Dancing Rose actor Shabeer Kallarakkal: Dancing in the boxing ring is a strategy to distract the opponent

Actor Shabeer Kallarakkal, who played the wildly popular role, Dancing Rose, in Pa Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai, speaks about getting into character, being inspired by Muhammad Ali, and challenges he

Bhuvanesh Chandar

(Originally published on 30th July 2021)

An hour past the stroke of midnight on July 21, social media was rife with responses to Pa Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video. By the following morning, the birth of a new sensation had brewed. The character of the boxer, Dancing Rose, and his swag, charisma, and movement, had captured the imagination of all viewers. Nobody expected this, including Shabeer Kallarakkal himself, who played Rose in the film. “It’s surreal. We knew that this character would make an impact, but the response has been unbelievable,” he shares.

For Shabeer, it was the culmination of a journey that had started well before the commencement of Sarpatta. This major break in his career had come 15 years after he set out to be an actor, and six years after he had debuted as the lead in Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe. Shabeer recounts a conversation he had with actor Vijay Sethupathi on the sets of Petta. “I asked how he had negotiated his long waiting period. He said that when your efforts meet deserving results, the consequences will be explosive. I truly believe that now.”

Shabeer believes that every development, positive or negative, was a stepping stone towards him becoming an actor. “I think everything…

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