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.