There is no doubt that Aashiq Abu's latest movie Virus is an emotional ode to Kerala's successful Nipah battle. While the movie had instances of fear, courage and resilience, it also made sure to pay tribute to many real-life heroines and heroes including Nipah's victims.
It is not an easy task to make a film based on real events and that too with a whole lot of characters. And Virus had the presence of some of the popular names of the Malayalam film industry. Today let's take a look at the characters and whom they played from the real life:
Health Minister CK Premila v/s Health Minister KK Shailaja
Sister Akhila v/s Sister Lini
Collector Paul Abraham v/s Collector UV Jose
Dr Annu v/s Dr Seethu Ponnu Thampy
Dr Suresh Rajan v/s Dr Arun Kumar
Dr Baburaj v/s Dr RS Gopakumar
Dr Salim v/s Dr Anoop Kumar AS
CP Bhaskaran v/s TP Ramakrishnan
Dr Smrithy Bhaskar v/s Rajeev Sadanandan, RL Saritha, Jayasree
Dr Abid Rahman v/s Renjith TP and Arshad Fazal
Dr. Sara Yakub v/s Ajanya
Sandeep v/s Sajeesh
Vishnu v/s Ubeesh
Babu v/s KU Sashidharan, EP Rajeesh
Zakariya v/s Mohammed Sabith
Dr.Annu's husband v/s Dr. Bijin Joseph
