Diminutive and dark-skinned, Malayalam cinema's Sreenivasan is no hero material by conventional standards. But yet, there are few people in Malayalam cinema who are as capable and versatile as he is, or blessed with the rare ability to laugh at themselves. Apart from being an actor, Sreenivasan is also a screen writer, director, and producer. He's perhaps Malayalam cinema's "sakalakalavallavan" or the "man of many talents".