India, Dec. 16 -- Minnal Murali fame Guru Somasundaram is making his mainstream Kannada film debut this Christmas. Guru is one of 4 villains in Kiccha Sudeep's action-packed cop thriller, Mark, directed by Vijay Kartikeyaa. Guru plays Stephen, a gangster who has a conflict with Sudeep's SP Ajay Markandayya, as seen in the trailer of the film and the dance number Masth Malaika. "What attracted me to the role was that Stephen's not a run-of-the-mill gangster. There's a comical touch to the character, which I liked. Vijay had narrated my character graph, which was quite interesting and that's why I decided to do the film," the actor told OTTplay.

Guru adds that Stephen is a rather colourful character, both in his persona and his styling, bu...