Vijay Sethupathi wants to avoid negative roles – Times of India

Actor Vijay Sethupathi is one of the finest actors of Indian Cinema, having delivered multiple hits like Vikram Vedha, Super Deluxe, Master etc. He was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan where he played the antagonist Kali. The actor who was recently part of IFFI ( International Film Festival of India) announced his decision to take a hiatus from antagonist roles in films.He attributes his decision to the ’emotional pressure’ associated with such roles.

Talking about his experience during a conversation at IFFI, he shared that when he plays the antagonist his scenes get chopped off during editing and also revealed that many times, the hero of the film call him to take up the bad guy’s role in the film. He said, “They try to put an emotional pressure on me, which I don’t want to face. I am not feeling bad, but still there are restrictions when I play a villain. They are controlling me so much, not to take over the protagonist and some things go in the editing also.”
“So I have decided, let me not do villains anymore, at least for a few years. If I say no to playing a villain, they say you atleast listen to the script. So there are a lot of problems there,” he added.
He will now be seen teaming up with Katrina Kaif in Merry Christmas, directed by Sriram Raghavan. The film was recently postponed to January 12th, it was earlier scheduled to release on 15th December but given that Dunki and Salaar-Part One- Dunki were releasing on 22nd December, they decided to move the date ahead.