He admits that he hasn’t watched any horror film till date. “I try my best not to watch extreme violence on screen. To be honest, I have not seen any horror films till now, my film (Aranmanai 3) included. I am not a horror guy. So when Milind narrated the story to me, I was impressed as it was something that I had not tried. He showed me his storyboards and sketches and I told him that if we were able to capture the mood of his vision in our show, we could definitely excite the audience with this story. Since everyone in the team was so excited, I was like “let me do this.””
With The Village marking his streaming debut, the actor also speaks about his process in different mediums. “It’s the same process for me. As an actor, I am supposed to act the same way and provide the same expression irrespective of medium. But back when we started making it (series), people weren’t willing to get into the streaming space. They really believed that it was something below our pay grade for serious film actors, to be part of “serials” as they called it back then. But I knew OTT had a wider audience as my film Sarpatta Parambarai (2021) had already been released on Amazon Prime. So, I was aware of the reach of a streaming original.”
The Village also co-stars Divya Pillai, Aadukalam Naren, George Maryan, Baby Aazhiya, Arjun Chidambaram, John Kokken and Pooja Ramachandran.