Hindi actors turn villains in Kollywood
Release Date | : | 30 Mar 2016 |
After the like of Kabir Singh (Vedalam), Vidyut Jamwal (Thuppaki) and Neil Nitin Mukesh (Kaththi), there seems to be a fascination to do baddie roles in Tamil among Bollywood stars.
Akshay Kumar, the most celebrated actor of Hindi cinema is playing baddie to Rajinikanth in 2.0. The two are shooting together in Delhi. Another ig news is that Jackie Shroff will play baddie in Tamil.
Maayavan, the directorial debut of CV Kumar is to have Jackie Shroff as the antagonist. This will be the actor's third Tamil movie after Aaranya Kandam and Kochadaiyaan.
The movie stars Sundeep Kishan and Regina Cassandra in the lead. Akshara of Arrambam fame is doing a cameo appearance in the film.
Says the director, 'It is a very powerful role and we felt that a person of Jackie Shroff's stature was required to pull it off.'