Manish Paul and Karan Johar share a ‘close’ bond
Host Manish Paul hopes to work with KJo soon.
K Jo has promised Manish a suitable role in one of his film soon. PHOTO: FILE
MUMBAI:
The quirky and at times annoying host from Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, Manish Paul will soon be making his debut on the silver screen with Mickey Virus. The TV host shares a close bond with Bollywood’s much-loved director Karan Johar, who also happens to be the judge on the dance reality show.
“Karan sir and I are very good friends. But I don’t talk to him about films. I have never asked him for a film,” said the 31-year-old at the launch of his upcoming movie’s first look.
However, it appears that Karan, who only associates with Bollywood’s biggies and star children, has already promised a role to Manish. “Karan sir has himself told me that if he has a good script for me only then he will call me because he doesn’t want to waste my talent by giving just a random role,” claimed Paul.
Paul has hosted many reality shows including Dance India Dance Li’l Masters and India’s Got Talent Season 4.
His debut project as a Bollywood actor, Mickey Virus, is written and directed by Surabh Verma. The movie is a comic-thriller about a computer hacker and also marks the debut of half-Greek half-Swedish model Elli Avram, in Bollywood.
While hosting India’s version of Dancing with the Stars, the rising actor showed a few clips of his film to the judges, who were truly delighted. “I had shown them a rough cut and they were happy with it. I was actually scared to show it to them because they are all stars in their [respective] fields,” he said.
Paul, who seems a tad bit nervous about his upcoming film, added “I have only hosted shows so far and no one has seen me act. So, I was scared, but thankfully all three [judges] responded well. I hope everyone reacts the same way,”
The film is scheduled to be released on September 13, this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2013.
The quirky and at times annoying host from Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, Manish Paul will soon be making his debut on the silver screen with Mickey Virus. The TV host shares a close bond with Bollywood’s much-loved director Karan Johar, who also happens to be the judge on the dance reality show.
“Karan sir and I are very good friends. But I don’t talk to him about films. I have never asked him for a film,” said the 31-year-old at the launch of his upcoming movie’s first look.
However, it appears that Karan, who only associates with Bollywood’s biggies and star children, has already promised a role to Manish. “Karan sir has himself told me that if he has a good script for me only then he will call me because he doesn’t want to waste my talent by giving just a random role,” claimed Paul.
Paul has hosted many reality shows including Dance India Dance Li’l Masters and India’s Got Talent Season 4.
His debut project as a Bollywood actor, Mickey Virus, is written and directed by Surabh Verma. The movie is a comic-thriller about a computer hacker and also marks the debut of half-Greek half-Swedish model Elli Avram, in Bollywood.
While hosting India’s version of Dancing with the Stars, the rising actor showed a few clips of his film to the judges, who were truly delighted. “I had shown them a rough cut and they were happy with it. I was actually scared to show it to them because they are all stars in their [respective] fields,” he said.
Paul, who seems a tad bit nervous about his upcoming film, added “I have only hosted shows so far and no one has seen me act. So, I was scared, but thankfully all three [judges] responded well. I hope everyone reacts the same way,”
The film is scheduled to be released on September 13, this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2013.