tremaine's dress pocket and take it up to the attic as Anastasia and Drizella unsuccessfully try on the slipper. Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, ambushes the mice, but Bruno chases him out of the house, allowing the mice to free Cinderella. As the Duke is about to leave, Cinderella appears and asks to try on the slipper. Knowing it will fit,
Lucifer (film) had been no decision made on a director. Prithviraj said the story of Pillai's "Lucifer" is different, and only the title is the same. According to Sukumaran, "the thought behind the film and what the film can be" attracted him to the project. Gopy shared the idea while they were having a casual chat on the sets of "Tiyaan" (2016) in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. Sukumaran was interested yet skeptical whether Mohanlal and Antony Permabavoor would agree with the idea of a debutant directing "Lucifer" as "it was a story that any big filmmaker would say yes to". The next