Learnt dancing by looking at actors: Rajkummar Rao

Mumbai Aug 9 (IANS) Actor Rajkummar Rao who has featured in intense roles in films like "Shahid" and "Trapped" will be seen dancing for a change in the quirky entertainer "Bareilly Ki Barfi". He says he learnt it by looking at actors.

"Like most of the people in small towns I learned dancing by looking at a lot of actors dancing. That s how I learnt it " Rajkummar said in a statement.

In "Bareilly Ki Barfi" the National Award winning actor is playing the role of Pritam Vidrohi a small town guy.

He gave a dekko of his dancing skills at the launch of the song "Twist kamiraya" here earlier this week.

The film features Kriti Sanon alongsideRao and Ayushman Khurana.

Written by "Dangal" writer-director Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain the movie is scheduled to release on August 18.

It marks Ashiwny Iyer Tiwari s second film as a director after "Nil Battey Sannata".

--IANS
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