First Down Syndrome actor to play lead role in a commercial movie
The record for being the first Down Syndrome actor to play the lead role in a commercial movie was set by Gopikrishnan K. Varma (born on July 14, 1998) of Kozhikode, Kerala. He played the lead role in the Malayalam commercial film ‘Thirike’. The film was released on February 26, 2021 on a regional OTT platform called NeeStream, as confirmed on March 27, 2021.