Navin Prabhakar calls out Bollywood for having preconceived notions about comedians: I’ve misplaced a number of good roles

Comedian-actor Navin Prabhakar has been working within the trade for greater than 20 years now however until date the artiste says, he’s going through difficulties find the type of work that excites him. Prabhakr, who’s wanting ahead to the discharge of his regional film Raghuveer subsequent month, says, “Our industry, especially Bollywood has all kinds of preconceived notions about comic artistes. Sabko vishwaas hai ki yeh toh comedian hai, inko toh bilkul acting nahi aati. Because of this perception, I have lost several good roles in some great projects ,” he shares. Prabhakar provides, “No artistes should be categorised as actors or comedians or stand-up comedians, because at the end of the day, their main motive is to entertain the audience.”

For a number of years, Prabhakar tells us that he has been visiting casting administrators however nothing concrete has occurred but. “Our industry, especially Bollywood has all kinds of preconceived notions about comic artistes. Sabko vishwaas hai ki yeh toh comedian hai, inko toh bilkul acting nahi aati. Because of this perception, I have lost several good roles in some great projects ,” shares the artistes, who additionally does lots of stand-up exhibits and the subsequent one is in Pune on April eighth.

Prabhakar needs to unfold throughout this message that no artistes needs to be categorised as actors or comedians or stand-up comedians, as a result of on the finish of the day, their principal motive is to entertain the viewers.

Expressing displeasure over the scenario, Prabhakar provides, “It’s a wrong perception that comedians are not easily accepted or appreciated as actors. We are artists, make us do whatever you want and we will. We have experience in film, TV, dubbing, singing, doing live shows, and anchoring. So I don’t think there’s anything left. Work is worship and so will will look at working on any platform as work.”

Giving instance of the trade within the west, Prabhakar says, “If you watch Hollywood movies, the comedians are also few of the highest-paid actors. Within our country, look at Jagdeep sahab and Mehmood sahab. So, if people can’t accept us (comedians) as actors, then the problem is in their thought process, and might I say a big loss for them,” he wraps up.