Bosskey, a stand-up comedian, show presenter, columnist and cricketer, brings smiles to people’s faces. He is also known for wearing shirts of the weirdest colours! There seems to be a certain measure of grit in the way he lives his life — for, two hours before his father’s death, he was performing a show, and so also on the day his mother died. He attributes his success in his career to the way he was raised. “My grandfather, mother, father, none of them at home questioned me, they let me live on my own terms. They were not typical parents, who get concerned about their son’s future. They were practical — they neither discouraged nor encouraged me,” he says. “Even when I would sit by the side of the road with my friends, they would never scold me. I guess that made me a good media personality,” he says.
He is referring to the influence that the place in which he grew up and lives — Mylapore — had on his career. “Mylapore has it all. We can go to a Carnatic music performance here, film shoots, cultural activities, anything you name. Maybe my skills in comedy sharpened because of this place,” he says. He has an elder brother and sister, who have helped him in all his ventures and are his sharp critics too.
The family that raised him and the family he is now raising seem to be two different scenarios altogether, Bosskey prefers to compromise and withdraw from an argument. “My wife and I argue over small matters, say a film or music, why it’s bad or good. Finally, I don’t continue the argument, I don’t like to,” he says.
“My wife is a very strong critic,” Bosskey points out. “If any joke that I crack on a show doesn’t make her laugh, she will immediately tell me that that was not a good joke and that I must work more on my comic skills.”
To his son, Rocky alias Ragvasisht, Bosskey is more like a friend than a parent. He is in professional cricket, like his father. “We share secrets, and I never interfere with his personal or professional decisions,” he says.
Bosskey, also a good actor, who was last seen in Theeya Vela Seiyanum Kumaru, is now doing a character role in a film, called Aaah. His show, Solunga Boss, aired on a private channel, which does a comic take on current affairs, has garnered rave reviews.
