Actor and BJP Member of Parliament Suresh Gopi is once again hosting the television game show Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran, the Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati. The star hosted the show in 2012, which turned out to be a big success following which he hosted the season 2 in 2013, season 3 in 2014, and season 4 in 2017.
After the new season began, a clip of the star’s interaction with one of the contestants has gone viral. To a question for which the correct answer is porotta, the famous Kerala bread, Suresh Gopi asks the contestant what he usually orders at a restaurant, and the immediate reply is ‘porotta and beef’. The BJP politician gives an uncharacteristic monosyllabic reply ‘Oh’.
This happened for real!@BJP4India's Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi is the host of KBC's Malayalam version.
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SG: Under what category food items Cylone and Coin fall?
Contestant: Porotta
SG: Have you eaten?
Cont: Yes
SG: What do you order at the hotel?
Cont: Porotta and beef
SG: Oh! pic.twitter.com/wKhQVrBdU5
The clip became viral because of a previous incident when Suresh Gopi denied having beef at the time the Maharashtra BJP government imposed a beef ban in the state. After this, an old video of his interview to a radio channel was dug up, in which he said that he put on weight in Zurich after having beef for four days.
Not just Suresh Gopi, other Kerala BJP leaders have been pulled up in the past for imitating their colleagues in the north and opposing the meat in the state. A few have been trolled with pictures of them allegedly consuming beef, though their stand in public was different.
It is after a gap of four years that Suresh Gopi is hosting the game show again.
On the acting front, Suresh Gopi is working on the Anoop Sathyan directorial that is not titled. The film is produced by Dulquer Salmaan under his banner Wayfarer Films and he plays the lead role in it. Veteran actor Shobana will also acting in the film. There is also Kalyani Priyadarshan, who has been signed to play a pivotal role in the project. Anoop Sathyan is not only wielding the megaphone for this venture but also scripting it. The technical crew includes Alphonse for music and Mukesh Muraleedharan for cinematography.
Suresh Gopi is also acting in the film Kaaval by Kasaba director Nithin Renji Panicker. The film will also have another veteran Lal in an important role. It is touted to be a family drama that will revolve around two generations of a family. The cast also includes Zaya David, Muthumani, IM Vijayan, Sujith Sankar, Alencier and Kannan Rajan P Dev. Joby George is bankrolling the film under his banner Goodwill Entertainments. National award-winning cinematographer Nikhil S Praveen will crank the camera with Mansoor Muthootti doing the editing and Ranjin Raj composing the tunes.
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