ETimes pic of the day: Babu Antony’s ‘Villain Days’ with Rajinikanth

Mollywood’s evergreen actor Babu Antony will always remain as our most loved ‘Action king’ in the Malayalam film industry. Starting with the classic hit ‘Chantha’ to ‘Kauravar’, Babu Antony has surely made a special place in the hearts of every Malayali audience. The actor has also played pivotal roles in several Tamil movies and the recent one was the Vijay starrer ‘Leo’. In today’s ETimes pic of the day, let’s take a throwback look at Babu Antony’s ‘Villain Days’ with Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, and Ravichandran.


In the year 2023, Babu Antony himself shared this wonderful throwback click where he was sitting atop a bus along with Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, and Ravichandran. The BTS click was taken during the shoot for the film ‘Nattukku Nallavan’ where Babu Antony stepped into the shoes of the villain character.


‘Nattukku Nallavan’ was a multi-lingual project (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada) and Babu Antony played the villain characters in all these versions.

Sharing the picture via his official Facebook handle, Babu Antony penned a heartwarming note that read, “My Villain days!!. With Rajani Sir, Nagarjuna, and Ravichandran. We were filming in Bangalore on top of a bus around 3 a.m. It was a Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi project filmed at the same time(in Tamil it was released as Nattukku Nallavan). I played the main common villain for all 4."

On the other hand, Babu Antony’s previous outing is the recently released Omar Lulu’s directorial ‘Bad Boyz’. The veteran actor has the most ambitious project ‘Powerstar’ which is helmed by Omar Lulu. The movie is touted to be a complete action flick which will bring back the old charm of Babu Antony which the 90s kids remember him to be.
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