At a time when top actors like MGR and Sivaji were in Koloch, Jaishankar had a special place in people’s minds due to his unique performance. Jaishankar’s debut film as a hero was “Iravum Pagalum”. The story of Jaishankar getting a chance in this film is very interesting.

Jaishankar

Eyes played with life

Before making his debut in cinema, Jaishankar acted in several plays with his close friend So Ramasamy’s theater company. At that time he was looking for an opportunity to act in a film. But due to his small eyes he did not get opportunities.

However, it was because of the same small eyes that he got the opportunity to act in the cinema. Joseph Teliath, who was a famous director at that time, said that this film needed an actor with such small eyes and introduced him as a hero in the film “Iravam Bagalum”. Thus the opportunity lost by the eyes, has returned with the same eyes.

James Bond of the South

Jaishankar has been called the James Bond of the South as he has played detective roles in many films. Also, Jaishankar acted in many films like Cow Boy which is very popular in America. Many movies like “Ganga”, “Jakamma”, “Kaalame Vellum” can be mentioned as examples of this. Thus Jaishankar became known for his innovation.

Jaishankar

Jaishankar as the villain

Jaishankar, who was thus a leading actor in Tamil, at one point started acting as a villain. His first film as a villain was “Muratuk Kalai”.

Vijayakanth was first signed as a villain in Rajinikanth starrer “Muratuk Kalai”. But his close friend Rauther does not allow him to play the villain. So he returned the advance.

Actor Vijayakanth

It was only after that that AVM signed Jaishankar. Although Jaishankar was signed as a villain in the movie “Muratuk Kalai”, he also acted as a hero in many films. Famous producer Chitra Lakshmanan says in an interview that when Jaishankar started acting as a villain, he began to slide into a hero.

Decline of Jaishankar

Speaking about this in one of his videos, Chitra Lakshmanan said, “When Jaishankar was playing the hero in many films, he agreed to play the villain in Muratuk Kalai. I think this is a wrong decision taken by him.”

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Murattu Kaalai

He also said, “Even when Muratuk Kalai was released, many films were released with Jaishankar as the hero. But only after he acted as a villain in that film, there is a doubt that the chances of him playing the lead character have decreased.