The
tall,
dark
and
handsome
hunk
from
American
series
'Heroes',
Sendhil
Ramamurthy,
is
making
heads
turn
even
before
the
first
look
of
Gurinder
Chadha's
It's
A
Wonderful
Afterlife
has
been
revealed
in
India.
The
LA-based
actor,
who
was
recently
cast
as
a
CIA
agent
in
the
noted
US
spy
drama
Covert
Affairs
opposite
Piper
Perabo,
was
approached
by
Chadha
in
December
2008
to
meet
for
the
role
of
Raj,
opposite
British-Indian
debutant,
Goldy
Notay,
who
plays
Roopie.
"Sendhil
flew
to
London
and
we
had
lunch," informs
Chadha.
"He
said
he
was
determined
to
be
in
one
of
my
films
and
happily
he
was
perfect
for
the
role;
a
good-looking
out
of
towner
who
has
not
been
in
touch
with
Roopie
and
her
family
for
a
while.
Sendhil
was
great
on
set,
extremely
disciplined
and
conscientious,
and
he
made
many
a
female
heart
flutter
when
he
did
a
take
-
and
some
guys
too!"
she
laughs.
Remarks
Sendhil,
"I
had
some
time
off
between
Season
3
and
4
of
'Heroes'
and
that's
exactly
when
Gurinder
was
shooting
for
Afterlife.
She's
very
good
with
her
actors
and
the
film
gave
me
the
opportunity
of
doing
something
light
and
different
from
Suresh
in
'Heroes'."
Ramamurthy
will
attend
the
London
premiere
of
It's
A
Wonderful
Life
on
April
12,
accompanied
by
his
British
wife
and
actress,
Olga
Sosnowska.
The
keenly
awaited
comedy,
also
starring
Shabana
Azmi,
Sanjeev
Bhaskar
and
Sally
Hawkins
in
key
roles,
releases
in
the
UK
on
April
21
and
in
India
and
Pakistan
on
May
7.
It
is
an
Indian
Films
and
Bend
It
Films
presentation
in
association
with
Studio
18.
Story first published: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 16:34 [IST]