In 2010, when Arjun Rampal won the National Award for Rock On, I couldn’t believe my ears. For a moment I thought it was some sort of a mistake. …
In 2010, when Arjun Rampal won the National Award for Rock On, I couldn’t believe my ears. For a moment I thought it was some sort of a mistake. But fortunately I don’t feel the same this year. Rajukummar Rao bagging the award for Shahid is great news. He knows his art like the back of his hand, and there’s no one else I’d rather see winning the award…
Here are 5 reasons why I think Rajkummar is already the next ‘big’ thing in Bollywood
1) People have this misconception that the ‘not-so-stud’ types are meant to do only arty-farty films. But Rao has successfully been testing the waters of commercial cinema as well. Be it a Kai Po Che or a Queen, he has been nailing it with is performances for a long time now.
2) Actors usually dread doing character roles, but Yadav has proved that if your acting skills are amazing, you can shine anywhere. Except for Shahid, he’s hardly played the lead in any of his other films but has still received so much appreciation for that extra edge he endows his off screen characters with.
3) He has been choosing wisely. Many actors get desperate and do roles that even they don’t believe in. Rao, who has teamed up with Hansal Mehta again after Shahid, in City Lights, keeps a beautiful balance between doing ‘out and out’ commercial films and those cool offbeat ones…
4) Rao is one of those people who loves his profession, and that’s so evident when he appears on screen. He made sure he did his research for Shahid by meeting the family members of the lawyer-activist. There’s also a nude scene in the movie which Rao portrayed quite effortlessly.
5) He will next be seen in Dolly ki doli opposite Sonam Kapoor. Now that sounds like a rom-com and looks like the serious actor has already started experimenting with different genres.
Guess it’s time for the actor to bask in all this award winning brouhaha for a while. It’s totally worth the celebrations…
