5 Malayalam actors turn fierce villains in Telugu

Recently, Suniel Shetty said Tollywood usually casts Bollywood actors as villains. But actually, it’s not just Bollywood, actors from all over India are playing bad guys in Telugu. Right now, five top Malayalam actors are making waves in Telugu films as villains.

It’s not new for stars from other industries to play villains. Now this trend is coming back. In Varanasi, Mahesh Babu will fight Prithviraj Sukumaran, who plays a full villain called Kumbha, who at first glance appears to be a handicap. The fierce and ruthless villain.

Tovino Thomas is in Pan-World with Jr NTR and Prashanth Neel. The team hasn’t confirmed anything, but rumors say he will be the main villain. Tovino is keeping quiet and letting fans guess what’s coming.

Fahadh Faasil already impressed everyone as the villain in Pushpa. In the fourth position is Shine Tom Chacko has done villain roles in many Telugu movies and got a good fan following in Tollywood. Films such as Nani's Dasara, Rangabali, Jr.NTR's Devara, Nandamuri Balakrishna's Daaku Maharaj, and Robinhood.

Malayalam top actors are showing they can play strong, powerful heroes in their industry and same time villains in Telugu movies too.