kochi times shares a special connection with nivin pauly as both came into the lives of malayalis in the year 2012 as kt turns four today we catch up with nivin pauly who made people take notice as the boynextdoor in thattathin marayathu and later graduated to strong roles and stardom finally carving a niche in the hearts of malayalis much like kt and its not just his professional life thats seen an upswing nivin became a father in 2012 and his son daveed is as much a celeb on social media as him we catch up with the premam actor for a candid chat its been four years since your first solo hero hit thattathin marayathu released in retrospect is it the right decisions luck or team work that worked for you to become a bankable star i feel happy that the last four years have been really good for me as an actor over these years i have understood that decision making is crucial in shaping an actors career while choosing a film now i look at the quality of work and to some extent go by my intuition even when i was sitting at home without doing movies i did not compromise on quality and i think it paid off in that process sometimes i had to say no to certain films even though i wanted to do them also a refined selection process ensures that the entire team comprising the director producer and others stands to benefit see luck wont favour you every time its always deliberate decisions and hard work that matteryou have been part of hits in the box office since the beginning how do you polish your acting skills i have been amazed at the way actors in other industries take concentrated efforts to perfect their acting skills but honestly i have not taken any specific effort in that regard till now my way of approaching roles is to study the character and ask as many questions as possible to my directors i read the script and learn more about the character but you have to keep improving yourself as an actor with every movie and so i am planning to put in some effort in that directionyour next is character is that of a police officer what urged you to take it up i have never done a cop role earlier so when director abrid shine came up with the story of a police officer i thought it will be a refreshing role for me shine chooses his subjects very carefully and together we are trying to tell a sincere story we took our own time to achieve perfection in order to make the role flawless we went to several police stations and observed the way cops handle cases people and criminals unlike it is shown in most movies cops have a humane side and we have tried to explore those emotions in the filmyou just finished shooting for vineeth sreenivasans jacobinte