It's a hattrick for Rajkummar Rao and musician Alexx O’Nell

O’Nell plays an American filmmaker, who visits a village to a local custom, in the horror comedy. “Finally, it’s great to play a character friendly to Raj’s, after our first two outings in which I was aiming to murder him,” he says.

Actor-musician Alexx O’Nell is teaming up with Rajkummar Rao for the third time in Roohi after Chittagong (2012) and Bose: Dead/Alive (2017). O’Nell plays an American filmmaker, who visits a village to document a local custom, in the horror comedy. “Finally, it’s great to play a character friendly to Raj’s, after our first two outings in which I was aiming to murder him,” he says.

The story narrates the folklore of a witch who possesses the bride after the groom falls asleep. Twitterati pointed out that the trailer attempts to evoke laughs with an abduction scene. Ask Hardik Mehta if he is being responsible in his depiction of comedy, and he says, “To subvert a notion, you have to portray it. I debated the scene when I first read the script. I see the risk of the scene, but I am also aware of its repercussions on the characters as the film progresses. I don’t want people to judge the film basis the trailer. Put in the two hours, and then judge us. We have woven in the right boundaries and messaging in the narrative. We aren’t irresponsible as makers.”

Rajkummar Rao has time and again proved that he is one of the best actors in Hindi cinema. Be it his performance as the strong-willed lawyer in Shahid, a dreaded terrorist in Omerta, a gullible boy in Stree or the naive Pritam in Bareilly Ki Barfi, the actor has raised his bar with every new role. "The journey has been pretty overwhelming. I never expected this to happen. I always wanted to work of course and that's why I invested so much time on training and came to the city with no background or backbone, and with very little money. From there to here it is still like a dream to me, but I don't sit back and think about it," Rajkummar told IANS.

The actor likes to lives in the moment. "I live each day as it comes so I just enjoy each and every moment. I love acting and playing different characters on screen and as long as that is happening I am more than happy," he added.

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