Rajkummar to play Subhas Bose in Mehta s web series

Mumbai April 13 (IANS) Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has cast his blue-eyed-boy Rajkummar Rao as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in an upcoming web series to go live on ALTBalaji.

Rajkummar is not just excited about exploring a new medium but also to essay a character he never thought he would get to play.

For us as actors it s about the story and the character not so much about the medium.

I did my first film Love Sex Aur Dhokha with Ekta Kapoor s ALT Entertainment and to do this new show for ALTBalaji is like coming back home Rajkummar said here on Thursday.

Asked to talk about his role Rajkummar said: This is why we need a show on Bose. Because if we were making one on (Mahatma) Gandhi you wouldn t ask me this.

The web series is an attempt to bring alive the story of Bose to the current generation says Mehta who described him a rockstar.

It will be a compelling and thrilling watch Mehta said.

On associating once again with Rajkummar whom he has directed earlier in CityLights Shahid Aligarh and the upcoming Omerta Mehta quipped: It s a question all actors ask me.

This show is not to be confused with a web series on the freedom fighter that is being helmed by filmmaker Kabir Khan for Amazon Prime Video.

--IANS
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