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Neil Nitin Mukesh doesn’t subscribe to the view that young actors should only do typical masala fare.
He says, “By design I have managed to do exciting cinema from day one.
Johnny Gaddaar is obviously not the typical launch vehicle for an actor. However, its success and the
accolades that I managed for it motivated me more towards different cinema.” The actor’s oeuvre does
include very exciting fare. Be it Kabir Khan’s New York; Pradeep Sarkar’s Lafangey Parindey, Madhur
Bhandarkar’s Jail or Vishal Bharadwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf, Neil has dared to do something hatke each
time. Neil feels this generation of young actors, be it Ranbir Kapoor,Imran Khan, Shahid Kapoor or
him, are willing to constantly push the envelope.
The actor believes that the older generation took their time before dabbling in art house or middle-of-the-road films; but now he and
his contemporaries are game to accepting challenges even though they’ve just about begun their careers. “The mind set of these days is to dare to do something different.
An actor is never too young to experiment. While I am a great fan of commercial cinema; I love song and dance; I also feel the
continuous urge to keep experimenting with filmmakers who move out of comfort zones and try and bring a new dimension to their
work. That is why my list of filmmakers includes half a dozen National Award winning directors.”