Neil Nitin Mukesh to sport the ‘tapori’ look in Shortcut Romeo

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh has grown his hair long for his upcoming film <i>Shortcut Romeo</i>.

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh has grown his hair long for his upcoming film Shortcut Romeo.

Neil plays a ‘tapori’ who wants to get rich quickly in the film. And to get the apt look,director Susi Ganesh wanted Neil to sport long locks in the film.

Hence,the 32-year-old actor first made sketches of his look with the long hair and then zeroed in on the final one.

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“I wanted him to have long hair for the role so we asked him to wear a wig. He loved the look but said that instead of a wig he would grow his hair naturally long,” Ganesh said in a statement here.

Shortcut Romeo is a remake of Ganesh’s super hit Tamil film ‘Thiruttu Payale’. The film also features Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta and is slated to release on June 21.

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