Dileep has never shied away from immersing himself in a role for a movie — be it as a hunchback in Kunjikoonan or an effeminate character in ‘Chanthupottu’. His upcoming movies, Professor Dinkan and Pickpocket, will see him undergo training in magic tricks and sleight of hand techniques, respectively. While the actor has already had a few lessons in magic under the tutelage of magician Gopinath Muthukad for Professor Dinkan, the team of Pickpocket has roped in the services of renowned US-based comedy pickpocket entertainer Bob Arno.
The movie’s director P Balachandrakumar tells us, “Bob Arno is an international street crime researcher and is known as the world’s fastest-fingered pickpocket. He stages scenes for entertainment. When we told him about our script, he agreed to be part of the film and offered to train Dileep, who plays a pickpocket named Prakash Raj.”