MUMBAI: With Bollywood and music being nothing short of religions in India, Zee TV has brought the
best of both worlds with its weekend prime-time offering. The channel’s first-of-its-kind music
countdown show called ‘Pro Music Countdown’ is hosted by one of India’s finest RJs, social
media influencer and YouTube sensation - Siddharth Kannan. The show presents superhit
songs in a never-seen-before chat show format with the hottest Bollywood celebrities getting
up close and personal about their career, love lives and everything that’s brewing in B-town!
In the upcoming episode of the show, the audience will get to witness real, heart to heart
conversations between the friendliest actor-director duo in Bollywood, Neil Nitin Mukesh and
Madhur Bhandarkar. The two have been known for bringing unconventional cinema to their
audiences as a director and actor respectively. Talking about the never-ending debate on
nepotism and talent in the industry, Madhur Bhandarkar revealed that Neil is quite down to
earth contrary to the usual perceptions about star kids. In spite of being talented and born in
a well-known family in Bollywood, Neil faced rejection at various points in his career. He
said, “After doing two movies as a child actor and coming from an affluent background, I
thought the doors to Bollywood would easily open for me, but it didn’t happen. I faced a lot of
rejection before getting my first film.”
On being asked about his first movie with Madhur Bhandarkar - ‘Jail’, he said, “’Jail’ was
probably the only film in which I tried method acting. I didn’t shower for days and wore the
same sweaty clothes every day to get the look and feel of the character. I was so much into
the character that after the movie I was in depression and it took me almost two and a half
months to get out of it.”
Well, we can’t wait for this actor-director duo to spread their magic again on screen.