Meet Padmakumar Nair, as soon as Thiruvananthapuram’s personal Michael Jackson

Those that have watched Moonwalk could not overlook the police officer, SI Saji, who takes the younger dancers to activity and makes them lower their lengthy hair quick at his station. He’s Padmakumar Nair, Thiruvananthapuram’s personal Michael Jackson.

Minimize to 1988-91, when he was a pupil of Mar Ivanios School. “As soon as I bought moist within the rain after which a pal remarked that I regarded like MJ. Until then I hadn’t adopted him that properly. To begin with, I watched ‘Dangerous’ and began imitating him. I began rising my hair as properly. However, somebody commented that despite the fact that I regarded like him, I couldn’t dance. So I took a VCR on lease and watched ‘Thriller’ repeatedly to be taught the strikes. That was the start. Later I choreographed ‘Billie Jean’ and carried out on the school,” he remembers.

He was all the time on his personal and didn’t carry out with any group. “I’ve no background in dance. I simply did what I favored. I designed the costume and did my make-up.” He tried his hand at singing MJ’s songs as properly.

Padmakumar Nair dancing to Michael Jackson quantity
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He by no means did any exhibits outdoors the school and caught to MJ’s strikes solely. Nevertheless, as soon as he moved to Bengaluru [then Bangalore] to pursue MBA, he carried out at just a few 5 star inns there. In 2010, he moved to the US and returned in 2019 after working as a banker. “A memorable second was after I danced on the streets of New York in 2010. It was a dream-come-true event.”

Appearing was a ardour for him and he did small roles in just a few movies and acted in serials earlier than shifting to the US. “After coming again, my first audition was for Moonwalk. It felt good to behave as a police officer after taking part in a goonda in a number of movies.” He additionally received household viewers together with his police character within the day by day cleaning soap, Kudumbavilakku. He has acted in 10 movies, which embody Satyameva Jayathe, Nammal Thammil, Krithyam, Kappa, Rani, A Ranjith Cinema and so forth and his forthcoming launch is Thimingalavetta.

Padmakumar Nair
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Recalling his first shot for Moonwalk, Padmakumar says, “It was the scene through which the boys are whizzing previous me on their bikes. That was fairly nostalgic since I used to go on such a motorcycle to school.”

Throughout the pre-release promotions of Moonwalk, he placed on the dancing footwear once more. “I’m match sufficient to do the strikes and keep in mind a lot of the steps,” he says.