Bhojpuri actor in Marathi movie

At a time when Thackeray brothers are spewing venom against Biharis in Mumbai, the film fraternity has joined hands to bridge the widening gap between the two places.

In one such display of bonhomie, the Bhojpuri superstar, Ravi Kissen, has been roped in to play the lead character in Marathi movie ‘Madhyam Varg’ (middle class). Harry Fernandes is the director of the film, which is slated to hit the screens in January 2013.

“I could have taken any Marathi actor for the role, but I wanted to convey the message that since an actor is not bound by barriers of language and region, so one should not have this mindset that certain people from certain place cannot act in Marathi movies,” opined Fernandes. Kissen, who recently featured in Saif Ali Khan’s home production ‘Agent Vinod’, and also impressed Madhuri Dixit and Karan Johar  in ‘Jhalak Dikhla Ja’, was more than happy to be cast in the film.