Thampy Antonyin Hollywood

Thampy Antony, the elder brother of actor Babu Antony, though not a familiar face as far as the average Malayalam cine-goer is concerned, is not new to films.

The U.S-based Thampy Antony, who had done the lead role of Dr. Acharya, in the Rajeev Anchal-directed English film Beyond the Soul, had also produced Rajeev Anchal's Made in USA, in which he had done a key role. Thampy Antony won the prestigious Best Actor Award at the Honolulu International Film Festival for portraying the role of Dr. Acharya in Beyond the Soul. He also impressed viewers playing the poet in Palunku and now is on to producing Calcutta News, directed by Blessy.

The news is that Thampy Antony is doing a major role in a Hollywood production, which is currently being shot in the U.S. The film, The Root of all Evil, directed by Steven Milburn Anderson and produced by Naveen Chathappuram, has Thampy Antony, whose name features in the credits as Antony Thekkek (his real name), playing the role of Bahadurjit Jateendrapreeth Singh, a Sikh who runs a store in the U.S. The character gets noted when he gets entangled in some funny situations in the movie, which has Sean Bean, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Blue, Glen Plummer and Victoria Profeta in lead roles.

Thampy Antony, who is in Kerala at present, is busy with Calcutta News (his first mainstream Malayalam production venture in which he also does the role of a psychiatrist). Thampy says: "I am here now, looking after the production of Calcutta News. I have completed half of my work in the Hollywood film. When I am required there, I'll just go over and do it and come back". When asked about the role in the Hollywood movie, he quipped, "A very interesting character that I love doing!" All the best Thampy Antony, both for Calcutta News and for The Root of all Evil!

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