Vivek’s death a personal loss: Hariharan
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When director Hariharan met actor Vivek for the primary time, the latter hadn’t made his debut in cinema.
“Vivek was popular those days, back in the 1980’s, as a stand-up comedian on stage and I was introduced to him by Dr. V.P. Sidhan, the founder of Medimix,” Hariharan informed The Puucho on Saturday.
“He had performed at a function organised by Dr. Sidhan. After watching him on that evening, I wasn’t surprised to see him become a successful actor in cinema.”
Film director Hariharan
Vivek’s premature death, on the age of 59 of cardiac arrest on Saturday, is a personal loss for Hariharan, director of among the iconic movies in Malayalam like Parinayam, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha and Panchagni. He was planning to forged the actor, who excelled in comedian roles in Tamil cinema in a four-decade lengthy profession, in his new movie, Kunchan Nambiar, the biopic on the legendary poet and performing artiste.
“Vivek had told me several times that he wanted to act in a Malayalam film directed by me,” Hariharan mentioned. “Somehow nothing worked out. When I told him that he would be part of Kunchan Nambiar, he was very excited and said that he would accept the role unconditionally.”
Hariharan mentioned that he had adopted Vivek’s profession carefully. “He was very talented and he wasn’t good just at comedy, though he had been typecast in such roles,” he mentioned. “He could have done so much more.”
Vivek grew to become a acquainted face for Malayalis after starring in a tv advert for Medimix in early Nineties. Actor and singer Krishnachandran had dubbed for him.
“I have known him from his early days as an actor,” mentioned Krishnachandran. “We had acted in a Tamil film together, but it was music that brought us close.”
He mentioned Vivek had deep information in music. “He used to play piano well,” he mentioned. “And he was a great fan of Ilaiyaraja’s music.”
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