Ace supporting actor Sampath Ram’s aghori avatar in Kanchana 3 has garnered lot of attention. The actor says the meaty role was initially meant for a big actor, but for some reasons he could not take it and later fell on his lap. “I played the villain in Kanchana. This role came to me accidentally. When a big hero turned it down, they did a look test on me and when Lawrence sir saw me, he was too glad and brought me on board.”
It took two hours for makeup and another one hour for its removal every day, he adds. “I wanted to be different from the normal aghoris. I took extra care in terms of walking, expressions and voice modulation. Though it was strenuous for me to act as a hunchback, it paid off richly when accolades poured in for my performance, especially for the climax,” says the 6-foot-3 inch actor. Not only in Tamil, but in Telugu also where the industry has welcomed him with open arms with Kanchana 3 being a hit there also.
Sampath’s future films include Prabhu Solomon’s trilingual film with Rana Daggubati, Madai Thirandhu with Sathyasiva and yet another new film with the same filmmaker.
