Tovino Thomas was apprehensive about 2018. Award-winning director Jude Anthany Joseph's 2018 created a sensation at the box office. The film starring Tovino Thomas, Indrans, Kunchacko Boban, Aparna Balamurali, and Vineeth Sreenivasan in important roles turned out to be the highest-grosser in Mollywood.
In the meantime, Tovino Thomas speaking to scribes said he was apprehensive to star in 2018 at one time. He said “To be honest, I wasn’t keen on accepting Jude Anthony Joseph’s ‘2018’ because a section of people would say I’m trying to earn mileage out of the natural calamity that shook Kerala. However, Jude convinced me and in a way emotionally blackmailed me, however, in a good way, (laughs) and eventually, the film commenced.”
He added “During the floods, I felt really good helping my people but when a section started tagging me as ‘flood star’, it hurt me deeply,”
He continued “Born and brought up in Irinjalakkuda, it doesn’t matter whether I’m an actor or not, I would have helped our people to the best of my capacity just like thousands of youngsters who lent their helping hands during the calamity.”