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After Aamir, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, Dhobi Ghat actor Prateik will be showing off his six-pack abs in his next film Issaq. Prateik, 24, has been working hard for the film, which is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet. The actor is playing a Benarasi boy.
"For the first time, I will be playing a desi Romeo, who belongs to Benaras. The character is completely different to what I am in real life and I have to prepare a lot for that. "Apart from learning the diction, I am hitting the gym regularly for two hours to get the six-pack abs needed for my character. It is difficult because I am not at all a gym person," said Prateik. The film, which is set in the backdrop of Benaras, is directed by Manish Tiwary of Dil, Dosti etc and will be produced by Shailesh Singh and Dhaval Gada. "Manish approached me for the film a year back. He convinced me to take up the project as he feels only I can do justice to the character of a Benarasi boy," Prateik added. Prateik, who started his career with the Aamir Khan production Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, says, "I am probably going through the best phase of my career. Each film is a challenge and I am thankful to God that I am overcoming all these challenges," he said. The actor was last seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s My Friend Pinto, where he played the character of a confused guy Pinto, who messes up everybody else’s life. "It was my first comedy film. The film made me learn about myself that I have a good comic timing. It was a light-hearted film but there were many technicalities into my character. These were nicely brought out by Mr Bhansali," he said. — PTI
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