In February, Vijay Sethupathi made his web series debut with Farzi, showcasing his uninhibited style of acting to the section of audience that may have been unfamiliar with his powerful body of work in Tamil cinema. Now, the Hindi film audience will get to see more of him. Santosh Sivan’s crime thriller Mumbaikar, which dropped on JioCinema yesterday, marks the actor’s Hindi film debut. 

Was it tough to convince Sethupathi to take the leap to Hindi cinema? The director shares, “I have shot with him earlier [as DoP on Chekka Chivantha Vaanam], so we have built a relationship of trust. He is an experimental actor who won’t say no to a [compelling] role. He’ll go all out to do something he hasn’t done before. Like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan, the atmosphere on set changes with his positive energy.”