The menacing Pandiya of Kaakka Kaakka or the innocent but sharp looking Joseph Fernandez in Naan Avan Illai is difficult to forget. Jeevan, who essayed such different roles will be seen in Athibar directed by Surya Prakash and the film is hitting the screens this Friday, the 28^th August. Ahead of the release of Athibar, Jeevan talks about his film.

What is Athibar all about?

“Athibar actually indicates ‘thozhilathibar’ or the industrialist. It is about a man who rises to the top just by his hard work but loses his entire domain due to an act of breach of trust by someone who he trusted. In life there could be people who may not have fallen in love but there would not be anyone who had not faced failure in some form or the other. Athibar’s crux is that failure which is not because of the protagonist’s doing but because of someone he trusted so dearly. It is based on a true incident and is not a fictional account.”

In most of your films, you have done the roles with negative shades. How do you think people will accept you in a different role now?

“But for Kaakka Kaakka, my character in my films, be it Naan Avan Illai or Thiruttu Payalae or Machakaran, was not completely dark. I accepted Athibar as it is a different role and a script that I have not done so far. The interesting factor was that it is from a real incident. And I believe that perspective will make the audience look at me in a different dimension and accept me”.

Jeevan will also be seen in Jaikira Kudhirai and is in the signing stage of a couple of other projects.