Basically into acting, 26 year old Nihal
Kiran Dalwai has assisted quite a few directors in short and feature films. He is
now set to directing and act in a short film called "Gangster Pinto".
Recently he has also acted in a short film called "Friday the 6th" as
the lead, directed by Shubh Malhotra.
About Nihal Kiran Dalwai
He just loves world cinema and Bollywood. He
has done plays with theatre groups such as Shabd and Yatri. He has done acting
workshops with many great actors. He loves reading books and movies excite him.
He is currently working on short film called "Gangster Pinto", which is
targeted at international film festivals. He is acting, writing and directing
this short film. He has also signed a movie called "Call Back" as a
lead actor, where he is playing the role of a serial killer. The film which is in
Hindi and Telugu language is quite different from run of the mill movies. At the
same time, he is working on another Bollywood movie directed by a independent
film maker. This movie is inspired by Tamil super hit movie "Pizza". He
tells he is always excited about doing good movies with mind blowing scripts
and intelligent directors. Anyways this guy is in no hurry. He knows his moves
well and has a sharp sense of choosing good scripts.
How did he land the role in Friday the 6th
He met Shubh Malhotra of Chai Koffi Films while
doing a course on writing and direction. Eventually they got along well. Shubh
wanted to make a short movie and they used to interact a lot. Also, he was
helping her in the production as well. As she knew he was an actor too, so she
asked him to do the lead as well. “Right since my childhood Bollywood has fascinated
me. Now I like world cinema too. Short films are made all over the world in
almost all countries. Even the production cost is less and you can yet experiment
with a variety of subjects. This is the one nice way how I can reach the people
all over world. Many short films also reach the Oscars and Cannes. Someday I want
to be there in Cannes and want to get an Oscar for my short movie,” Says Nihal.
What made him turn Director for Gangster
Pinto
He kept going to different film festivals and
that gave him a kick. It was here that he
came across short films that were crisp, well done and touching a variety of
subjects, emotions and even the dark alleys. It was at such fests when he saw
the best unfold without having to go through the rigmarole of songs and dance and
found his true calling. “It was at these film festivals that I fell in love
with short films. Now, I just love short films and given the variety, they can
be quick and interesting too. After doing a course in direction and script
writing, it was but natural to drift towards film making. I am a dreamer and always
think of imaginary things. This makes me a good storyteller too. At the same
time I’m an actor as well. Combining all together, I can only say that this is
my all time passion,” adds Nihal.
He says "Short Films" are a big market these days
“Short films have a great future in India. Yes,
definitely they have a great potential in India but is still to be untapped. I
feel in India this market has not been explored so much. Because Indians know
only the big film format - be it Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood and other
regional industry films. Normal people are not even aware what a short movie
is. There are some groups like Shamiana, who are promoting short movies, which
is a great step towards this. Even many big directors in Bollywood like Anurag
Kashyap, Bejoy Nambiar, Anurag Basu, Dibakar Bannerji, Zoya Akhtar etc have
done short movies and many are still making. Slowly I feel it will come into
the main stream, but it might take time,” concluded Nihal.
Here’s Films & TV World wishing “Best of Luck” to this
upcoming actor.
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