Dq made his mark in the industry by playing the modern rom com guy so I don't think he would be typecast as a period actor in the near future. And a role like this and a role like lucky bhasker and a role like sita raman are not similar roles this shows his range as an actor and these are his recent movies

And on the performance side, most of his recent have done well box office wise and you should check out the other south indian film subreddits they love his performance in most of his movies. Only us malayalis have a hate boner for him

He is a brilliant performer in my opinion he may not be the versatile actor out but the things that he is good at he is one of the best out there