Hollywood ahoy!

Indian actor Prashantt Guptha has been cast as the lead in possibly one of the first Christmas movies of Hollywood. Produced by Los Angeles-based Mulberry Films and directed by New Yorker Dani Tenenbaum, the film is called A New Christmas.

Though originally from New York, Prashantt has been living in Mumbai last several years and has played prominent roles in notable Bollywood movies—as the villain opposite Prateik Babbar in Issaq and alongside Sonam Kapoor in Neerja. He has recently shown his singing prowess with the recreation of a Kishore Kumar classic, O Rahi, which has been released by Saregama and garnered over 160,000 views in a month. Last year, his short film TU, directed by Sandeep Chandrra, received much acclaim for its motivational message and Prashantt’s performance as a dual character!