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This is an archive article published on May 1, 2023
Dino Morea opens up about absence from Bollywood: ‘I have been receiving terrible offers’
"It's a conscious decision to try and pick decent roles that would take my career one step ahead, rather than five steps behind," says Morea who made his Bollywood debut with the 1999 musical romance film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi.
Dino Morea is now gearing up to make his Malayalam debut in the gangster film Bandra, which is scheduled to release in July. (Image: Instagram)
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Dino Morea opens up about absence from Bollywood: ‘I have been receiving terrible offers’
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While many were wondering why actor Dino Morea gradually disappeared from the Hindi film industry, the Bollywood star himself has now opened up about why he has been rejecting many roles. The actor has appeared in a few web shows of late.
Morea, who recently made his Telugu cinema debut with star director Surender Reddy’s Agent, kickstarted his Bollywood career in 1999 with the musical romance, Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. The film also marked the debut of 300 members of the cast and crew. Though he continued the streak by appearing in the first instalment of Vikram Bhatt’s Raaz franchise, Morea has been largely absent from Bollywood since 2010.
“I have been dying to do something over here (Bollywood). But, I have been receiving terrible offers. The work that has been coming to me has really been not great. Had I done the same, then my fans would say ‘What are you doing?’ It’s a conscious decision to try and pick decent roles that would take my career one step ahead, rather than five steps behind,” Morea said in an interview with DNA.
In a recent interview with indianexpress.com, Morea, who was a regular face on the ramp before his Bollywood debut, had also mentioned how the craze for models that the public had in the 1990s or early 2000s has changed now. “If you are a good actor you get an opportunity. So, you don’t have to be a model to be a good actor right now. Models were also quite popular back then and you already had a fan base that you can tap into as an actor. Unfortunately, that is not the case today.”
Though Morea’s debut film in Telugu industry Agent arrived amid much hype, it has not been receiving great reviews. The Indian Express’ Raghu Bandi wrote that the film fell somewhere between a larger-than-life Surender Reddy presentation and an Akhil Akkineni movie, but failed to belong to either end of the spectrum.
Morea is now gearing up to make his Malayalam debut in the gangster film Bandra, which is scheduled to release in July.
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