Jagathy Sreekumar's Stand-ins , Baburaj &Suraj ??

As Jagathy Sreekumar recuperates ina Vellore hospital, producers and directors are in the process of finding substitutes to replace Jagathy in their films. While the scripts are being rewritten for the substitutes, the re-shooting with the substitutes is also going on at a brisk space at various locations after abandoning the roles half-finished with Jagathy.
‘Mr.Marumakan’ starring Dileep has replaced Jagathy with Baburajand the reshooting with Baburaj is already on its way.
Baburaj’s performance in ‘Salt andPepper’ in a humorous role has altered his graph and given him a new identity and fresh opportunities.
‘Manthrikan’ directed by Anil is another movie casting Jagathy and it is said that Jagathy's role is completely removed from the script. Instead, Suraj Venjaramoodu’s small role is being expanded with more scenes, according to the grapevine. When an approach was made to aNational Award winning actor from Cochin to take up Jagathy’s role, he demanded double of what has been Jagathy’s fee!
At the same time, Suraj was ready to work for half of Jagathy’s fee. The actor from Cochin who shifted from mimicry to acting demanded more saying that sinceas he was being substituted for Jagathy, his charge was also high. At the same time, Venjaramoodu says he is delighted at being called to replace ‘Ambili Chettan’ and so the half rate. The reactionsfrom the two were contrary to what was expected by the film crowd, so goes the talk.
But the Cochin actor’s cronies from Maharajas support him and say that he is a simple person andprobably a little too much of his evening quota might have made him talk like that.
Some of the experts in the film land had anticipated more roles for Jagdeesh and Maniyan Pilla Raju until Jagathy comes back to acting, but contrary to their expectations, Baburaj seems to bag most of these replacement roles.
Another villain turned comedian, Janardanan, seems to have been surprised and highly impressed with the way Baburaj is carrying himself, and has confided as much to his close friends.