There are many actors who get a small role in a movie and leave a mark on the minds of the audience. They must have been seen in a single scene or another. Although we don’t know their names or other details, they must have been seen occasionally in some movies. Let’s meet some of them.
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Sreehari made his film debut as Vettakaran Parameswaran in Bhootakannadi directed by Lohitadas for the first time. His film entry was unexpected. Lohitadas looked for many people to play the role of Vettakaran Parameswaran but could not find the right person. Years ago, Lohitadas met Srihari, who has a background in theatre, during the shooting of the movie Taniyavartanam, which was scripted by Lohitadas. Sreehari was a young man from the village where Taniyavartanam was shot. It was the friendship here that brought Srihari to Bhutakannadi movie.
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Colonel Saab was a notable role in the 1999 film Kamal. There was even a song Shukriya for the two characters of the film, Colonel Saab and Ruku. Actor Babu Swamy played the role of Colonel Saab. Babu Swamy entered the acting industry in 1994 with the film Parinayam directed by Hariharan. Later, the role of Ramavarma Thampuran was noticed in the movie Tuvalkottaram directed by Sathyan Anthikad. Babu Swamy also played the role of Celine’s dad in the movie Kochu Kochu Santoshman. His role in films like father of twins, Darling, Darling, Meghamalhar, Glugam, also gained attention.
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Rajan Kunnamkulam is an actor who gained attention with a small role in Inharihar Nagar. In the film, Rajan came to Kunnamkulam as Siddique’s house servant. Rajan Kunnamkulam has done background work including production controller in movies. Rajan Kunnamkulam was also behind the scenes of films by KG George, Padmarajan, Bharathan, Faasil and many others.
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MK Mohanan comes and goes in a single scene in Sathyan Anthikad’s Amma. He was the one who came to the scene looking at Urvashi from behind in the song “No matter what you say, you are not mine”. Actually he is a photographer. He is a friend of Sathyan Anthikad and is the still photographer for most of the director’s films. Apart from Achu’s mother, he is appearing as a photographer in Sathyan Anthikad’s Surendran’s son Jayakanthan Vaka. He is known as Momi. He made his debut as a still photographer in the movie Pichipoo. Sathyan Anthikad was Momi’s lifelong friend in Madras. Even when his son Anoop Sathyan became a director, Momi himself became a still photographer.
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Kalabhavan Santhosh is the actor who made us laugh through the scene where he says, ‘This is our work, sir, king’ in the movie Friends. He has appeared in small comedy roles in many other films. He is an actor who has worked in the art of mimicry for 30 years. He entered the film industry with the film Mimix Parade directed by Tulaseedas.