Being a doctor, why did you choose to venture into the filmdom?
Ever since I was a child, I was interested in plays and wanted to be an actor but my father wanted me to be a doctor or engineer as everyone in my family was well educated, and all my cousins were also either doctors or engineers. Thus, in order to fulfill his vision for me, I did my MBBS...

Kerala has a lot of medical colleges. Why is it then that you went all the way to Ukraine to do your MBBS?
After my plus two (Intermediate), I met with an accident in the holidays and broke my leg. By the time I was healed, it was too late to apply to any college in the vicinity. Meanwhile, a friend of mine had applied to a medical college in Ukraine. National Pirogov Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia in Ukraine was very famous, and was in fact one among the top ten. That's when I thought, "Why not Ukraine?" and I also applied there and I got the seat too, and I eventually completed my MBBS there.

So, did you take a break  from your acting passion while in Ukraine?
(Laughs) Nope, I walked into a contest and was chosen as Mr. Handsome Face among 250 contestants. I did modelling for a clothes brand that has such a reputation in Russia/Ukraine as Raymonds has in India. I did some fashion shows too...

How did your first break in films come after your return to India?
Actually, I tried my luck in Mumbai for some time, but it didn't worked out and I came back to Kerala. While on my flight home, I met a producer who said he was planning to start film and took my portfolio. After a month, I got a call from the director Udayan Ananthan who asked me if I was interested in doing the film, and it just happened. The film was also the debut film for heroine Vimala Raman. It was a good hit and I got good name for my portrayal.

I heard is that you gave a bold statement that Malayalam films lost their touch and that you rather wanted to do Tamil films...
Yes, I did. The number of good films has gone down over the years. At one time, the whole country used to look at Malayalam films for experimental films and good films. We had a lot of good films such as Elipattyam, Neelakuyil, Chemeen, Ponthana Mada, Yaatra, Kireedam, etc. Now, we have more masala films and we look at Telugu and Tamil films for stories. Why is that happening? That was why I wanted to do Tamil films rather than doing such flicks. In Tamil film industry, you can do a lot of different experiments with characters.

Your film Anjathe ( Sneham in Telugu) got really good reviews and you were appreciated, along with your co-stars Narain and Prasanna...
The credit goes to director Mysskin sir. He gave me the best role to excel; he gave me a lot of confidence and boost by offering me that role.

What are the other films you did after Anjathe?
I did Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru and TN 07 AL 4777 (a remake of the Hindi flick Taxi No. 9211, which was remade in Telugu as Game with Mohanbabu and Vishnu Manchu). I did the role of John Abraham in Tamil. I also played Mohanlal's younger brother in Madambi in Malayalam. Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru was a decent hit, and Madambi was a big hit. And, now, I acted in Rangam ( Ko in Tamil).