Prabhu Deva directs Virat

Prabhu Dheva directs Virat

The 'Rowdy Rathore' director talks about his first ad shoot featuring the cricketer

Sunayana Suresh

Prabhu Dheva is just back after directing his first advertisement film. The "Rowdy Rathore" director was in Bangkok last week to shoot with cricketer Virat Kohli for a shoe brand.
Quiz him if he got Virat, who is known to be a good dancer, to dance and Prabhu says, "Not at all. Now, people call me an action director. After "Wanted" and "Rowdy Rathore", people think of me as someone better with action, as opposed to choreography. We shot an extensive stunt sequence in our two-day shoot."
Prabhu adds, "It was something new for me and the good bit was that shooting with Virat was nice, we got along well. He is good in front of the camera. The advertisement featured him and a few models. We've tried to shoot it like an action sequence straight out of a Hollywood film."
Meanwhile, the choreographer-director is set to kickstart his next flick in Hindi. "It is the remake of my first film in Telugu, "Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana". It's a cute romantic story and I think Bollywood will like it," he says.

Virat Kohli