Bollywood star Ishaan Khatter surprised everyone when he appeared in The Perfect Couple. Sharing the screen with Hollywood stars like Nicole Kidman, Ishaan delivered a memorable performance. While the audiences have been raving about his performance, Ishaan revealed his brother, actor Shahid Kapoor and their mother, Neliima Azeem were also impressed with his work. Speaking with News18 Showsha exclusively, Ishaan revealed that Shahid was surprised by Ishaan’s accent in the Netflix series.
“I think (Shahid Kapoor) was really taken aback by the accent, which he was not expecting. These were all the decisions I took with Susanne (Bier, director of The Perfect Couple) when I was working there, so I guess they didn’t know what to expect and there was a surprise, in a positive way,” Ishaan Khatter told us exclusively.
“My mom really loved me in the show, which was really lovely. I do take her criticism and her feedback seriously, beyond of course the fact that I feel she could be biased towards me because she’s my mom and I am a good son (laughs). She’s also a very accomplished actor and artist herself so she sees things with a very keen eye and she would have told me if I hit a false note. So it was a relief to hear good things,” he shared.
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Ishaan added that his family doesn’t get involved in his process. “I do my own thing and my family doesn’t really see it till there’s something more complete to show them,” he shared. For the unversed, Ishaan plays the role of Shooter Dival, a friend of the groom whose wedding takes a dark turn after a murder at the wedding party. He is one of the many suspects on the show.
Not only is his family showering him with love, but Ishaan said that he’s been receiving messages from a lot of unexpected people as well. “A lot of unexpected people messaging, which is wonderful. Not just peers and colleagues and people I look up to in the industry but also in general in life that you would not even imagine. This show is being consumed regardless of the age. The demographics of this show are quite wide and I am glad it is globally no 1. It is doing so well here as well. I couldn’t ask for more,” the Pippa star said.
The young star revealed that his fans have been messaging him, saying they are very ‘proud’. “I think one of the consistent messages and feedback that I have been receiving from people is that how they feel very proud that there’s a fully developed and three-dimensional character played by an actor from India or even the South Asian community, that doesn’t feel like a token diversity character. The word ‘proud’ is being used a lot and I am getting that every day a lot. And that’s wonderful,” he said.
The Perfect Couple is now streaming on Netflix.
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