Akhil Mishra speaks about Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain’
An Indo German Actress having proved her credentials in the mainland Hindi Cinema and more recently a well known name in Marathi Cinema, having married an actor of indian origin Akhil Mishra speaks about how her husband landed a much coveted role in the film “Bhopal : A Prayer For Rain”. She recollects as she says,
When he was approached it was a dilemma for Ravi Kumar the Director which character to give to Akhil…
He saw him in two..one was a longer 25 days shoot as a co worker/engineer of Rajpal Yadav’s Character….the other Napoleon Balthazar…an eccentric Man, who’s ancestors had come to India from France hundreds of years ago and who considers himself still French not Indian…
You guess right that Akhil chose the one day shoot character as he saw an unusual character,the ones’ that he is drawn to…It was also a big draw that it was considered he would speak French opposite Misha Barton,who portrays a French Journalist…I helped him with the lines and he was moving around everywhere,literally everywhere doing the lines for weeks..Supermarket to car to home…
Unfortunately French, it did not happen but he still knows those lines!!! Overall it was a great experience and he is looking forward to the release…
(Shooting was in 2008)
Since then he has portrayed Lal Bahadur Shastri for ABP News “Pradhanmantri” what he also considers a milestone in his career….
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