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Published 18:07 IST, October 16th 2019

Neena Gupta asks what Nikhil Bhagat looks like now, Fans answer

Neena Gupta shares a throwback picture with co-actor Nikhil Bhagat from 1985 film Trikal. She further asks, 'Where are you, how do you look like now?'. See here

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Veteran actress Neena Gupta took to her Instagram handle to share a picture from 1980s where she was seen posing with actor Nikhil Bhagat. The two starred in 1985 film film Trikal. She captioned the beautiful black and white picture saying, 'Where are you Nikhil? and how do you look like now?'. Gupta's fans immediately commented and informed her that he was last seen playing Deepika Padukone's father in Imtiaz Ali's film Tamasha (2015). Ayushmann Khurrana dropped a heart emoji on the picture. One fan commented: "O wow....what a recall Neena ji.....n yes ww too would like to know about Nikhil....had a major major crush......thank you for the share." (sic). For those unaware, Nikhil Bhagat also featured in 'Hip Hip Hurray' (1984), directed by Prakash Jha. Take a look at the post -

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TRIKAL

Shyam Benegal directed Trikal featured Nikhil Bhagat playing the young Ruiz Pereira. The film was set in Goa in 1961 and starred Leela Naidu, Naseeruddin Shah, Soni Razdan, Dalip Tahil, Anita Kanwar, K K Raina, Ila Arun and more actors. Benegal won the National Award for best direction for this film.

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Updated 18:25 IST, October 16th 2019

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