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A big change happened in my mind when I was involved with that young actor: Sharafuddin

Sharafuddin is an actor who gained the attention of Malayalee audiences as Girirajan Kozhi in the super-successful film Premam directed by Alphonse Putran. Actor Sharafuddin has played many different roles, starting his career in comedy roles and currently appearing as a lead actor.

Sharafuddin’s role as Josie in Varathan directed by Amal Neerad was a departure from his usual roles. Sharafuddin appeared in the film in a full-time negative role, completely different from what the audience had seen till then.

Sharafuddin says that it was the film Varathan that marked Sharafuddin’s name among the audience and till then he was Girirajan Kozhi to everyone. Sharafuddin says his mindset started to change when he was involved with Vinayakan and Fahadh Fazil. Sharafuddin was speaking to Star and Style magazine.

“It was Girirajan Kozhi’s role in Premat that opened the door to the audience’s mind for me. It’s good to see his dialogue still being used by trolls. But when Girirajan Kozhi became a hit, I feared that I would be stuck in such roles forever.

But after doing a few films with actors like Fahadh Faasil and Vinayakan, there was a big change in my mind. The way they handled the characters and the way they portrayed them were textbooks for me.

Josie, the character given to me by director Amal Neerad in the film ‘Varathan’, was the beginning of these studies. In fact, people started calling me Sharafuddin after the movie Varathan. Until then, I was Girirajan Kozhi to everyone,’ says Sharafuddin.

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The story of that Mammootty film was received in America then; The rest is my imagination: Srinivasan

Screenplay by Srinivasan M. Mohanan directed the film when Katha Parya. Srinivasan, Meena and Mammootty played the lead roles in the 2007 film. Mammootty played the role of actor Ashok Raja in the film, which featured Srinivasan as a barber boy.

The relationship between Barber Balan and Ashok Raj was told in the movie Katha Pariwande. Now Srinivasan tells how he got the story of this film. He was speaking in an interview given to One to Talks.

‘When I went to America for a reason and lived in a place, the idea that suddenly came to my mind was the story of the movie ‘Katha Piyana’. I have heard about the relationship between Sri Krishna and Kuchelan.

It was a reminder of a story someone had told in the past. I wondered what it would be like to play two such characters in the present day and develop their friendship. So I immediately wrote it down.

The thread I got in America is about the movie Katha Pariwande. The truth is that even then I did not fully know the story of Sri Krishna and Kuchelan. But it was known that they had a good relationship.

I have also heard about Kuchelan going to meet Sri Krishna. I remember that story. I didn’t know any more details. The rest was my imagination,’ said Srinivasan.

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