Salim Merchant makes his debut in acting with this brilliant short film

Singer-Composer Salim Merchant just took his first step into the world of acting! The man who has only sung and/or composed beautiful numbers for actors so far, can now be seen as an actor himself. ‘Fired’, the fifth short film in the ‘Love Shots’ anthology from Y films, the youth division of Yash Raj Films, features Merchant as the lead actor opposite actress Tillotama Shome.

Directed by Ankur Tewari, it tells the story of a couple. The wife has just been fired from her job. She meets her husband to talk about it when her husband also reveals something that numbs her.

“I never thought that acting is such an involved art form until I actually started preparing for it. Being a composer and scoring films like ‘Ab tak Chappan’ and ‘Chak De! India’, among others, I always followed the actor’s timing to know where to score and where not to and I was intrigued with the idea of acting. I’m fortunate to have Ankur (director) and Tillotama who is such a fine actress to spend hours doing readings and workshops preparing for my character.”, Salim said.

Watch the film below and tell us how you liked it!

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Ranjini Maitra

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