Published 14:16 IST, February 4th 2021
Nalneesh Neel reveals how he bagged his first Hollywood film 'The White Tiger'
Nalneesh Neel is grateful to director Ramin Bahraini for choosing him to be a part of 'The White Tiger'; expresses excitement on making Hollywood debut.
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Actor Nalneesh Neil has been a part of multiple critically acclaimed projects from likes of Gulabo Sitabo, Chhichhore, Bhor, III Smoking Barrels and Raees. actor recently me his Hollywood debut with White Tiger and is receiving a lot of appreciation for his role of a man with vitiligo. Re along and find out what actor has to say about his character and his Hollywood debut.
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Nalneesh Neel on Hollywood debut
White Tiger recently released on Netflix and has been receiving some of best reviews across globe. Ramin Bahrani directorial starring Priyanka Chopra, Rajkumar Rao and arsh Gaurav also marked Hollywood debut of actor Nalneesh Neel. Nalneesh has charmed audiences with his performance yet again.
actor recently opened up about his character in movie which as per him is a little dark with an inimitable attitude and style of his own. He also shares that of three rounds of auditions that he h to get through; last two were conducted by Ramin Bahrani himself. “I'm essaying character who is he of all drivers and assigns work to or drivers. He trains main protagonist Balram and influences him to learn to dominate ors and to become cunning and opportunistic. My character teaches main protagonist Balram Halwai played by arsh Gaurav to use his wit and escape from poverty. Mine is a very interesting character who is suffering from Vitiligo. My character is a little bit dark and has his own unique attitude and style. It has that rusticness and rawness,” says Nalneesh.
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Furr on, Nalneesh shared experience of working with Bahrani and how he h been a great fan of him, ding that director’s presence on sets pushed him to deliver his best. actor says, "I have been a great fan of Ramin Bahrani Sir. I believe he has me some truly world-class films such as 99 Homes and Chop Shop. He always me me feel comfortable during shoot. His presence on sets urged me to deliver best each and every time. He was very particular about minute details. Since my character has vitiligo disease, he sent me to London for makeup and look test. So makeup was done in that way and initially, y took 3 to 4 hours for same during look test”.
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Neel n expressed his gratitude towards director who chose him to portray role and his happiness at being appreciated by Ramin Bahrani. He says, “It was a great experience for me to mark my debut in Hollywood. I am thankful to director as he chose me to play character that I am essaying. best part was he praised my work and said that 'You don't kw how much I love you in this film. You enhance character and film.' He really inspired me and motivated me in journey of my life. It was awesome working with Hollywood crew, and I was very grateful to work with m. This is my first international project and through this project, I got to learn difference between working in Hollywood and Bollywood. best part was all actors were treated equally and got so much respect and it enhanced my learning”.
(With Inputs from PR)
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14:16 IST, February 4th 2021