Exclusive! Nikitin Dheer On His Role Of Thangabali In Chennai Express, "I Told Shah Sir Something Magical..."

Nikitin Dheer has been in the industry for more than 15 years. The actor has impressed one and all with his performances in movies, TV show, and web series. But, there's one character that has become iconic and that is Thangabali from Chennai Express. The movie released in 2013, and even after 11 years, people remember Nikitin for his fantastic performance as Thangabali.

Filmibeat recently interacted with Nikitin and when we asked him if he had thought that this character will be become so iconic, the actor said, "I feel all actors when we are doing projects, films or OTT, we come to know a bit that it will click with the audiences or not. So, when I was shooting for the second or third day of Chennai Express, I told Rohit sir, 'Sir kuch bahot khatarnaak ho raha hai, yeh jo pak rahi hai khichdi'. I remember the first sequence we shot was the antakshari bit; that was one of the toughest sequences because I had not met Shah sir or Deepika earlier. They were so awesome to work with and they made me so comfortable because it was a tripod situation and I was as important as them in the scene. So, that whole feeling was really nice. Eventually, I even told Shah sir, 'Something really magical is happening which I feel is going to be fantastic'."

Nikitin Dheer On His Character Wasim Khan From Raktanchal

"So, every actor comes to know whether it will work or not. I had a similar feeling when I did a show called Raktanchal, there's a character called Wasim Khan. So, at so many airports that I go to, all these CRPF people, they call me Wasim Bhai. It's again a dark character, but very lovable. Same is with Raavan, when we were doing this, instantly I came to know that it's going to click because I sign a work thinking about the audience point of view, and not as an actor's point of view," he added.

Nikitin is currently seen as Raavan in Sony TV's Shrimad Ramayan. He had also impressed one and all with his performance Rohit Shetty's series Indian Police Force which was released last month.