Exclusive! Kunchacko Boban on Pada: Our audience knows the importance of the content, how it should be embraced

In the past two years, Kunchacko Boban has been part of several stellar movies like Virus, Nayattu and Pada that dealt with serious topics of socio-political importance. The feedback for the movies too has spurred on the actor to take up more such challenging role in the future, he tells OTTplay in an exclusive interview.

“Virus, Nayattu and Pada have handled subjects based on real-life incidents. Bheemante Vazhi was probably the only film that had humour; the others were all a bit intense, hard-hitting and dark,” says Kunchacko. “But it’s a matter of great relief and happiness that people have accepted these movies the way we presented them. The Malayali audience realised the importance of the content and how it should be embraced; we were also able to see and hear a lot of their versions of these stories too.”

Kunchacko, who is set to complete 25 years in the industry, says that the feedback for his character roles have encouraged him to further step up his game, especially at a point where the audience across languages is hailing Malayalam cinema.

“I now understand that a large section of Malayali audience is those who view movies seriously. That’s a huge responsibility too, to satisfy that audience and come up with quality content that appeals to them,” he says. “It’s also a matter of pride that people from other industries are looking up to us. I think we as an industry are up to the task because of the talent that we have. That’s also why I will be trying my best to be part of good films with different roles and content.”

The actor has completed shooting for Mahesh Narayanan’s Ariyippu, Fellini TP’s Ottu and Ajai Vasudev’s Pakalum Paathiraavum. He is currently shooting for Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval’s Nna, Thaan Case Kodu.

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