3 min readNew DelhiJan 17, 2010 01:58 PM IST
The student of ‘3 Idiots’ has finally graduated as a maverick professor. All the fans are in a for a surprise as actor R Madhavan plays the charming teacher donning six different disguises in his forthcoming film ‘Teen Patti’.
Madhavan says that his character,Shantanu Biswas,in the film is a man forced to choose between love and lust which gives him scope to play a edgier,dangerous role.
“I play this professor who wants everything in life too quickly without wasting too much time. It is a completely different role for me where you will see me in six different looks,” Madhavan said.
“So like in one I am this suave charming devil in disguise while in other I play an ice cream seller. In another look you will see me as a thug and then a total different scruffy grunge look. All this while I am playing a professor. I think it will interesting for my fans,” an excited Madhavan said.
The actor,who had put on kilos to play an engineering student in the blockbuster hit ‘3 Idiots’,will now show off a toned physique in the Amitabh Bachchan,Ben Kinglsey starrer.
“For 3 Idiots I gained weight to have that puppy fat of a young innocent student but in ‘Teen Patti’ the audiences will see me in a very toned look,” he added.
Madhavan,who is superstar in South Indian film industry,says that he has no qualms working in multistarrer films in Bollywood till the time he has a performance oriented role.
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“I understand that I am no big star in North but the audiences have finally started to appreciate me. 13B was a hit and I have been liked in 3 Idiots as well. Life could not have been better and I am really happy with what I am doing right now. I hope ‘Teen Patti’ will be another memorable film for the audiences,” Madhavan said.
While the 39-year-old actor is on cloud nine enjoying the stupendous success of ‘3 Idiots’ he is also excited to be sharing the big screen with cinema legends Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley.
“Never on the sets did I ever feel that I am with such huge stars. That is what I admire about both of them. They are so very humble. They went out of their way to make me feel comfortable. I was visibly in awe of both of them,” Madhavan said.
Set in India and England,’Teen Patti’,directed by Leena Yadav,boasts of being an emotionally riveting thriller about greed,deception and imagination.
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The film has a multi star cast with veterans like Bachchan and Kingsley along with four debutants Shraddha Kapoor,Sidharth Kher,Vaibhav Talwar and Dhruv Ganesh. Raima Sen and Madhavan are in pivotal roles.
