“During the making of a Telugu film, a message came to me from the manager for the film ‘Valaimai’. I could not believe it. There was a false message that it was a lie or not. Then came the message asking me to play the villain character. I was happy when Ajith came with the first film.
I have seen all the pictures of H. Vinod. Then, I asked myself about the roll. Vinod Sir Assistant Director came to Hyderabad and told the story. I said ‘OK’ as soon as I found out about the roll. That’s how I met Vinod Sarai in Chennai, “says Karthikeyan, the villain of ‘Valimai’.
Tamil is your first film. How come?
“The first film is about Ajith Sir also coming to sleep knowing that he is going to work. Big star Ajith Sir in Tamil. I practiced how to speak to him. Tell me, let me speak pure Tamil. So Ajith will always speak English to me. Now I will speak a little beyond Tamil film acting I bought a Dialog seat and read it. I understood the meaning and started memorizing it. “