Nivin Pauly: I want to keep doing different roles to extend my career’s longevity

Nivin Pauly completed 10 years in the film industry last July and while his career took some time to get off, there has been no stopping the actor once he found fame with movies such as Thattathin Marayathu and Premam.

His recent roles in

Moothon

and

Thuramukham

are gritty and raw in nature. Ask the actor if it was a deliberate move to break away from his boy-next-door mould and he says, “I don’t want to get boxed in. Tomorrow I want to be able to play a romantic hero and in the next film I might want to do a role like Moothon again. I want to keep doing different roles and that’s what helps extend your longevity as an actor. I still feel nervous before any role I do and I take my time to sync with the characters and the teams. In fact, when I look back at each of the characters I played in the last decade, I wish I had done something different to make them better.”

Nivin currently has a schedule of Padavettu pending. He is also part of director Rajesh Ravi’s

Bismi Special

, a romantic tale also featuring Aishwarya Lekshmi, and a rustic action film titled

Gangs of Mundanmala

, which is helmed by Ronnie Manuel Joseph.