India, Dec. 24 -- Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly's induction into the popular Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU) with the Tamil film Benz was the talk of the town. What caused more furore on the internet was that Nivin would be seen as the villain. But in a recent interview with The Cue Studio, the Sarvam Maya actor Nivin revealed that he was offered a different character and things changed after discussions were held with filmmaker Lokesh Kangaraj, who is the creative force behind LCU.

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Nivin Pauly, known for the hit romantic movie Premam, said that he always wanted to do an out-and-out villain without a grain of goodness. Talking ...