Vivekh, MS Baskar plan to go grey

Tamil cinema���������s top comedians are turning bad guys.
Yes, Vivekh and M S Baskar, two of Kollywood���������s leading comedians, are now getting ready to play roles with shades of grey! While Vivekh will play the role of a psycho in an untitled film directed by debutant Anbuchezhian, M S Baskar is all set to play a conventional villain in the P Vasu-directed Puli Vesham, which has RK and Sadaa in the main lead.
In an exclusive interview to CT, Vivekh said, ���������I���������ve been doing comedy roles for the last 25 years and needed a change. When Anbuchezhian narrated the story to me, I thought I���������d take it up as a challenge and play a negative role. After all, isn���������t variety the spice of life?���������
The untitled film has Vivek playing a psycho who manages to hitch-hike a lift in a car whose occupants are a newly-married couple on their way to their honeymoon. Mithun, who acted with the comedian in Magane En Marumagane, is playing the hero and a new girl will play the female lead.
Explains Vivekh, ���������There are just three characters in this thriller. I���������m playing a psycho who has a past, which is told in a flashback. My look and mannerisms are going to be different, something that audiences have not seen before.���������
Commenting on his decision, M S Baskar, who is playing villain for the first time in his career, says, ���������I have always loved doing important character roles, like the ones in Mozhi or Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam. Those got me a lot of accolades. So, when director P Vasu offered me the role of the main villain in Puli Vesham, I took it up as a challenge to prove my versatility. I think I need to experiment with my characters. That���������s how I���������ll grow as an actor. In fact, before I took up comedy, I was a dubbing artist and have dubbed for various artists in over 500 films.���������
However, a leading Tamil director, on condition of anonymity, remarks, ���������It is a tough ask for a comedian to play villain. Some have tried it before but have failed in their efforts to be accepted by the masses due to their image as a comedian. Vivekh and MSB have to be praised for having the guts to move away from the beaten track.���������