Actor Will Smith congratulated Ranveer Singh for his role in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy. Impressed by Singh’s portrayal of a man wanting to break free from his shackles to become a rapper, Smith said he was blown away by Singh’s performance as Muraad.
Will Smith had begun his career as a singer under the name The Fresh Prince. Calling himself an old-school hiphop artiste, Smith, who has seen hip-hop all throughout the world loved what Ranveer Singh did in the movie.
“ Yo Ranveer congrats man I am loving what you’re doing with Gullyboy for me old school hip hop here seeing hip hop all over the world like that I am loving it man congrats “ – Will Smith to Ranveer Singh
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OMGGGG!!!!! ?♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/AzZWjDmZLk— RanveerSingh TBT? (@RanveerSinghtbt) February 16, 2019
Gully Boy features Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh and is inspired by real-life incidents. It is based on the lives of Mumbai based hip-hop artistes Vivian Fernandez a.k.a Divine and Naved Shaikh a.k.a Naezy.
“It is the story which represents Mumbai in its true sense and the city is my hometown, these are my people, this is my language so this is the story I am really attached to. It’s an underdog story about a kid who broke through from great adversity in life to make it as a recording artist,” Singh was quoted in a News18 article.
Smith was in India last year and spent time with Ranveer Singh and Karan Johar. The actor is reported to have a cameo in Johar’s upcoming film Student of The Year 2.
Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith, also a rapper, reached India yesterday to perform at a music festival. Back in 2017, Jaden Smith had expressed his desire to work in a Bollywood movie.
I Wanna Be In A Bollywood Movie ?
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) December 27, 2017
Meanwhile, Gully Boy which released on Valentine’s day has been garnering unanimous praise from all quarters. The movie, after premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, opened to great success across theatres in India. Cameron Bailey, the director of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) said that no film had been received with a bigger applause than Gully Boy in the past 20 years at the Berlinale.
Watched the GULLY BOY world premiere tonight in a packed house with @RanveerOfficial, @aliaa08 & @ZoyaAkhtarOff present. Biggest cheers I’ve heard in 20+ years at the Berlinale. pic.twitter.com/Lk8OUoA663
— Cameron Bailey (@cameron_tiff) February 10, 2019
Hip-hop is a cultural movement that began in the west during the late ‘70s. Its facets include rap and graffiti which came to be used by marginalized groups to express dissent.
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