Tovino Thomas | The Long Road To Stardom | Dial M For Films

Actor and Producer Tovino Thomas (Guppy, Mayaanadhi, Luca, Godha, Uyare, Forensic, Kala) is regarded as one of the most bankable artists in the Malayalam film industry. His success and stardom are not overnight. It took time and rigour to earn the trust of his filmmakers, his co-actors and his audience. He has an enviable slate of projects lined up including Aashiq Abu’s Naradan, Basil Joseph’s Minnal Murali and Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s Vazhakku. Watch Tovino Thomas in conversation with Series Curator and Moderator Smriti Kiran only on #DialMForFilms. 0:00:00 - Start 0:00:40 - Introduction to Tovino Thomas 0:03:20 - How did Tovino, a software engineer, enter the film industry? 0:15:55 - Working as an Assistant Director on Theevram 0:23:55 - What was the first time being in front of the camera like for Tovino? 0:30:55 - His learnings from the first few movies 0:36:10 - On working with legends like Mohanlal 0:41:50 - Would a formal film education have helped his journey? 0:44:40