The last time Vineeth played a negative role was for Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (2019), where he played Ravi Padmanabhan. Comparing Padmanaban and Unni, the actor says the latter has a more controlled body language. “The character in Thanneer Mathan Dinangal is more of a fraud than a negative character. He evokes comedy and such characters are interesting to see on screen. In Mukundan Unni Associates, the character is completely different. In some places, I had to perform even without blinking my eyes. After dubbing, I felt like he was a different person compared to me.”
The actor recalls filmmaker Nayak helping him get under the skin of his character. “While working on this movie, I was quite confused initially. So for the first two days, the director would tell me not to walk or shake my head a certain way and change my body language. Around the third day, I got an idea of how to take this character forward and it became very easy for me,” shares Vineeth.