Screen Buzz: Suman takes Rajini head on!

In 1981, Suman and Rajinikanth acted together in a movie called Thee, which means fire.

But it is now that Suman is creating waves, with his fiery performance in Sivaji where his character Adiseshan is pitted against Rajini's Sivaji.

"It was a real test for me. In this particular scene before I give him a Re 1 coin and ask him to become a coolie or a milkman or a bus conductor, the audience was boiling. And then when I ask him to go and beg, there was a big roar in the theatre," says Suman.

Suman has acted in nearly 300 films, most of them in Telugu. His beatific smile makes him one of the most sought-after actors in mythological movies.

Now Sivaji's success, he says, will mean he will take a break from playing God.

"I don't have any more Gods to play. I am an actor, I want to act. So the only thing is to play a negative character," says Suman.

Suman dominates many of the confrontation scenes with Rajini in Sivaji