Salim Ghouse was the murderous villain in Chinna Gounder starring Vijaykanth. Ghouse had his early training in Hindi television serials and plays. He is well remembered for his role in Subah which was based on a novel on drug abuse by our own Sivasankari. His expressive eyes and body language are his forte. He was seen in quite a few Tamil films after Chinna Gounder but he became typecast. Hence he took a break. Now he will be seen in Das which has Jeyam Ravi as the hero. Here also he plays the villain. Salim Ghouse is also the pioneer, in a way, of bringing in villains from the Hindi industry. Ashish Vidyarthi, Bharat Shah and several others have followed in his footsteps and found satisfying work.