The guy who was once popular for portraying family roles, the person who was considered next Shoban babu who can woo female audience; the same guy turned baddie today sending chills down the spine of the audiences. Yes, your guess is right. The actor in discussion is Jagapathy Babu. His decision to play negative role had been under severe criticism before the release of ‘Legend’. All the doubts about audiences accepting him in villainous role have been thrashed down and he is enjoying the fruits of his new found success.
Adding icing to the cake, he got the chance to play main villain for Superstar Rajnikanth’s upcoming movie ‘Linga’. Even though ‘Legend’ changed his fate in Tollywood, only after he was chosen to play baddie in Rajni’s movie, Jagapathi Babu was taken seriously as a villain material in Kollywood. According to the latest reports, a couple of big Tamil projects are waiting to make a deal with Jagapathi to play negative characters. Once he took the plunge with ‘Legend’, next he turned lucky with ‘Linga’. That is Jagapathy.
