YOUNG STAR RAJEEV PILLAI IN TO BOLLYWOOD

IT IS HISTORY THAT RAJEEV PILLAI GOT AN OFFER FROM DIRECTOR PRIYADARSHAN PROMISING HIM A ROLE IN HIS FORTHCOMING BOLLYWOOD FILM, MAALAMAAL WEEKLY 2 AFTER HIS CCL INNINGS.SHORTLY THERE AFTER RAJEEV FLEW DOWN TO MUMBAI TO SHOOT FOR THE FILM WHICH IS HIS FIRST BOLLYWOOD MOVIE AND RECENTLY COMPLETED THE SHOOT. WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS AND SOON RAJEEV FOUND HIS FILM CAREER TAKING AN UPWARD CURVE. VEENDUM KANNUR, GOLD AND HIS FIRST MAIN ROLE FILM, MY FAN RAMU SOON FOLLOWED, BUT THROUGH ALL THIS HE CHERISHES HIS BOLLYWOOD EXPERIENCE. HE SAYS, "PRIYAN HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND WARM. IN A FILM WITH A GREAT DIRECTOR IT IS NOT THE LENGTH OF THE ROLE WHICH COUNTS BUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE A PART TO PLAY!' MOST OF THE CAST WERE BOLLYWOOD BIGGIES LIKE SHREYAS TALPADE, OMPURI AND PARESH RAWALAND LEARNING FROM THE VETERANS WAS A MAJOR HIGH." SPEAKING OF HIS CO STARS RAJEEV SAYS, "SHREYAS IS AN AMAZING PERSON TO ACT WITH. NOT ONLY IS HE A GOOD ACTOR BUT ALSO A FANTASTIC DOWN TO EARTH PERSON WHO INVITED ME TO HIS HOME. OM PURI AND PARESH RAWAL ARE VERY DIPLOMATIC STARS WHO LIKE TO KEEP TO THEMSELVES BUT VOLUMES CAN BE LEARNED FROM THEIR TALENT. PARESH HAS A GREAT MEMORY AND IS GOOD WITH IMPROVISATIONS." THE ONLY DIFFERENCE RAJEEV SEES IN THE INDUSTRIES IS THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS WHICH ARE LOW FOR MOLLYWOOD AND THE TIME DIFFERENCE IN COMPLETING A SHOOT.

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