Dev Patel wants a ‘resonating’ story for his Bollywood debut

For Dev Patel being part of an Indian film is a definite option but the British actor says he would do a film here only when he finds a story that resonates with him.

The 25-year-old actor became an overnight star, thanks to the stupendous success of Danny Boyle’s India set film “Slumdog Millionaire”, which also went on to win several Oscar awards.

Dev is quite impressed with the kind of stories being told in the Indian cinema scene and says he is looking to come back to the country and be part of a film here.

“It has to be the right people and the right project for me to do a film here. The story has to say something. When I find a project with a story that resonates with me, I will venture into Indian films.

“There are so many great directors and actors I would like to work with. I would love to come back to India and shoot an Indian movie soon,” Dev told PTI on the sidelines of IFFI here.

He may not have started in an Indian film yet. But the actor s latest movie The Man Who Knew Infinity is deeply rooted in India as it tells the story about self-taught mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The Hollywood film directed by Matthew Brown opened this year s IFFI.

Dev says being part of the movie has been sort of a life- altering experience for him as he learned so much about the man, who sacrificed a lot to achieve the success that he eventually did.

“We made sure that the film does not seem like a documentary. It is not a mimicry. We didn t have any real footage so it was all Matt s research that is why it took him so long to shape this project. Our film catches the real essence of the man we know not much of.”

Dev says he felt a sense of responsibility when he took up this project as he had to make sure that the depiction of the character was right.

“People don t really know who this man is. They do know about his achievements in the field of mathematics but that s it. I felt a sense of responsibility when I took up the project,” he said.

“The Man Who Knew Infinity” is based on a book of the same name by Robert Kanigel and also stars Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones, Devika Bhise, Arundathi Nag and Dhritiman Chatterjee.

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