After being away from the limelight for a brief moment chubby looking Nakul is back in action with a trimmer look with Kaadhalil Vizhunden. He became a youth icon after Nakka Mukka and the young women just die for him.
The actor wasn’t stunned when he realized that his film Kaadhalil Vizhunden is doing a good business, “I am a private person and I generally stay indoors. So, when the film was released I did not know anything about its response. After three days I got to know from the manager and my friends about the tremendous opening of the film. It was a pleasant shock and initially I did not believe and kept asking if what I was hearing was true. One of the websites had reported the opinion of viewers and everyone kept saying ‘super’, ‘great’, ‘kalakitte’ etc. I was in some kind of heaven. The audience response was tremendous. It is like I went in search of rocks but got diamonds instead. I am truly happy.” Nakul may be enjoying the taste of success once again but the actor fears for a failure.
“When I was doing Kaadhalil Vizhundein, I was constantly in fear that anytime I may be thrown out. Even now, I dread that if I don’t deliver goods, I will not be here. I want to make my producer, director and audience happy. That is my main thought. When I am doing a film, I want to concentrate on that. That’s all,” shares Nakul. Nakul is ready to act under her sister’s production if the script demands it. “Business and personal relationships are different. However if my akka approaches me, I will definitely say yes. Script is what is important to me not the producer,” says the actor. The man feels himself to be a director’s actor, “Right now, I am a director’s actor and whatever he says, I will do. Of course scripts play a major role and I listen to a lot of scripts.” Nakul seems to be a big fan of Ajith and Vikram, “Ajith and Vikram are my favourite actors. I like their personality. Their on screen and off screen personalities are totally different. They are very pious, down-to-earth and very friendly in real life. I would like to be like them. Not on a star level, that’s too far away for me. But as a person, I would like to model myself on them. I like Vikram sir’s Dhool very much. I like all of Ajith’s films.” And what about his favoritues actress? “Simran and of course my akka. In the newcomers list, I like them all,” smiles Nakul. Naul feels that the Tamil cinema is moving on the right track, “People here are trying new ideas and are broadening their horizons. The trend is very positive and film makers are attempting to tread on unchartered areas now. Success of Subramaniapuram, Jeyamkondan and Kaadhalil Vizhundein is encouraging. There is a collaboration of Ochre studios with Warner brothers. Adlabs has also come on the scene. The trend is definitely promising and hopeful.”
