Viraf Patel to make acting debut in Mummyji
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Thursday,
March
08,
2007
He
has
won
several
personality
contests
including
the
Grasim
Mr.
India
pageant
in
year
2005.
If
that
wasn't
enough,
he
has
also
trained
as
a
Merchant
Navy
Officer!
A
man
of
such
caliber
and
good
looks,
Viraf
Patel
is
now
going
to
set
foot
into
Bollywood
with
a
debutante
act
in
the
film
Mummyji.
Director Pammi Somal went up to him and offered him a role in her film. Although the role is not very big, Viraf agreed to do it anyway. Viraf is all in awe of his director Pammiji. "After I won the Grasim Mr. India contest, I did a lot of theatre, television commercials and music videos," he elaborates. "Almost two years after that, Pammiji approached me for a role in her film. She put across the role very sweetly. She instilled a feeling of trust in me, as she knew this was my first film. She asked me not to worry, and handled us pretty well. She took us as her children, and she was our mother on the sets."
The talented debutante sure did his homework before his advent into showbiz. "After I won the title, I met Kishore Namit Kapoor. I told him that I did not want to waste any time and wanted to learn acting. He did not even discuss the fees; he directly asked me to come on board." Viraf has also taken formal training in dance, diction and martial arts.
Mummyji claims to be a slice-of-life comic flick. It stars Kiron Kher in the title role. Her two sons, Karan and Arjun, are played by Viraf Patel and Sachin Sharma (of television soaps). Their sister Simran is played by a debutante actress called Simran. Minissha Goswami plays the role of Karan's wife.
Obedient and respectful as he is, Viraf got his first pay-cheque made in his mother's name and presented it to her on her birthday. He said he has three mothers, one is his real mother, the other is Kiron Kher, and the third, of course, is Pammiji!
So what kind of films is he looking at in the future? "Right now, I have two other projects lined up. But I am only focusing on Mummyji." He said that he wants to be cast in good roles that have a definite shade instead of just loose characterization, and he has all the patience in the world for the best to come his way.
Mummyji is in its post production stage at the moment. The producers are aiming at a special Mothers Day release in the month of May.
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