I had heard that Santosh Sivan was going to step over to the other side of the camera and take the lead role in a Malayalam film about the life of artist and Travancore native Raja Ravi Varma, and sure enough, the man emailed two pics of himself in full make-up and costume.

Have a look:

If I wasn’t already curious to see the famous director and cinematographer doing a turn as actor, the lushness of the pictures certainly has piqued my interest.