Badla Actor Tony Luke: The North-South Divide In Bollywood Has Come To An End!
Malayalam actor Tony Luke says the fact that his performance in his Hindi debut Badla was well-received reflects there is no divide between talent from north and south.
Malayalam
actor
Tony
Luke
says
the
fact
that
his
performance
in
his
Hindi
debut
Badla
was
well-received
reflects
there
is
no
divide
between
talent
from
north
and
south.
Tony
made
his
acting
debut
in
2016
with
the
Malayalam
movie
Oozham
and
has
since
featured
in
three
more
films
in
south
film
industry.
"Today
an
actor
has
a
future
in
the
film
industry
because
content
rules.
The
North
and
South
have
come
together.
Now
it's
about
Indian
content
versus
the
global,
not
North
and
South," Tony
told
PTI.
"There
are
people
like
Karan
Johar
and
Rajamouli
coming
together,
to
make
truly
Indian
cinema
and
the
times
are
only
going
to
change
for
the
better,"
he
added.
Tony
said
when
the
project
came
his
way,
he
was
initially
reluctant
to
audition
as
he
felt
there
was
"no
chance"
he
would
make
it.
"I
thought
my
Hindi
is
bad,
because
I'm
from
the
South
so
I
didn't
even
believe
I
could
be
a
part
of
it,
until
Sujoy
met
me
and
said
'you're
the
boy.' Sujoy
decided
to
place
me
as
an
actor
and
I'm
grateful
for
that.
There's
no
heavy
pressure
on
me
to
be
a
star,"
he
said.
The
actor
said
he
feels
"blessed" that
he
bagged
the
thriller,
where
his
biggest
takeaway
was
learning
from
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan.
"If
someone
told
me
last
year
that
I
would
be
a
part
of
a
big
film
such
as
this,
I
would've
laughed
it
off.
To
be
on
the
set
and
watch
Mr
Bachchan
perform
is
surreal.
As
an
actor,
you
take
away
so
much
just
by
observing
him
and
imbibing
his
energy."
Going
forward,
Tony
said,
if
everything
falls
in
place,
he
will
be
soon
seen
in
an
international
web
series.