‘Bipasha Basu is my conscience’
This year will see quite a few new faces, and one of them is 22-year old Maradona Rebello. The Mumbai-based actor will make his debut in Sanjay Gupta’s Pankh, which is being produced by White Feather Films.
The film also stars Bipasha Basu [Images] and is being directed by National Award winning director Sudipto Chattopadhyay. Read on to know more about the newbie. Excerpts:
Were you named after Argentine football legend Diego Maradona [Images]?
Yes. My father is a huge football fan. I was born in 1986, in the Football World Cup season. I think my father was all excited about the match and decided to name me after Maradona.
Tell us about yourself.
I am a Mumbai boy. I wanted to become a doctor when I was young. Later, I enrolled myself in St Xaviers’ BMM (Bachelors in Mass Media) course.
How did get into the glamour world?
I knew many models, who told me to start modelling too. So I did. I did shows for L’Oreal. I also did theatre workshops and a lot of commercials.
Why didn’t you try television?
Television serials are over the top. I am not interested in them. Not that they are not good, but it’s not the kind of work that I would want to do.
How did you get Pankh?
I heard about the auditions, and tried my luck. There were 250 others, who also auditioned for the role. Sudipto sir [Chattopadhyay, director] liked me. I dropped out from college for a year for this film.
Sudipto sir asked me to watch some 50 films to understand what he wanted out of me. I watched all kinds of cinema –Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian and Indian. He taught me a lot, and that’s how I improved my knowledge on different types of cinema. Pankh has been a very good platform for me as an actor, to explore my talent.
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