LETTY MARIAM ABRAHAM letty. abraham@ mid- day. com In his second outing as an antagonist after Saaho, Neil Nitin Mukesh will play a con artiste accused of murder, kidnapping and identity theft, in Zee5u2019 s next. Making a debut in web entertainment with the currently untitled project, Mukesh says he gives his nod to projects based on three factors, u201c the director, [ the story of] my character, and the platform.u201d Mukesh tells mid- day the story u201c is based on one of the biggest prison breaks in Indiau201d and that his character will have multiple personalities.
Prawaal Rawalu2019s directorial venture, he says, u201c challenges me as an actoru201d. u201c I was excited to be part of a one- hour short film. This was the perfect [ film] to debut with on the OTT, before I [ took up] a web series,u201d adds Mukesh.
The Johnny Gaddar actor had already expressed his interest in the project when Rawal was only toying with the idea. u201c Prawaal was making a film on a similar subject earlier and I wanted to be part of that film, but things didnu2019t pan out.
I feel itu2019s almost karmic to get a call from him when he was tackling the same subject for the web.
My character is multi- dimensional.
After doing films like, Saat Khoon Maaf [ 2011], David [ 2013] and Wazir [ 2016], I kept wondering if there ever will be another shade of grey. I wanted something challenging and this is a step further.
I will be playing seven shades of grey with one character.u201d
