Deepak Parambol on his cop role in the Zee5 web series ‘Kasaragod Embassy’

Deepak Parambol’s bull role, Vivek, successful the web bid Kasaragod Embassy streaming connected Zee 5, is not his first. He has been a bull galore times before, but the cigarette-smoking and expletive-spewing grim bull Vivek has a streak of grey is simply a first. To the series’ credit, it tin boast bully performances by actors similar Sudheesh, Rony David and Kabir Duhan Singh. 

Deepak was 1 of the past radical to articulation the cast. “The beingness of actors similar Sudheeshettan, Rony, and Kabir was enticing. It was a accidental to enactment with these actors, whom I person known for years, positive it is simply a Zee 5 production… it was a tempting project,” helium says. The bid pans successful connected a forgery racket, and Vivek is connected the way of those involved. 

He is not caller to the medium. The actor, who started his vocation successful 2010 with Malarvadi Arts Club, was portion of Instagraamam (2020), directed by Mridul Nair, which was besides 1 of the archetypal Malayalam web series. He recalls that experience, with Arjun Ashokan, Balu Varghese and the others successful the cast, arsenic being fun. So, erstwhile different accidental presented itself, helium was each in. “When Atish Nair, who has a Kasaragod connection, told maine helium had a communicative inspired by his experience, I wanted to bash it,” says the histrion who hails from Kannur. 

It is 16 years since his archetypal movie successful an manufacture that is large connected dates, years and anniversaries. How does helium consciousness erstwhile helium looks back? He laughs, “Wow! I started with Malarvadi Arts Club and then, successful 2012, with Thattathin Marayathu, I realised that ‘may beryllium I tin determination guardant with this [acting].’ So, each year, I person done pb roles successful immoderate and quality roles successful galore others, which helped maine survive. I person been portion of immoderate bully films. For instance, past twelvemonth I had Ponman and Sarkeet, and Manjummel Boys the twelvemonth before.”  His adjacent large task is the Shaji Kailas movie Varavu.

And that slo-mo changeable successful a Shaji Kailas movie, that is the worldly of his cinema ambitions!

He got to bash the swag locomotion and helium is excited astir it. “That was my archetypal shot. This [Shaji Kailas] is simply a manager whose films I person watched and loved — Aaaraam Thampuran, Narasimham, Commissioner and truthful galore others — and past getting to enactment with him! I americium fortunate to person got this opportunity.”

He presumption the acquisition of a moving with a seasoned similar Shaji interesting. “You don’t person to ‘perform’ successful each shots with radical with this level of experience. They cognize what they privation shot-wise and they volition instrumentality the 1 that works for them. That assurance is comfortable. Also, I thought, maybe, determination would beryllium a batch of getting aggravated etc if 1 messes up. Nothing of the benignant happens connected Shaji sir’s set. It is each calm and nether control. And his dedication? He is the archetypal idiosyncratic to get connected acceptable and softly goes astir his work.”

Deepak is contented with the enactment helium has been getting, hopes to turn much and proceed doing meaningful work.

Kasaragod Embassy is streaming connected Zee5