Kovai Babu | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Years active | 1993–present |
Genres | Comedy |
Kovai Babu is an Indian Tamil actor and comedian. He was well known for acting as a replacement to veteran actor Vivek in Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2 who suddenly succumbed to death in 2021 due to a side effect caused by a vaccine which he injected as a precaution against the infection of COVID-19 pandemic. Vivek's scenes were completed with Kovai Babu being the body double and his face digitally morphed to resemble Vivek. [1] [2]
Kovai Babu initially became insanely popularly for his comedy track sequence in the role of Minor Kunjumani where he eventually shared screenspace with veteran stalwart comedian actor Vivek for the film Kadhal Sadugudu (2003). He also went onto act in numerous films in his acting career, albeit in predominantly minor roles with relatively less screentime allocated for him by the filmmakers. [3] He also made his presence felt in television soap operas with his hilarious performances in Star Vijay sponsored television soap opera Raja Rani.
Due to Vivek and Venu's deaths before production of Indian 2 could be completed, Shankar decided to use visual effects to complete their remaining scenes. Vivek's unprecedented death during the middle of the principal photography meant that the remaining portions involving Vivek had to be wrapped up by bringing on board another person resembling similar to Vivek and as a result the director of the film S. Shankar roped in Kovai Babu as a like-to-like replacement. [4] [5] Kovai Babu eventually completed his film portions in both Indian 2 and Indian 3 by acting as a Body double for late actor Vivek. [6] [7]
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