Rajkummar Rao on taming 'The White Tiger' & heading to China

" White Tiger" will be a second book-to-screen aptation for Rajkummar Rao and actor hopes audience cherishes English-langu film set at Netflix more than bestseller. actor along with Priyanka Chopra Jonas will soon start shooting film, based on Booker Prize winning vel by Aravind iga, in capital.

Rao said he is excited to work with director Ramin Bahrani on project. "I've spent a lot of time with my director Ramin, he's a really cool guy. He has got a very different process of approaching his scenes. It's definitely going to be a different experience from whatever we have done here," he told PTI in an interview.

" White Tiger" follows extraordinary journey of a self-me man from tea-shop worker in a vill to successful entrepreneur in a big city. Murder, love and deceit become ultimate price for ambition. "Kai Po Che!", a film based on Chetan Bhagat's vel " 3 Mistakes of My Life", which starred Rao, Sushant Singh Rajput and Amit Sh, released in 2013.

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Citing "Lord of Rings" as example, 35-year-old actor said, it often happens that people tend to like film more than books. "I really hope that happens with ' White Tiger'," he ded.

Rao said he has complete faith in Bahrani's vision, as director saw iga create characters in ir New York flat. "Aravind and Ramin are really good friends. y were flatmates in New York. Ramin has seen process and kws se characters really well. I'm pretty sure that people will like this aptation."

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Next up for National Award winner is comedy "Me in China', about a Gujarati businessman who wants to prove himself and finds idea to sell a magic soup that would improve sex life of common man. According to him, Mikhil Musale directorial is a "progressive" film, which touches upon topics society still feels shy to talk about. 

"Somewhere it will inspire and motivate you to take sex very rmally," he said. film has a lot to offer, he said, it is an aspirational story too. "It's highly entertaining, but it's got a great undercurrent of (exploring) social stigma that we feel so embarrassed to talk about sometimes. Our film has got a great balance," Rao promised.

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actor shot for film in China and hopes for a release in neighbouring country. "It's a huge market. People kw about Hindi cinema w. y understand films. y kw 'Dangal' and 'Hindi Medium', Aamir sir and all are huge stars re," he said.

Starting January 2020, Rao has one release almost every month till April. He reunites with frequent collaborator Hansal Mehta in tentatively titled "Turram Khan", which is slated for a January 31 release, Anurag Basu's dark comedy anthology on February 21 and horror comedy "Rooh-i-Afza" bows on April 27.

Also featuring Boman Irani, Mouni Roy, Gajraj Rao and Paresh Rawal, "Me in China" releases Friday.

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