The story is based on Chemban Vinod Jose’s (the film’s writer) friend Bheeman, and events have been polished to accommodate the cinematic space.Īshraf hails from the new school of filmmakers who don’t go by the subscribed school of filmmaking. That interested me as the role was not something that people expected from me. I play this ordinary guy who isn’t very pleasant. But when I suggested keeping it for another day, they came up with this simple story inspired by real life. Initially, they had come to narrate another story. With Bheemante Vazhi ready for release on Friday, December 3, TNM caught up with the 45-year-old actor for a quick chat.Īshraf Hamza, the director of Bheemante Vazhi, insists that you are not a nice man to know in the film. Be it Dr Abel Thariyan in Traffic, Rajeev in How Old Are You?, Melvin Philip in Vettah, Shaheed in Take Off, Raman in Ramante Edanthottam, Koutta Shiva in Varnyathil Ashanka, Ramendran in Allu Ramendran, Dr Suresh Rajan in Virus, Dr Anwar Hussain in Anjaam Pathiraa to the widely acclaimed Praveen Michael in Nayattu, Kunchacko has made a deliberate attempt to step out of his comfort zone and has most importantly aced it. Though he regained some clarity during the last decade, it wasn’t until the last few years that the actor has really come into his own, broken the shackles of an image that had tagged him all through his three-decade career, and stepped up his act.
But somewhere around the halfway point of his career, he seemed lost, struggling to break away from his heartthrob image. For the longest time Kunchacko played heartthrob and danced like a dream, and every teenager in the 90s had a crush on him.