New York actor Prashantt Guptha to be seen as lead in two films after last year's ISSAQ
Actor
Prashantt Guptha (formerly known as Prashaant Kumar) was last seen as
the anti-hero in Jayantilal Gada and Shailesh Singh's Hindi adaptation
of Romeo & Juliet, ISSAQ. Though the film didn't fare as well as the
other Hit adaptation that followed, Ram-Leela, quite a few in the
industry took note of this newcomer's performance. Much to the amusement
of many a viewers was the fact that this young actor, who was born and
raised in New York and otherwise maintains the 'chocolate-boy next door'
kind of look, could mould himself flawlessly into a hardcore
grey-shaded Banarasi cop. Post Issaq, he bagged two films in a principal
role, IDENTITY CARD and 6-5=2.
In Rahat Kazmi’s Identity Card, Prashantt
plays a Kashmiri cop along with Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Raghubir
Yadav and Brijendra Kala. The film is a Dark-Comedy and highlights the
importance of an identity card in Kashmir without which one can be
interrogated and arrested and labeled a terrorist. It will be his second
film as a cop after Issaq. Bharat Jain’s 6-5=2 is a
remake of a Kannada film in which Prashantt plays an aspiring
cinematographer who takes his friends trekking into a jungle to make an
adventure film and what happens during that journey is what the film is
all about.
On
a recent trip to New York, Prashantt Guptha managed to bag his first
brand endorsement deal too. "It's for an American watch brand," says the
actor whose 'time' seems just about right.
