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Before Kumbalangi Nights: When Lead Actors Shined In Negative Roles!
Kumbalangi Nights, the multi-starrer flick which hit the theatres on February 7 has been receiving exceptional reviews. Surprisingly, it is Fahadh Faasil, who played the main antagonist in the movie who stole the show with his exceptional performance. Even though Fahadh had played negative roles in the past, his performance as Shammy in Kumbalangi Nights has extremely impressed both the audiences and critics.
However, Fahadh Faasil is not the first leading actor who essayed a negative role in the movie. Malayalam movie industry has been blessed with a lot of great talents who are more than willing to essay different character without being conscious of their onscreen image.
Here is the list of the main leading men of the Malayalam movie industry, who perfectly played baddies onscreen. Have a look….
Mammootty
The megastar of Malayalam movie industry bagged the National Film Award of 1993 for the Best Actor for his performance in Vidheyan. Mammootty appeared as Bhaskara Pattelar in the movie, which was an out-and-out negative character. Mammootty later essayed some exceptional negative roles in Ranjith's Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Kadha, in which he played triple roles and cinematographer-director Venu's Munnariyppu.
Mohanlal
As we all know, Mohanlal made his debut in mainstream cinema by playing the lead antagonist in Manjil Virinja Pookkal. The movie, which was directed by senior film-maker Fazil, had featured Shankar and Poornima Jayaram as the protagonists. Mohanlal later played a negative role in the 1984 movie Uyarangalil. Even though he has played several grey-shaded roles, we are still waiting for the complete actor to take up an out-and-out negative role.
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi, the action star of Malayalam cinema is another actor who began his career with supporting and negative roles. The actor appeared as a villain in several hit films of the 1980s. However, Shekharan Kutty from the 1987 movie Irupatham Noottandu and Dr. Vasudevan from the Vikram starrer Tamil flick ‘I' remain the best negative roles played by Suresh Gopi till date.
Prithviraj
Prithviraj, the multi-faceted talent of Malayalam cinema has always expressed his desire to play negative characters onscreen. The actor played the role of Antony Moses IPS, a gay police officer with hidden negative shades in Roshan Andrews movie Mumbai Police. He had earlier played a baddie in his Tamil debut venture Kanaa Kanden. The actor later played negative roles in the Vasanthabalan movie Kaviya Thalaivan and Bollywood flick Naam Shabana.
Kunchacko Boban
Despite his popular chocolate boy image, Kunchacko Boban has played some exceptional negative roles in his career. The actor experimented with a grey-shaded role in his career for the first time in Rajesh Pillai's path-breaking film, Traffic. Kunchacko Boban later went on to essay a grey-shaded roles in Vysakh's Seniors and Roshan Andrews's How Old Are You. He has also played the main antagonist in Lal Jose's Dileep movie Spanish Masala and spoof comedy Chirakodinja Kinavukal.
Jayasurya
Jayasurya is undoubtedly one of the most versatile actors of Malayalam cinema. He also one of the rare actors who has played negative roles as well as lead roles at the same time. He essayed some great negative character in popular movies Classmates, Arabikkatha, Kangaroo, Gulumaal, etc. But the character Angoor Ravuthar from Amal Neerad's Fahadh Faasil movie Iyobinte Pusthakam remains his best negative role till date.
Fahadh Faasil
The supremely talented actor who shined as Shammy in Kumbalangi Nights has played some great negative roles in the past. Fahadh Faasil's character Arjun from his comeback movie Chappakurishu had negative shades. He later played the main antagonist in Aashiq Abu's 22 Female Kottayam, for which he won the Filmfare Award South of 2013 for the Best Actor.
Nivin Pauly
The young crowd-puller of Malayalam cinema turned baddie for the Aashiq Abu movie Da Thadiya, during the peak of his career. His portrayal of the character Rahul Vaidyar was highly praised by the audiences. The actor later played a grey-shaded role in Shyamaprasad's Ivide.
Asif Ali
The charming actor made his debut with the Shyamaprasad movie Ritu, in which he played a character which had grey-shades. He later appeared in a negative role in the multi-starrer, Apoorvaragam. Asif Ali later went on to play his first role as the main antagonist, in the 2012-released blockbuster movie, Ordinary.
Tovino Thomas
Tovino Thomas, the current heartthrob of Mollywood has also played negative roles in a few films. He appeared as the antagonist in the Dulquer Salmaan starring 2013 movie ABCD and Unni Mukundan movie Style, which hit the theatres in 2016. The young actor recently made his official Tamil debut, by playing the main antagonist in the Dhanush starrer Maari 2.
