Abhimanyu Dassani, who has created a buzz with his debut movie Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, was recently the star at the Midnight Madness segment of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Not an out-and-out Bollywood masala movie, it is a fantasy-thriller whose protagonist aims to test the idea of masculinity to the utmost by taking on 100 opponents in martial arts because he is born with the ability to feel no pain.
Son of famous actors Bhagyashree and Himalaya, Abhimanyu doesn’t disappoint in the lead role in this film directed by Vasan Bala.
“I had six kilo more weight while doing the film than I have today. Before the film, I trained for eight months for six hours every day in martial arts, yoga, swimming, stick-fighting and meditation,” the actor said before the film’s screening on Friday night.
“I also spent three months in isolation before the shooting because my character Surya doesn’t speak to anyone. It helped me a lot. Surya is socially awkward, but he is confident,” the 28-year-old actor added.
Before films, Abhimanyu was a serial entrepreneur, as his famous parents didn’t want him to enter the entertainment industry because of its uncertainty.
“I have been a serial entrepreneur since 16 and have worked with many people. Then I discussed the idea of trying entrepreneurship in films also. I went to New York to study filmmaking, but I soon realised that it was acting that I liked the most,” he said.
He said he didn’t know director Vasan Bala when he went to audition for this film. — IANS
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