Actor Unni Mukundan is still basking in the success of his hit neo-noir action-thriller Marco, which earned him a pan-India fanbase. Now, a new film has been released today, Get-Set Baby, a genre of a complete opposite tangent, which sees Mukundan transitioning from the brutal avenger Marco to life-saving gynaecologist Arjun, with a specialisation in IVF.
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In a recent interview with OnManorama, the 37-year-old actor reflected on the experience of having a romantic lead after a few years. He shared, "In the past seven years, if you have noticed, I have not played a romantic hero in my films, from Meppadiyan till Marco. So, I found it quite challenging. I think you could call it my limitation as an actor."
Mukundan also revealed that he has one fixed rule that he follows while filming. "I have a no-kissing, no-intimate scene rule that I follow in all my films. I want my movies to be appealing to all kinds of audiences.”
The actor also admitted that he has faced significant pressure from filmmakers to give in and perform intimate scenes, but suggest alternate ways to portray love on-screen. "Some of the directors or people around me share examples of colleagues or counterparts who have done similar roles. I tell them there are many ways to show intimacy between couples and kissing need not be the only option. It's the same policy you follow in action shots. Though you appear to be hitting the person, you never touch his face or body. You can use the same logic in romantic films," he said. "Having said that, I am not against my colleagues doing intimate scenes in their movies. It's just that I have created a bubble, hoping to make all my films watchable for the family audience," he concluded.