Sibi Thomas was working as a circular inspector at a police station in Kasargod when he first got an opportunity to act in a film. He was seen as a cop in Dileesh Pothan’s Thondimuthalum Driksaskshiyum, which was well received by the audience. After proving his mettle as an actor in a few films, Sibi Thomas is set appear in a new avatar as a screenwriter. He will be penning the screenplay for a film to be directed by Rajeev Ravi and it will be based on a real life investigation that he had done in 2016. Not that he left his police job, he is currently posted at the coastal station in Azheekode.
In an interview to Silverscreen.in, Sibi spoke about the incident that his screenplay is based on. “This one incident was special in my career as a police officer spanning 15 years. Last year, I spoke about it at length to a private television channel, and it garnered a lot of positive response from the viewers. When I mentioned it to Rajeev (Ravi), he said it could be made into a film.”
Elaborating about the incident he said, “A jewelry store in Kasaragod was robbed, and clues led us to a village in Uttar Pradesh, a notorious thiruttu gramam (a village of thieves). We were told that 11 years ago, when a police team tried to enter the village, it had kicked up a riot. Since we had the help of a couple of informants from the village, we could nab the thieves. At that time, I didn’t realise the quantum of risk we had undertaken. Later, I came to know that a police inspector from Tamil Nadu was shot dead when he and his team tried out a similar operation in that village.”
Following his debut in Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, Sibi was seen in films such as Kamuki, Kuttanadan Marpappa and Oru Kuprasidha Payyan. Sibi also has a pivotal role in Rajeev Ravi’s upcoming film Thuramukham, which has actor Nivin Pauly in the lead.
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